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17 Jun 2015
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Report on the Use of eSpeak in Urdu and KashmiriNVDA team conducted a training programme at Kashmir University from June 15 to 17, 2015. Forty-four delegates attended the training programme. Kaifee Asami was the trainer.
16 Jun 2015
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Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries - A Synthesis ReportThe roles of intermediaries in open data is insufficiently explored; open data intermediaries are often presented as single and simple linkages between open data supply and use. This synthesis research paper offers a more socially nuanced …
15 Jun 2015
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing at RNKSThe NVDA team organized a 15 days training in basic computing at Rajasthan Natrahin Kalyan Sansthan (RNKS) in Jaipur. The training programme held from June 1 - 15, 2015 was attended by 12 delegates. Mrityunjay Kumar was the trainer. The …
14 Jun 2015
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How the Odia Wikimedia community is enriching Wikipedia with character encoding technologyLast year, I wrote about the development of Odia language character encoding converters that the Wikipedia community was working on. These converted text into Unicode, a universal encoding standard. These converters have now been made …
12 Jun 2015
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The Newly Updated Indic Keyboard App Now Supports 22 Asian LanguagesThis blog post was written in my personal capacity.
10 Jun 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training WorkshopThe NVDA team held a five days training (June 3 - 7, 2015) at Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.
9 Jun 2015
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Report on Kannada eSpeak Training with NVDANVDA team conducted a two day training programme at Mitra Jyothi in Bangalore (June 8 and 9, 2015). Forty-three delegates attended the training programme.
8 Jun 2015
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Indian government includes open source in RFPsThe Government of India has implemented a remarkable new policy-level change for open source software (OSS) deployment.
4 Jun 2015
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Unfettering Stranded CapacityGovernment can't control market forces, but can and must fix regulatory issues. First, the good news: the government does appear to be making serious efforts to tackle stranded capacity and stalled projects, as in the instances below. Such …
2 Jun 2015
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Workshop on Open Data for Human DevelopmentSumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham will take part in the workshop being organised for government officials from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tripura, by the International Centre for Human Development (IC4HD) of UNDP India, …
31 May 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ: ନୂତନ ଯୁଗର ଆରମ୍ଭMy op-ed on Odia Wikipedia and its journey of 13 years was published in Odia daily "The Samaja".
31 May 2015
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Report on 30 Days Summer Course on Basic Computer Competencies and Language ProficiencyThe month long summer course was held at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, Thiru-Vi-Ka, Industrial Estate, Chennai and was attended by 20 delegates.
31 May 2015
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Odia Language Wikipedia Page Grows to 800K Page Views A MonthOdia Wikipedia is one of the first few Indian language Wikipedia projects celebrating such an old age. The Wikimedia community will gather in Odisha's capital of Bhubaneswar on June 3 to celebrate Odia Wikipedia's 13th anniversary.
31 May 2015
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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated)An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
30 May 2015
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The Four Parts of Privacy in IndiaPrivacy enjoys an abundance of meanings. It is claimed in diverse situations every day by everyone against other people, society and the state.
30 May 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in AssameseThis training was held at Monfort School in Guwahati on May 9 and 10, 2015. Laishram Lingappa was the trainer. Eleven participants attended the programme.
30 May 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training WorkshopThe training programme was held from May 25 to 29, 2015 at Differently Abled Children Section, District Central Library, Coimbatore. Twenty-one delegates attended.
30 May 2015
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Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under SurveillanceIn its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the …
29 May 2015
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International Open Data Charter: First Public DraftThe first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is being developed by a range of organisations led by the Open Government …
29 May 2015
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FOSS for Public Use: Free and Open Source Software for Digital IndiaI attended a round-table meeting on May 29, 2015 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was organized by SFLC in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, and the Centre for Internet & …
28 May 2015
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Report on Training on the Use of eSpeak Hindi on Windows and Android PlatformsIndian Association for the Blind conducted a one day workshop on the use of eSpeak for Windows and Android platforms on May 28, 2015. Twenty-seven delegates attended the training programme held at Indian Association for the Blind, Delhi. …
28 May 2015
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How to do GuerillaGLAMA proposal titled How to do GuerrillaGLAM" that I had submitted for the Wikimania 2015 has been accepted. I will be presenting this on July 18.
26 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think TankWe sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
25 May 2015
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Mathematisation of the Urban and not Urbanisation of Mathematics: Smart Cities and the Primitive Accumulation of Data - Accepted Abstract"Many accounts of smart cities recognise the historical coincidence of cybernetic control and neoliberal capital. Even where it is machines which process the vast amounts of data produced by the city so much so that the ruling and …
22 May 2015
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Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015The Global Intellectual Property Convention was held in January 2015 in Mumbai. Interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta assisted with the making of this report.
22 May 2015
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Making in the Humanities – Some Questions and ConflictsThe following is an abstract for a proposed chapter on 'making' in the humanities, which has been accepted for publication in a volume titled 'Making Humanities Matter'. This is part of a new book series titled 'Debates in the Digital …
21 May 2015
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Report on the Training in the Use of eSpeak for Indian Languages during TOT Conducted by Enable IndiaEnable India, Bangalore conducted a TOT for training computer teachers for the blind, which was held from May 11 to 20, 2015 at Blind Empowerment Association, Kolkata and was attended by 26 delegates.
21 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
20 May 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Marathi & KonkaniThe training programme was organized at International Youth Hostel and Estrila du Mar, sponsored by Rotary Club of Goa and Estrila Du Mar from April 20 to 22, 2015. Seventy-seven delegates attended the training programme.
20 May 2015
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Paper-thin Safeguards and Mass Surveillance in IndiaThe Indian government's new mass surveillance systems present new threats to the right to privacy. Mass interception of communication, keyword searches and easy access to particular users' data suggest that state is moving towards …