DEFdialogue with Usha Ramanathan
DEF hosted its second DEFdialogue with legal researcher and activist Usha Ramanathan on August 25, 2017.
Right to Privacy: What do the limitations mean and how will they impact you?
What makes us believe that Right to Privacy will not be restricted at the govt’s whims and fancies?
Real-time digital reporting of toilets can bring girls to school
Use of a simple smartphone can ensure equitable access to facilities, challenging patriarchal insensitivity and facilitating gender equality
It’s Hard to Understand Privacy in India
A few hours after today’s judgment, Union minister for information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad noted, “Even a fundamental right to privacy has limitations.” We are yet to see what these limitations will be.
Pochampally weavers learn to re-weave with digital tools
The Digital Cluster Development Programme of DEF, in collaboration with Microsoft Indiaand Chaitanya Bharti,
Bihar builds an army of Internet Saathis
As many as 11,18,000 women and girls, across 5,873 villages in six districts of Bihar, have been trained in basic digital and Internet skills
4.1 million jobs that can change India
It is time for India to restructure itself in order to offer skills and jobs of the future—a future where jobs aren’t only a source of income but also to create a peaceful, information-rich society
What is data colonisation and why it matters to us in India
Colonising a country no longer requires its physical invasion with military strength
Dealing with e-waste
There is a need for electronics consumers to become conscious users of their gadgets, and for the govt to take a more proactive role in ensuring that e-waste is recycled under proper international guidelines
Farmer’s handyman
Reliance Foundation’s Information Services programme has been empowering communities since January 2013 by providing reliable and robust information tailored to the local needs of farmers, fisher folks and livestock owners using modern information, communication and technologies. This bridges the gap between lab-derived knowledge and field-based skills. Information is disseminated though audio and dial-out conferences, local…