Internet Governance

Event Report: Community Discussion on Open Standards

Open standards are important for the growth and evolution of technology and practices for consumers and industries. They provide a...

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Internet Governance

Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF

This brief was authored by Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham. Click here to download the policy brief. Executive...

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Access to Knowledge

(Lack of) Representation of Non-Western World in Process of Creation of Web Standards

W3C is the organization which sets the standard for HTML 5. Recently it got surrounded by controversy due to the...

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Openness

How we celebrated Software Freedom Day

What are FOSS, Free Software, Open Source, and FLOSS? Adopted by noted software freedom advocate Richard Stallman in 1983, free...

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Openness

Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software

The article was published by DNA on September 17, 2016. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide...

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Openness

ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା

The blog post was mirrored in Your Story, Odisha Story and Aajira Odisha on September 17, 2016. The originally published...

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Openness

It’s September, and That Means It’s Time for Software Freedom Day

The article was published by Global Voices on September 17, 2016. Supported by several global organizations like Google, Canonical, Free...

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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016

1. Preliminary 1.1. This submission presents comments and recommendations by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) on the proposed...

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Internet Governance

Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities – Way Forward for India

Click here to download the full file Globally, the pace of urbanization is increasing exponentially. The world’s urban population is...

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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 – Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance

It is our distinct honour to be invited to submit this note for consideration by the IT Group of the...

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