Paper "Public Understandings of E-waste and its Disposal in Urban India: From a Review towards a Conceptual Framework" | by A Borthakur & M Govind

Public Understandings of E-waste and its Disposal in Urban India: From a Review towards a Conceptual Framework

by Anwesha Borthakur, Madhav Govind, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.218

Highlights: Presented an in-depth review on important E-waste associated concerns. Urban India's intricate E-waste experiences are assessed. Households' electronics purchase and E-waste disposal behaviours are evaluated. A new conceptual framework has been proposed in the context of urban India. The new framework is tested against a primary field study in Bangalore.

Abstract: Responsible management of electronic waste (E-waste) is a major apprehension in contemporary urban India. As a toxic waste stream, E-waste calls for conscientious management practices in order to avoid possible human health and environmental consequences. Publics' consumption, disposal behaviour and awareness/perception are central to any successful E-waste management initiative. This paper is a journey from a review of existing literatures on some significant aspects of E-waste (including some widely used conceptual frameworks for waste management studies) towards a new conceptual framework of 'public understandings of E-waste and its disposal' in urban India. Accordingly, the paper is divided into two parts: 1) In-depth literature review on a few important aspects of E-waste and 2) Review of publics' perceptions of E-waste and the determinants of their consumption and disposal intention with the help of specific theoretical underpinnings. The concluding conceptual framework underlying our work uses elements that stem from the ideas of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and conspicuous consumption. Further, a case study carried out in the city of Bangalore is considered to validate the relevance of the new conceptual framework. Thus, the paper is an attempt not to restrict ourselves to the review of the existing literatures alone, but also to test the new conceptual framework formulated through the literature review against a primary field study.

Keywords: E-Waste; Theory of planned behaviour; Conspicuous consumption; Public understandings of E-waste; Urban India

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CfPs: 2-day International Conference on ‘Strategic Competency Mapping for Talent Management and Retention’ | at Chandigarh, 18-19 January

University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh is organizing two days International Conference on 'Strategic Competency Mapping for Talent Management and Retention' on 18-19 January, 2018.

 

 Detailed Information and the Conference Brochure

    

Conference Chairs

Professor Deepak Kapur, Chairman (+91 9416006837)

Dr. Luxmi, Associate Professor (+91 9463888038) D

Dr. Kulwinder Singh, Assistant Professor (+91 9855900379)

E: jatindercds@gmail.com

New Book | A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity | by R. Gopalakrishnan

A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity

by R. Gopalakrishnan, Penguin India, 2017, ISBN 9780670089895.

Overview

R. Gopalakrishnan, the bestselling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, explores how concepts turn into ideas, which then become prototypes, models and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation; as without thought, there could be no innovation, he explores the impending questions such as - What happens next? How can you take on challenges and keep your ideas relevant? The Biography of Innovation is the definitive book on the life cycle of new ideas and transformations.

About the Author

R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty-two years. He has a wealth of practical managerial experience, initially in Unilever and more recently in Tata. He has lived and worked in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled extensively all over the world. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics in Kolkata and electronic engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He worked initially in computer software, later in marketing, before moving to general management. During his Unilever career, he was based in Jeddah as chairman of the Arabian subsidiary; later, he was managing director, Brooke Bond Lipton India and then vice chairman of Hindustan Lever. He has been president of the All India Management Association. Currently, he is executive director, Tata Sons, based in Mumbai. He also serves on the boards of other companies. He is married with three children. 

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Download "State of Open Data 2017" Report

Check out the latest State of Open Data Report from figshare. 

- Report - State of Open Data 2017 Happy Open Access Week! As part of the annual celebration of open research we have released our State of Open Data report. Some of the key findings include: - Respondents have become more aware of open data sets (82% up from 73%) than in 2016 - Age does not appear to be a major factor in this trend - 74% of researchers are curating their data for sharing - Willingness of researchers to reuse open data sets in their own research has grown, a 10% increase to 80%, with the increase replicated across age groups - Researchers who routinely share their data has also grown since 2016, although by a smaller amount, from 57% to 60% - The proportion of researchers who have never made a data set openly available has reduced in the last year - Looking deeper we can see further promise for the future of open data, as 70% of these researchers are now willing to reuse open data sets in their own research (up from 65%) Check out the report and let us know what you think! Thanks Team figshare figshare · c/o Digital Science · 4 Crinan Street · London, Eng N1 9XW · United Kingdom  Copyright © 2017 figshare, All rights reserved.

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Centre for Studies in Science Policy 
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University 
New Delhi - 110067, India

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-7938

Web: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com

Twitter: @AannuuppK | @IndiaSTS
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CfPs: Science and Technology Indicators conference | Leiden, 12-14 September 2018

The 2018 Science and Technology Indicators conference will be held 12-14 September 2018 in Leiden (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the European Network of Indicator Developers (ENID), and will be hosted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. This edition will have a special focus on the discussion of "indicators in transition" as a driving force for more comprehensive, broader and socially oriented forms of Science, Technology and Innovation indicators and evaluations.

