<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Centre for Internet & Society</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:03 PM<br>Subject: The Centre for Internet & Society - Bulletin - June 2017<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small>Dear Michel
Bauwens,</small></font><br>
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Welcome to the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS)
newsletter for June 2017. Previous issues of the newsletters
can be <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" target="_blank">accessed here</a>.<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
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<li style="text-align:left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">CIS made a submission on the
Goods and Services Tax (GST) that has come into
force this year. In <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/gst-a-barrier-to-human-rights-for-persons-with-disabilities" target="_blank">the submission assessed
the impact of GST</a> on persons with
disabilities.</font></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Indian Patent
Office updated the Guidelines for Examination of
Computer Related Inventions. Anubha Sinha <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-patent-office-issues-updated-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions-yet-again" target="_blank">throws light on the
updated guidelines</a> in a blog post. She has
clarified that the updated Guidelines take no
concrete position to help clarify the ambiguity
around patentability of software inventions in
India. </font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/marathi-wikipedia-symposium-at-gokhale-institute-of-politics-economics" target="_blank">strategic symposium</a>
on Marathi Wikipedia and its sister projects was
conducted in April 2017. Subodh Kulkarni has
shared the developments in a report.</font></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Compiled a <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cybersecurity-compilation-indian-context" target="_blank">compendium on cyber
security</a> from the Indian context. The
document is a comprehensive source compiling all
the cyber-security related regulations, policies,
guidelines, notifications, executive orders, court
rulings, etc. </font></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">CIS <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-from-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-on-renewal-of-net-registry-agreement" target="_blank">commented on the renewal
of the .NET Registry Agreement</a>. CIS
expressed its strong opposition to the proposed
renewal. The comments were prepared by Vidushi
Marda with inputs from Sunil Abraham and Pranesh
Prakash.</font></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Harsh Gupta <a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/cisxscholars-harsh-gupta-machine-learning-for-lawyers-and-lawmakers-20170629" target="_blank">discussed "FAT ML
(Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in
Machine Learning) for Lawyers and Lawmakers"</a>
at the CIS office in Delhi on June 29, 2017.</font></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Shyam Ponappa
<a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-june-5-business-standard-and-organizing-india-blogspot-broadband-reforms-for-local-manufacturing" target="_blank">in an article in the
Business Standard</a> opined that broadband in
India needs reforms for local manufacturing and
for infrastructure expansion and utilisation</font></li>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>CIS in the news:</b></font></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify">
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/electronic-frontier-foundation-jyoti-panday-june-1-2017-aadhaar-ushering-in-a-commercialized-era-of-surveillance-in-india" target="_blank">Aadhaar: Ushering in a
Commercialized Era of Surveillance in India</a> (Jyoti
Panday; Electronics Frontier Foundation; June 1, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/indian-express-june-1-2017-pranav-mukul-privacy-is-culture-specific-mncs-hit-by-aadhaar-says-trai-chief" target="_blank">Privacy is culture specific, MNCs
hit by Aadhaar, says TRAI chief</a> (Pranav Mukul;
Indian Express; June 1, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-june-2-2017-nidhi-sharma-centre-brings-in-new-safeguards-following-cases-of-aadhaar-data-leaks-on-government-websites" target="_blank">Centre brings in new safeguards
following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government
websites</a> (Nidhi Sharma; Economic Times; June 2,
2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-june-2-2017-komal-gupta-new-rules-for-govt-agencies-to-ensure-security-of-personal-data" target="_blank">New rules for govt agencies to
ensure security of personal data</a> (Komal Gupta;
Livemint; June 2, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-june-8-2017-shaikh-zoaib-saleem-explore-money-apps-but-watch-your-data" target="_blank">Explore money apps but watch your
data</a> (Shaikh Zoaib Saleem; Livemint; June 8, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-yuthika-bhargava-june-9-2017-new-law-to-unlock-data-economy" target="_blank">New law to unlock data economy</a>
(Yuthika Bhargava; Hindu; June 9, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livelaw-june-10-2017-simran-sahni-placements-at-nujs" target="_blank">Placements at NUJS: Class of 2017
Scores 100%</a> (Simran Sahni; Livelaw; June 10, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/indian-express-kiran-jonnalgadda-june-10-2017-why-did-nandan-nilekani-praise-a-twitter-troll" target="_blank">Why did Nandan Nilekani praise a
Twitter troll?</a> (Kiran Jonnalgadda; Indian Express;
June 10, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-june-11-2017-shaikh-zoaib-saleem-are-biometrics-hack-proof" target="_blank">Are biometrics hack-proof?</a>
(Shaikh Zoaib Saleem; Livemint; June 11, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-june-28-2017-jyotika-sood-utpal-bhaskar-golden-eye-ransomware-attack-hit-operations-at-pipavav-port-jnpt" target="_blank">GoldenEye ransomware attack hit
