Blogs
01 Dec 2019
Guest post by Kim Titcombe
All eyes were on Washington last week as the decision makers of the world on development finance held their annual ritual of spring meetings.
On the other side of the…
29 Nov 2019
Susheela K.M. is the infomediary in charge of the community information centre, Naganahalli panchayat, H.D.Kote block, Mysore district. This centre is part of a network of eight such information…
02 Apr 2019
Prescriptions for women’s empowerment in the dominant rhetoric
Global and plurilateral trade negotiations are currently suffused with over-optimistic readings about the promise of the digital…
09 Dec 2018
Anita Gurumurthy
Amrita Vasudevan
This blog is part of the series ‘Righting Gender Wrongs’ and is based on feminist reflections on the life of women and men in the glocal digital public sphere in 3…
09 Dec 2018
J. Devika
This blog is part of the series ‘Righting Gender Wrongs’ and is based on feminist reflections on the life of women and men in the glocal digital public sphere in 3 Indian states, Kerala,…
14 Nov 2018
1. Looking beyond the status-quo
The digital revolution that initially promised to be a socio-economic leveller has ironically become the harbinger of a new global socio-economic order of…
30 Aug 2018
The second phase of ROER4D continued some important explorations and studies that emanated from the activities and research outputs/ outcomes of the first phase.
One of the projects supported in the…
12 Mar 2018
Despite the popularity of “data for development” in global policy circles, we are still far from a data revolution capable of promoting equitable and sustainable development. Available data may not…
19 Dec 2017
As technology becomes a real and unfragmentable part of social interaction, a global crisis is evident in the form of widespread normalisation of online violence against women (VAW).
It is vital…
17 Jul 2017
Amrita Vasudevan and Anita Gurumurthy
In April this year, the Supreme Court of India made an eagerly awaited ruling on Internet intermediary liability. This case dealt with Internet intermediary…
12 Jul 2017
Nandini Chami and Amrita Vasudevan
The theme for this year’s High-Level Political Forum is “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”. And surely, the HLPF cannot chart out an…
15 Feb 2017
The gender disparities of the digital often mirror those of the socio-economic terrain. Whether it be the ‘teething pains’ of biometric based authentication in welfare service delivery that cause…
20 Apr 2016
on the send-off of Sri Jayakumar, Director DSERT at Kaveri Hall, on April 11, 2016 - Gurumurthy K1
Sri S. Jayakumar (SJ) was the director of DSERT for around one and half years. Within this short…
18 Dec 2015
‘Do we have rights with respect to digital space? If yes, what are they?’ - this question set the tone for our workshop on ‘What are People’s Rights in the Digital World? - Moving Towards a Digital…
26 Jun 2015
The state has always held information about citizens. The power of the state to track its citizens, and its disciplining and discourses of obedience, are well understood historically. What Snowden…
22 May 2015
This is an analysis of the process of "district ranking" of the SSLC results and what needs to be done with the results for improving educational outcomes.
A shorter version of this article was…
17 Apr 2015
The much anticipated conversation on Net Neutrality has finally gained momentum and it is indeed the time to celebrate as India's vibrant public sphere has done it again with over 3 lakh people…
15 Apr 2015
IT for Change attended the Forum Social Mondial 2015, in Tunis, Tunisia, primarily to co-organise a workshop on 'Organising an Internet Social Forum - A call to occupy the Internet' as an active…
09 Feb 2015
Article "Tech know" - SANJAY GUPTA and PRIYA VISWANATH.
Good idea.... bad design???
"The audio-visual ‘lab’ was equipped with a solar-powered E-prashala (a multi-purpose educational computer). D.S…