<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Prasad Krishna</b> <<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>><br>Date: Sunday, March 20, 2016<br>Subject: The Centre for Internet & Society - Bulletin - February '16<br>To: <a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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Dear Carolina,<br>
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<small>The Centre for Internet & Society is happy to
share its February 2016 newsletter. Previous issues of
the newsletters can be accessed at <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" target="_blank">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>.</small><br>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The
Researchers at Work programme organised the <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16" target="_blank">Internet
Researchers' Conference 2016 (IRC16)</a> on
February 26-28. It was hosted by the Centre
for Political Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru
University, and was generously supported by
the CSCS Digital Innovation Fund.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Subhashish
Panigrahi won the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/odisha-news-february-22-2016-intellects-holds-second-international-conclave-of-odia-language" target="_blank">Yuva
Prerana Samman award</a>. The award was
conferred during the 2nd International
Conclave of Odia Language (organized by
Intellects, a Delhi-based progressive forum of
intellectuals) at the India International
Centre in New Delhi on February 20, 2016. <a href="http://www.odishanewsinsight.com/events/the-intellects-holds-2nd-international-conclave-of-odia-language/" target="_blank">Odisha
News</a> covered the event.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Subhashish
Panigrahi <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-hoot-feburay-19-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-can-wikipedia-revive-dying-indian-languages" target="_blank">wrote
an article for the Hoot</a> on whether
Wikipedia could revive dying Indian languages.
Panigrahi stated that by encouraging content
and involvement languages could be kept
relevant. The article was republished by
Pratham Books.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Kannada
Wikipedia just celebrated its 13th
anniversary. As part of the <a href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/wikipediansspeak/" target="_blank">WikipediansSpeak</a>
series Subhashish Panigrahi caught up with <a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:VASANTH_S.N" target="_blank">Vasanth</a>
to learn about his contributions to the
Kannada Wikipedia. <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/28/kannada-wikipedia-vasanth-sn/" target="_blank">In
the discussion</a> Vasanth shared his long
time involvement in the Wikimedia movement,
and spoke about what drove him every day to
edit Wikipedia and helping other fellow
Wikimedians.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Sunil
Abraham's <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/first-post-february-9-2016-sunil-abraham-facebook-fall-from-grace-arab-spring-to-indian-winter" target="_blank">article
on Facebook's Free Basics</a> was published
by First Post. He stated that there is more to
come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality
regulations especially for throttling and
blocking.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Nehaa
Chaudhari <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-socio-legal-review-nehaa-chaudhari-standard-essential-patent-on-low-cost-mobile-phones-in-india" target="_blank">wrote
an article</a> for the Socio Legal Review
(National Law School of India University). The
article seeks to examine legal and policy
lever and the role of regulator in the
development of an enabling environment for
access to sub-hundred dollar mobile devices.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In a <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/aakash-tablet-and-technological-imaginaries-of-education-in-india-excerpt" target="_blank">recently
published paper</a>, Jahnavi Phalkey and
Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public
initiatives in technological solutions for
educating the poor and the disadvantaged in
independent India.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in
2014 that examines free speech, expression and
media development. The chapter contains a
Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General,
UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/unesco-world-trends-in-freedom-of-expression-and-media-development" target="_blank">contributed
to the Independence: Introduction - Global
Media Chapter</a>. The book was edited by
Courtney C. Radsch.</font></small></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">India
should apply electronic toll collection
systems to roads, and adapt road network
concepts in organizing and managing
communications networks wrote Shyam Ponappa <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/shyam-ponappa-business-standard-february-3-2016-bottled-up-national-assets" target="_blank">in
an Op-Ed published by the Business Standard</a>.</font></small></li>
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<strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility" target="_blank">Accessibility
& Inclusion</a></strong> <br>
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India has an estimated 70 million persons with
disabilities who don't have access to read printed
materials due to some form of physical, sensory,
cognitive or other disability. As part of our endeavour
to make available accessible content for persons with
disabilities we are developing a text-to-speech software
in 15 languages with support from the Hans Foundation.
