Tag: Data
Teach ‘Em Young: Appreciating Biodiversity Through Our Classrooms
There is a need to develop a language and vocabulary that communicates the essence of the natural world to young students. Citizen science interventions such as Nature Classrooms and Suttha Muttha are encouraging children to go beyond what's in their textbooks to observe, feel, and hear all that is around them.
Beyond Pegasus: The Story of State Surveillance in India
Not every citizen or institution is surveilled in the same manner, or for the same reasons. Categorising government surveillance into ‘Big Fish’, ‘Small Fish’, and ‘Dark Modes’ outlines how each type of surveillance seriously damages India's democracy.
How Data Protected Policies Can Ensure Migrant Workers’ Welfare
The need of the hour is to create a policy that protects both data and citizens while effectively provisioning services.
Data Cheque Point: How Paying People For Data Remains A Fever...
Compensation for users based on their data points becomes an unnecessary hurdle to cross — mainly because the limitations of such a model would reap more costs than guaranteed benefits.
Why the Privatisation of Schooling Hasn’t Improved the Quality of Indian...
Over the past few decades, parents have overwhelmingly shifted their children from government-run schools to private schools. The 4 lakh+ private schools in India...
Rethinking Data Ownership: Should Big Tech Pay Users For Their Data?
By Atri Mukherjee
After a long day of work, you log on to Facebook or Instagram to catch up with trends within your digital circles....
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...
Focusing on the Humans of Fieldwork Can Produce Better Quality Data
Data collection and surveys form the backbone of India’s social and development sectors. At a time when primary research on development issues is a...
#Dialogues: Mapping Cyber Security in India with Pukhraj Singh
Interviewed by Bharath Pottekkat
Edited by Malavika VN
If the recent revelation that China is collecting huge amounts of data on Indian individuals is anything to...
How Has the Role of Stakeholders in Education Changed? #Dialogues with...
Edited by Malavika VN
The COVID-19 crisis has thrown the education system in disarray. While schools and colleges have had to adapt to and embrace...
