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May 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2012 10:00 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and information on our events in this bulletin of May 2010

Ring Side View : Update on WIPO Negotiations on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:34 AM

As a legal advisor of the World Blind Union and part of the World Blind Union delegation to the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) that concluded on July 25, 2012 I had a ring side seat to the negotiations that happened between Member States in relation to the Treaty.

RIP: Rahul Cherian, human rights activist, Inclusive Planet co-founder — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 09, 2013 07:13 AM

RIPRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away today at the age of 39, while on a family holiday in Goa.

ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2012 08:53 AM

The fourth meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) took place at the India International Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2012. The meeting was held in furtherance to an invitation of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India. A two-day tutorial on Audio-Visual Media Accessibility followed the meeting on March 14 and 15, 2012 at the same venue. A total of 20 people participated in this event.

March 2011 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2012 10:59 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage.

June 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2012 09:38 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on events for the month of June 2010.

July 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2012 09:41 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on our events and other updates for the month of July 2010.

April 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.

November 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM

Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.

Report on use of eSpeak Bengali with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Nov 09, 2015 03:57 PM

NVDA team conducted a training programme at Turnstone Matruchaya, Siligudi, West Bengal from September 7 to 9, 2015. Fourteen delegates attended. Nirmal Verma was the language trainer.

Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10) — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM

Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.

A lifetime of five years on the internet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2013 09:04 AM

Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.

Nirmita Narasimhan wins the 18th NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Award 2017! — by Admin — last modified Oct 31, 2017 02:02 AM

Nirmita Narasimhan been selected for the 18th NCPEDP - Mindtree Helen Keller Awards 2017. The Award will be given away on Saturday, 2 December 2017 at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.

How tech is making life easier for differently-abled — by Admin — last modified Nov 08, 2017 01:49 AM

Scattered on technology specialist Amit Bagwe's desk beside his laptop are a Sam sung tablet and an iPhone7.

Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Nov 26, 2017 07:08 AM

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India has published the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW). Nirmita Narasimhan on behalf of the Centre for Internet & Society gave comments on GIGW.

One For All — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 04, 2013 04:13 AM

The importance of making information accessible and universal.

National Resource Kit : The West Bengal Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:19 AM

The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of West Bengal.

Rahul Cherian, founder of NGO Inclusive Planet, passes away — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 09, 2013 06:57 AM

Rahul Cherian, who worked extensively on disability law and rights in India, and other issues like intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday while on on a family holiday in Goa according to this report in the Hindu.

February 2013 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.

Information about Schemes for Disabled Persons in Haryana — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 14, 2013 05:47 AM

Find below copies of the notifications received from the Government of Haryana regarding schemes and policies for persons with disabilities.

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