The progress made so far in the project can be accessed
<a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></small></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►NVDA and eSpeak</font></small></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Report</font></small></p>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/february-2016-report.pdf" target="_blank">February
2016</a> (Suman Dogra; February 28, 2016).</font></small></div>
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<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k" target="_blank">Access to Knowledge</a>
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</strong>As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we
are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive
Technologies) under a grant from the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on
the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and
intellectual property to support intellectual property
norms that encourage the proliferation and development
of such technologies as a social good. The second one
(Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation
is for the growth of Indic language communities and
projects by designing community collaborations and
partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and
explore innovative approaches to building projects.</font></small></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►Pervasive
Technologies</font></small></p>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-socio-legal-review-nehaa-chaudhari-standard-essential-patent-on-low-cost-mobile-phones-in-india" target="_blank">Standard
Essential Patents on Low-Cost Mobile Phones in
India: A Case to Strengthen Competition
Regulation?</a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; Socio Legal
Review, National Law School of India University;
February 25, 2016).</font></small></div>
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<p align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></font></small></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/2016-works-in-progress-intellectual-property-wipip-colloquium" target="_blank">2016
Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ("WIPIP")
Colloquium</a> (Organized by School of Law,
University of Washington; Washington D.C.; February
19 - 20, 2016). Prof. Jorge Contreras presented a
paper co-authored by Rohini Lakshané on the patent
landscape conducted for the Pervasive Technologies
project.</font></small></li>
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<p align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">► Copyright and Patent</font></small></p>
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<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chair-series-information-received-from-university-of-madras" target="_blank">MHRD
IPR Chair Series: Information Received from
University of Madras</a> (Karan Tripathi; February
19, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chair-series-information-received-from-cochin-university-of-science-and-technology" target="_blank">MHRD
IPR Chair Series: Information Received from Cochin
University of Science and Technology</a> (Karan
Tripathi; February 21, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chair-series-information-received-from-iit-bombay" target="_blank">MHRD
IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT,
Bombay</a> (Karan Tripathi; February 22, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chair-series-information-received-from-iit-delhi" target="_blank">MHRD
IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT,
Delhi</a> (Karan Tripathi; February 22, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-new-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions-are-a-big-win-for-foss-in-india" target="_blank">The
new Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions are
a big win for FOSS in India!</a> (Anubha Sinha;
February 23, 2016).</font></small></li>
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Organized</strong></font></small></p>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/events/ip-meetup-01-prof-biswajit-dhar-on-intellectual-property-issues-the-way-forward-post-nairobi-wto-ministerial" target="_blank">IP
Meetup #01: Prof. Biswajit Dhar on 'Intellectual
Property issues: The Way Forward post Nairobi
WTO Ministerial'</a> (CIS, New Delhi; February
7, 2016). Prof. Dhar gave a talk.</font></small></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►Wikipedia</font></small></p>
<p style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan" target="_blank">project
grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have
reached out to more than 3500 people across India by
organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed
the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the
Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian
languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of
encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1
book on Odia language history in English).</font></small></p>
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sans-serif"><strong>Articles</strong></font></small></p>
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<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-hoot-feburay-19-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-can-wikipedia-revive-dying-indian-languages" target="_blank">Can
Wikipedia revive dying Indian languages?</a>
(Subhashish Panigrahi; The <a href="http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/digital-media/can-wikipedia-revive-dying-indian-languages-9186" target="_blank">Hoot</a>;
February 19, 2016 and mirrored by <a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/2016/02/can-wikipedia-revive-dying-indian.html" target="_blank">Pratham
Books</a>; February 22, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-subhashish-panigrahi-community-digest-estonians-working-on-new-feedback-system-for-wikipedia-articles" target="_blank">Community
Digest—Estonians working on a new feedback system
for Wikipedia articles</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi;
Wikimedia Blog; February 27, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-february-28-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-looking-ahead-to-future-of-kannada-wikipedia" target="_blank">Looking
