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One Nation One Subscription Open Access

Open Access Chronicles: Moving Beyond One Nation One Subscription with Madhan Muthu (Chapter 11)

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal A lot has been spoken about India's ambitious One Nation One Subscription policy, by us in previous videos...
Open Access India One Nation One Subscription

Open Access Chronicles: Is Implementing One Nation One Subscription Realistic? with Madhan Muthu (Chapter...

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal The recently proposed One Nation One Subscription idea, as part of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP),...
Backdoor Access Encryption

Technically Speaking, Should Governments Sanction Backdoor Access to Encrypted Platforms? with Yashovardhan Azad

Hosted by Sourya Reddy  Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal The end-to-end protection that comes with encrypted platforms has been a thorn in the side of both, privacy...

Technically Speaking, Why is Encryption a Big Deal for the Government?

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal Encryption has been the talk of the tech world for the better part of 5 years now. While...

Losing Ground: Why Are Protected Areas Still The Model Form of Conservation?

Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan  Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal As our series on Losing Ground has noted, the Protected Areas (PA) model of conservation is fraught by...

Open Access Chronicles: Unpacking India’s One Nation One Subscription Idea with Dr. Devika Madalli

Hosted by Sourya Reddy  Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal In this chapter of our series —Open Access Chronicles — we explore India's recent efforts to gain widespread...

How Can We Hold the State Accountable for its Technology Adoption? With Srinivas Kodali

How can a nation’s citizenry, civil society and research bodies come together to hold the State accountable in order to ensure that these technologies are being adopted in a fair, robust and transparent manner without being misused? Srinivas Kodali—an independent researcher—tells us his thoughts.

Open Access Chronicles: An Indian Researcher’s Cost of Getting Published with Devika Madalli (Chapter...

Hosted by Sourya Reddy  Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal Thus far in our series — Open Access Chronicles — we've covered the global Open Access movement, the...

Technically Speaking, Why Does Technology Adoption Need to Be Made More Transparent?

Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta  Edited by Malavika VN Technology systems, when adopted by the state, come with a host of concerns, that range from individual data...

Technically Speaking, What Are Some Issues with Rapid Technology Adoption by the State?

Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta  Edited by Malavika VN Over the past decade, the Indian state has adopted several diverse forms of technology for a number of...