Four Predictions for India’s National Cyber Security Strategy 2020
Harvard’s ‘National Cyber Power Index 2020’ assesses the capabilities and intent of 30 countries expressing ambitions to acquire and project ‘cyber power’. India was...
Data Data Everywhere, Whose is it to Give?
Written by Sourya Reddy & Swagam Dasgupta
It was a bone-dry morning in the middle of May, much like any other summer in Delhi. Although...
What Does it Take to Build a Sustainable Digital Health System?
This article is the second instalment of a two-part series on the National Digital Health Mission. We look at the best practices required to...
Sparking A Conversation: To Link Aadhar.. Or Not To?
In our next addition to the 'Sparking A Conversation' series, Ali Khan Mahmudabad discusses the growing role of unique identification in India, namely Aadhar....
To Unlock the Potential of Open Government Data, India Needs New, Comprehensive Legislation
Almost a decade after the launch of India’s Open [Government] Data initiative, the program remains constrained and has not lived up to its potential. Its deficiencies stem largely from the discretionary nature of the nation’s Open Data policy.
Moving Beyond a Unidimensional AI Arms Race
Written by Swagam Dasgupta
“Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind,” said Putin via live video to Russian students...
Is Your Data Use Harming the Environment?
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
After booking my train ticket online, I received a confirmation in my email inbox. The ticket ended with “Please don’t print...
How Do Internet Shutdowns & Web Censorship Work in India?
Research by Isha Malaviya
Edited & Presented by Sumit Krishna Yadav
Internet shutdowns and instances of web censorship have become a common occurrence in the...
To What Extent Does India’s Surveillance Regime Affect Citizen’s Privacy?
Attacks like 9/11 and 26/11 shock the conscience of our societies and states—it is in the background of such attacks, that governments tend to...
The Rise of Emotiveillance? Emotion AI and Ed-tech in India
A famous (and controversial) experiment in 1976 by Ekman and Friesen tried to study the facial expressions of individuals in response to certain stimuli....