ahead to the future of the Kannada Wikipedia:
Vasanth S.N.</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Wikimedia
Blog; February 29, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/suryaprava-subhashish-panigrahi-february-22-2016-article" target="_blank">ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଅନୁଶୀଳନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi;
Suryaprava; February 22, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b2db3eb37b3e-b2ab3eb07b01-b0fb15-b05b28b41b36b40b33b28" target="_blank">ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଅନୁଶୀଳନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi;
Samaja; February 21, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b2eb3eb24b43b2db3eb37b3e-b26b3fb2cb38-b06b1cb3fb30-b38b2eb38b4db5fb3e-b13-b06b39b4db71b3eb28" target="_blank">ମାତୃଭାଷା
ଦିବସ: ଆଜିର ସମସ୍ୟା ଓ ଆହ୍ୱାନ</a> (Subhashish
Panigrahi; Sambad; February 21, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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sans-serif"><strong>Submission</strong></font></small></div>
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<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cultural-institution-aka-glam-for-more-oer" target="_blank">Cultural
institution AKA GLAM for more OER</a> (Subhashish
Panigrahi; February 27, 2016). Subhashish's
submission under the theme of "Innovative approaches
to opening up cultural heritage collections for
education" has been selected for the OER16
conference to be held in Edinburg, Scotland from 19
to 20 April 2016.</font></small></li>
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sans-serif"><strong>Media Coverage</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-telugu-wikipedia-january-14-2016-youth-responsible-for-protecting-telugu" target="_blank">Youth
is responsible for protecting Telugu</a> (Eenadu;
January 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/scroll.in-february-6-2016-madhav-gadgil-why-arent-indians-using-wikipedia-to-hold-the-government-to-account" target="_blank">Why
aren’t Indians using Wikipedia to hold the
government to account?</a> (Madhav Gadgil;
Scroll.in; February 6, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/hindustan-times-kanika-sharma-february-14-2016-now-trending-regional-indian-language-social-media-networks" target="_blank">Now
trending: Regional Indian language social media
networks</a> (Kanika Sharma; Hindustan Times;
February 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-february-21-2016-international-mother-language-day" target="_blank">International
Mother Language Day</a> (Eenadu; February 21,
2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/caaccdcb0cb6cbec82ca4cb5ca8" target="_blank">ಪ್ರಶಾಂತವನ</a>
(Prashasti Prashantavanam; February 21, 2016).</font></small></li>
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sans-serif"><strong>Award</strong></font></small></div>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Intellects,
a Delhi-based progressive forum of intellectuals,
held the 2nd International Conclave of Odia Language
at the India International Centre in New Delhi on
February 20, 2016. Subhashish Panigrahi participated
in the event and won the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/odisha-news-february-22-2016-intellects-holds-second-international-conclave-of-odia-language" target="_blank">Yuva
Prerana Samman award</a>. <a href="http://www.odishanewsinsight.com/events/the-intellects-holds-2nd-international-conclave-of-odia-language/" target="_blank">Odisha
News</a> covered the event.</font></small></li>
</ul>
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Organized</strong></font></small></div>
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<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/digitisation-sprint-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada-to-bring-more-books-on-telugu-wikisource" target="_blank">Digitisation
sprint at Andhra Loyola College Vijayawada to
bring more books on Telugu Wikisource</a> (Andhra
Loyola College, Off Eluru Road, Behind Vinayak
Theater, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh; February 12 to
14, 2016).<strong> </strong></font></small></li>
</ul>
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sans-serif"><strong>-----------------------------------
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</strong></font> <font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness" target="_blank">Openness</a> <br>
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<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">Our work in the Openness programme focuses
on open data, especially open government data, open
access, open education resources, open knowledge in
Indic languages, open media, and open technologies and
standards - hardware and software. We approach openness
as a cross-cutting principle for knowledge production
and distribution, and not as a thing-in-itself.</font></small></div>
<p align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Articles</strong></font></small></p>
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<ul>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/monitoring-sustainable-development-goals-in-india-availability-and-openness-01" target="_blank">Monitoring
Sustainable Development Goals in India:
Availability and Openness of Data (Part I)</a>
(Kiran AB, Openness Blog, February 22, 2016)</font></small></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<p align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Submission</strong></font></small></p>
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<ul>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/open-data-hackathons-are-great-but-address-privacy-and-license-concerns" target="_blank">Open
Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy
and License Concerns</a> (Nisha Thompson,
Cross-posted from DataMeet, February 05, 2016)</font></small></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<p align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></font></small></p>
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<ul>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/national-koha-conclave" target="_blank">National
Koha Conclave</a> (Organized by Informatics
Publishing; Fortune Park JP Celestial; Bangalore;
February 17, 2016). Sunil Abraham delivered the