operations at Pipavav Port, JNPT</a> (Jyotika Sood and
Utpal Bhaskar; Livemint; June 28, 2017).</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>CIS members wrote the following articles</b></font></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify">
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-june-11-2017-digital-native-in-digiville-attention-is-currency" target="_blank">Digital Native: In digiville
attention is Currency</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express;
June 11, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-june-24-2017-digital-native-on-mute-the-voice-of-the-people" target="_blank">Digital Native: On mute, the
Voice of the People</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express;
June 24, 2017).</font></li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility" target="_blank">Accessibility & Inclusion</a> <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></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>Submission</b></font></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify">
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/gst-a-barrier-to-human-rights-for-persons-with-disabilities" target="_blank">GST - A Barrier to Human Rights
for Persons with Disabilities</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan;
June 24, 2017).</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Participation in
Events</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/wsis-forum-2017" target="_blank">WSIS Forum 2017</a> (Co-organized
by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP, in close collaboration
with all UN agencies; Geneva; June 12 - 16, 2017). Nirmita
Narasimhan was a speaker.</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/digital-accessibility" target="_blank">Digital Accessibility</a>
(Organized by National Informatics Centre; Bengaluru; June
17, 2017). Rakesh Paladugula, a web accessibility trainer
and Nirmita Narasimhan made a presentation to scientists
about digital accessibility.</font></li>
</ul>
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sans-serif"><b>------------------------------<wbr>-----</b><br>
<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k" target="_blank">Access
to Knowledge</a> <br>
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Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two
projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted
under a grant from the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex
interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and
intellectual property, in order to encourage the
proliferation and development of such technologies as a
social good. The Wikipedia project, which is 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></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">►Copyright</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>Participation in Event</b></font></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify">
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/fixing-copyright-for-education-sccr34-side-event" target="_blank">Fixing Copyright for Education</a>
(SCCR34 Side Event) (Communia, EIFL, Creative Commons, and
PIJIP; June 7, 2017). Anubha Sinha was a speaker.</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">►Pervasive Technologies</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>Participation in Event</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/2nd-international-conference-on-standardisation-patents-and-competition-issues" target="_blank">Preliminary Findings: Working
Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian
Patent System</a> (Organized by O.P. Jindal University;
New Delhi; June 10 - 11, 2017). Prof. Jorge Contreras gave
a talk on a forthcoming paper.</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">►Wikipedia</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><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></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b>Blog Entries</b></font></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify">
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/train-the-trainer-2017" target="_blank">Train The Trainer 2017</a>
(Manasa Rao; June 5, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/thematic-edit-a-thon-at-j-p-naik-centre-for-education-development-pune" target="_blank">Thematic Edit-a-thon at J.P.Naik
Centre for Education & Development, Pune</a> (Subodh
Kulkarni; June 7, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wiki-loves-mayabazaar" target="_blank">Wiki Loves Mayabazaar</a> (Pavan
Santhosh; June 7, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/marathi-wikipedia-symposium-at-gokhale-institute-of-politics-economics" target="_blank">Marathi Wikipedia Symposium at
Gokhale Institute Of Politics & Economics</a>
(Subodh Kulkarni; June 7, 2017).</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/digitisation-wikimedia-commons-and-wikisource-orientation-workshop-at-vigyan-ashram-pabal-pune-district" target="_blank">Digitisation, Wikimedia Commons
and Wikisource Orientation Workshop at Vigyan Ashram,
Pabal, Pune District</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; June 7,
2017).</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><i>Note: The workshops for the above blog posts
were held earlier but the reports were published during
the month of June</i>.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance" target="_blank">Internet Governance</a> <br>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><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
IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression
(SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur
Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government
has placed on freedom of expression online.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►Cybersecurity</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Blog Entry<br>
</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cybersecurity-compilation-indian-context" target="_blank">Cybersecurity Compilation:
Indian Context</a> (Leilah Elmokadem and edited by
Elonnai Hickok; June 18, 2017). </font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Participation
in Events</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/2nd-india-think-tank-forum" target="_blank">2nd India Think Tank Forum</a>
(Organized by Observer Research Foundation; New Delhi;
June 19 - 21, 2017). Udbhav Tiwari participated in the
forum.</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Second India
China Think-Tank Forum (Organized by Institute of
Chinese Studies, the Indian Council of World Affairs,
and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing;
June 22 - 27, 2017). Saikat Dutta represented an Indian
think tank. </font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►Free Speech and
Expression</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-align:justify">
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Submission</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-from-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-on-renewal-of-net-registry-agreement" target="_blank">Comments from the Centre for
Internet and Society on Renewal of .NET Registry
Agreement</a> (Vidushi Marda, Sunil Abraham and
Pranesh Prakash; June 6, 2017).</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Participation
in Events</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/international-symposium-on-electronic-art-isea-2017" target="_blank">ISEA 2017</a> (Organized by the
University of Caldas, Manizales; Columbia; June 11 - 16,
2017). Sharat Chandra Ram was a panelist.</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/freedom-of-expression-on-the-internet-possibilities-and-challenges" target="_blank">Freedom of Expression on the
Internet : Possibilities and Challenges</a> (Organized
by Bolivar Technological University; Cartagena; June 29,
2017). Sharat Chandra Ram was a speaker.</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">►Privacy</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Participation
in Events</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bis-litd-17-privacy-panel-meeting" target="_blank">BIS LITD 17 Privacy Panel
meeting</a> (Organized by National School of India
University; Bangalore; June 21, 2017). Udbhav Tiwari
attended the meeting.</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/dsci-best-practices-meet" target="_blank">DSCI Best Practices Meet</a>
(Organized by Data Security Council of India; Bangalore;
June 22 - 23, 2017). Udbhav Tiwari attended the meeting.</font></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">------------------------------<wbr>-----<a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom" target="_blank"><br>
Telecom</a> <br>
------------------------------<wbr>-----<b><b> </b><br>
</b>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></p>
<div style="text-align:justify">
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Newspaper
Column</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-june-5-business-standard-and-organizing-india-blogspot-broadband-reforms-for-local-manufacturing" target="_blank">Broadband Reforms for Local
Manufacturing</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard;
May 31, 2017 and Organizing India Blogspot; June 5,
2017).</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>------------------------------<wbr>-----</b><br>
<a href="http://cis-india.org/raw" target="_blank">Researchers
at Work</a> <br>
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The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an
interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an
emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social
practices and structures through the Internet and digital
media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce
local and contextual accounts of interactions,
negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and
socio-material and geo-political processes:</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Event
Organized<br>
</b></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="m_7907327188286190934external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/cisxscholars-harsh-gupta-machine-learning-for-lawyers-and-lawmakers-20170629" target="_blank">CISxScholars Delhi - Harsh
Gupta - FAT ML for Lawyers and Lawmakers</a> (CIS; New
Delhi; June 29, 2017). Harsh Gupta gave a talk.</font></li>
</ul>
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Arial, sans-serif"><b>------------------------------<wbr>-----
</b></font></div>
<p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><a href="http://cis-india.org/" target="_blank">About CIS</a> <br>
<b> ------------------------------<wbr>----- </b><br>
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 disabilities, 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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individuals, to engage with us on topics related
internet and society, and improve our collective
understanding of this field. To discuss such
possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive
Director, at <a class="m_7907327188286190934moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org" target="_blank">sunil@cis-india.org</a> (for
policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research
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academic research), with an indication of the form and
the content of the collaboration you might be interested
in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language
Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme
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donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and
Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its
core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS
is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia
Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International,
UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC
for funding its various projects</i>.</font></div>
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