inaugural address on the occasion.</font></small></div>
</li>
</ul>
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</strong></font> <font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance" target="_blank">Internet
Governance</a> <br>
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<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">As part of its research on privacy and free
speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The
first one (under a grant from Privacy International and
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is on
surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The
second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is
on studying the restrictions placed on freedom of
expression online by the Indian government.</font></small></div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">►Big Data</font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/database-on-big-data-and-smart-cities-international-standards" target="_blank">Database
on Big Data and Smart Cities International
Standards</a> (Vanya Rakesh; February 11, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster" target="_blank">Sean
McDonald - Ebola: A Big Data Disaster</a>
(Sumandro Chattapadhyay; February 29, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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sans-serif">►Freedom of Expression</font></small></div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Articles</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/global-voices-subhashish-panigrahi-february-9-2016-a-good-day-for-the-internet-everywhere" target="_blank">‘A
Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans
Differential Data Pricing</a> (Subhashish
Panigrahi; Global Voices; February 9, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/odisha-tv-february-9-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-net-neutrality-advocates-rejoice-as-trai-bans-differential-pricing" target="_blank">Net
Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans
Differential Pricing</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi;
Odisha TV; February 9, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/first-post-february-9-2016-sunil-abraham-facebook-fall-from-grace-arab-spring-to-indian-winter" target="_blank">Facebook's
Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter</a>
(Sunil Abraham; First Post; February 11, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/asian-age-february-14-2016-sunil-abraham-vidushi-marda-internet-freedom" target="_blank">Internet
Freedom</a> (Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda;
Asian Age; February 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/bangalore-mirror-subhashish-panigrahi-february-9-2016-there-is-no-such-thing-as-free-basics" target="_blank">There
is No Such Thing as Free Basics</a> (Subhashish
Panigrahi; February 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/unesco-world-trends-in-freedom-of-expression-and-media-development" target="_blank">World
Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media
Development</a> (Pranesh Prakash; United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation;
February 17, 2016). Pranesh Prakash contributed to
Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter.</font></small></li>
</ul>
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<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">Event Organized</font></small></div>
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<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-series-of-public-debates-on-differential-pricing-series-1" target="_blank">Public
Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 1</a>
(Co-organized by CIS, ICRIER and the Department of
Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai; CIS,
Bangalore; February 1, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/public-debate-on-differential-pricing-series-2" target="_blank">Public
Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 2</a>
(Co-organized by CIS, ICRIER and the Department of
Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai;
Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Kalina,
Mumbai; February 3, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/public-debate-on-differential-pricing-series-3" target="_blank">Public
Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 3</a>
(Co-organized by CIS, ICRIER and the Department of
Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai; India
Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road near Air Force Bal Bharti
School, New Delhi; February 5, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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sans-serif"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/unicef-nasscom-foundation-workshop-on-child-online-protection" target="_blank">UNICEF
& Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online
Protection</a> (Organized by United Nations
Children's International Education Fund; Hotel
Claridges; New Delhi; February 8, 2016). Jyoti
Panday attended the event.</font></small></li>
</ul>
</div>
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sans-serif">►Privacy</font></small></div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Submission</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-on-the-report-of-the-committee-on-medium-term-path-on-financial-inclusion" target="_blank">Comments
by the Centre for Internet and Society on the
Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on
Financial Inclusion </a>(Vipul Kharbanda;
February 27, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">Blog Entry</font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/a-case-for-greater-privacy-paternalism" target="_blank">A
Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?</a> (Amber
Sinha; February 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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</strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom" target="_blank"><strong>Telecom</strong></a><strong>
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</strong> CIS is involved in promoting access and
accessibility to telecommunications services and
resources and has provided inputs to ongoing policy
discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI.
It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and
accessibility of mobile phones for persons with
disabilities and also works with the USOF to include
funding projects for persons with disabilities in its
mandate:</font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/shyam-ponappa-business-standard-february-3-2016-bottled-up-national-assets" target="_blank">Bottled-Up
National Assets</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business
Standard and Organizing India BlogSpot; February 3,
2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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</strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw" target="_blank"><strong>Researchers at
Work</strong></a><strong> <br>
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</strong> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an
interdisciplinary research initiative driven by
contemporary concerns to understand the reconfigurations
of social practices and structures through the Internet
and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It is
interested in producing local and contextual accounts of
interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the
Internet, and socio-material and geo-political
processes:</font></small></div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Article</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/aakash-tablet-and-technological-imaginaries-of-education-in-india-excerpt" target="_blank">The
Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of
Mass Education in Contemporary India</a> (Jahnavi
Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay; February 14,
2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Video</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/raw-lectures-02-anil-menon-video" target="_blank">RAW
Lectures #02: Anil Menon on 'Speculative Fiction
and Freedom' - Video</a> (CIS, Bangalore; January
13, 2016). The video was uploaded on February 9,
2016.</font></small></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><strong>Events Organized</strong></font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16" target="_blank">Internet
Researchers' Conference 2016</a> (Jawaharlal Nehru
University, Delhi; February 26 - 28, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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<div align="justify"><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">CIS gave inputs to the following media
coverage:</font></small></div>
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<ul>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/washington-post-annie-gowen-february-8-2016-india-bans-facebooks-free-internet-for-the-poor" target="_blank">India
bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor</a>
(Annie Gowen; Washington Post; February 8, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-adi-narayan-bhuma-srivastava-february-8-2016-zuckerberg-plan-spurned-as-india-backs-full-net-neutrality" target="_blank">Zuckerberg's
Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality</a>
(Adi Narayan and Bhuma Srivastava; Bloomberg;
February 8, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/outlook-february-8-2016-arindam-mukherjee-a-megacorps-basic-instinct" target="_blank">A
Megacorp’s Basic Instinct</a> (Arindam Mukherjee;
Outlook; February 8, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-times-february-8-2016-james-crabtree-facebooks-free-basics-hits-snag-in-india" target="_blank">Facebook’s
Free Basics hits snag in India</a> (James Crabtree
with additional reporting by Tim Bradshaw; Financial
Times; February 8, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-february-9-2016-shauvik-ghosh-moulishree-srivastava-trai-upholds-net-neutrality-in-setback-to-facebooks-free-basics" target="_blank">Trai
upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s
Free Basics</a> (Moulishree Srivastava and Shauvik
Ghosh; Livemint; February 9, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/voice-of-america-anjana-pasricha-february-9-2016-india-sets-strict-new-net-neutrality-rules" target="_blank">India
Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules </a>(Anjana
Pasricha; Voice of America; February 9, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-february-9-2016-alnoor-peermohamed-net-neutrality-advocates-hail-trai-verdict" target="_blank">Net
neutrality advocates hail Trai verdict</a> (Alnoor
Peermohamed; Business Standard; February 9, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/global-voices-february-11-2016-netizen-report" target="_blank">Netizen
Report: The EU Wrestles With Facebook Over Privacy</a>
(Global Voices; February 11, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-chronicle-february-14-2016-linking-facebook-use-to-free-top-up-data" target="_blank">Linking
Facebook use to free top-up data</a> (Deccan
Chronicle; February 14, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/the-register-february-15-2016-india-facebook-ruling-is-another-nail-in-coffin-of-mno-model" target="_blank">India's
‘Facebook ruling’ is another nail in the coffin of
the MNO model</a> (The Register; February 15,
2016). </font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-telegraph-february-18-2016-violence-call-key-to-sedition" target="_blank">Violence
call key to 'sedition'</a> (The Telegraph;
February 18, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ozy-february-19-2016-sanjena-sathian-why-internet-is-making-india-furious" target="_blank">Why
the Internet is Making India Furious</a> (Sanjana
Sathian; Ozy; February 19, 2016).</font></small></li>
<li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/why-india-snubbed-facebooks-free-internet-offer" target="_blank">Why
India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offer </a>(Daniel
Van Boom; Cnet; February 26, 2016).</font></small></li>
</ul>
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a
non-profit organisation that undertakes
interdisciplinary research on internet and digital
technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The
areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons
with diverse abilities, access to knowledge,
intellectual property rights, openness (including open
data, free and open source software, open standards,
open access, open educational resources, and open
video), internet governance, telecommunication reform,
digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic
research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations
of social and cultural processes and structures as
mediated through the internet and digital media
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