 

The website of the conference is already available (http://sti2018.cwts.nl) and it will be regularly updated with new information about the conference.

 

We invite you to submit proposals for thematic tracks (abstracts of 250 words) before January 15^th 2018. We welcome proposals for tracks dedicated to established or emerging topics, such as bibliometrics and/in social sciences and humanities, open science, responsible metrics, altmetrics and social media studies. We especially welcome transdisciplinary streams and international collaborations.

 

Selected tracks will be included in the call for papers and track organizers are asked to take place in the scientific committee of STI 2018 and assist in the peer review process of contributions submitted to their track. Thematic tracks might take a multitude of forms. Ranging from (one or more) paper sessions, roundtables, short provocations or other means of engagement. Thematic tracks will typically try to achieve more coherence throughout the track than the average paper session can provide.

 

For questions about possible thematic tracks and submissions of special tracks email us at sti2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl.

 

Do you want to receive updates in your e-mail regarding the next STI2018? (e.g. call for papers, etc.), then send us an e-mail to sti2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl with the subject 'Updates STI2018'.

 

Rodrigo Costas, Thomas Franssen and Alfredo Yegros.

 

STI2018 organising committee

 

Centre for Science & Technology Studies (CWTS)

University Leiden

PO Box 905

2300 AX LEIDEN

 

Visiting Address

Willem Einthoven Building

Kolffpad 1

2333 BN Leiden

The Netherlands

e. STI2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl

Capacity Building Workshop on SDGs | at Development Alternatives, New Delhi | 28th October

Dear Sir / Madam, Greeting from Development Alternatives! Abhishek Dubey Development Alternatives B-32, Tara Crescent, Qutub Institutional Area New Delhi - 110016 Ph: +91-11-2654-4100, 2654-4200, Fax: +91-11-2685-1158 karora[@]devalt.org www.devalt.org

JNU cordially invites you to Annual Open Day 2017 on 27th October

​Celebration of JNU Annual Open Day on 27th October 2017. 

JNUTA Talk on Locating Nanoscience & Technology in its Socio-Cultural Imbrications: A View from India | by Pankaj Sekhsaria | 25 October

Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA)

Cordially invites you for a talk on

 

Locating Nanoscience & Technology in its Socio-Cultural Imbrications: A View from India

 by

Pankaj Sekhsaria

Abstract: Science and Technology is culturally and socially influenced and factors of diversity and lack of resources that characterise Indian society are also seen with the mainstream S&T establishment. These are often not accounted for explicitly and through the study of research practices and innovation narratives in Nanoscience and Technology laboratories in India, the author argues that one should.

About the Speaker: Pankaj Sekhsaria is a prolific writer and an activist. He has authored several books and articles on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and issues of wildlife and conservation. He is, currently, Senior Project Scientist DST Centre for Policy Research, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi. Sekhsaria has a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, MA in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi and a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from the Maastricht University, the Netherlands. 

 

Venue:  Seminar Hall, School of Computer and Systems Sciences

Time:  4:00 pm

Date: Wednesday, October 25^th, 2017

All are cordially invited.

RSVP: dbjyoti[@]gmail.com

New Books in National Policy of India Series

New Books in National Policy of India Series

Education and Human Resource Development: Public Policy & Governance in India

by Shalini Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059592. 

About the Book: The essence of Human Resource Development is education, which plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country. This book incorporates the original texts, in verbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India. It contains legislative measures and national programmes towards creating a better India enacted in the field of Human Resource Development. For the first time, to fulfill the long-felt need of the students, researchers, policy-planners, civil servants, administrators, this book is being brought out as a ready reference material, to be used alongwith the existing textbooks on public policy and administration. 

Further Details

Women Empowerment: Public Policy & Governance in India

by Shalini Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059608. 

About the Book: The policies/ programmes of the Government of India are all directed towards achieving inclusive growth with a special focus on women, in line with the National Policy for essence of Empowerment of Women. This book incorporates the original texts, in verbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India. It contains legislative measures and national programmes towards creating a better India. 

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Social Justice, Health and Empowerment: Public Policy & Governance in India

by Shalini Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059677. 

About the Book: This book, towards building a better India, incorporates the original texts, in verbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India.

Child Development: Public Policy & Governance in India

by Shalini Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059691. 

About the Book: National Policy for Children, adopted by the Government of India in 2013, reaffirms the rights of children in the country. This book incorporates the original texts, in verbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India. It contains special legislative measures, national policies and programmes towards creating a better India.

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Upliftment of Minorities: Public Policy & Governance in India

by Shalini Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059684. 

About the Book: The Government of India has made concerted efforts for the past six decades of so towards the educational development and employment and empowerment of the weaker sections of the society to enable them to join the mainstream of the socio-economic development. This book incorporates the original texts, in verbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India. It contains special legislative measures, national policies and programmes towards creating a better India.​

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Brilliant Inventions and Innovations from India: A YouTube Documentary

Brilliant Inventions and Innovations from India: by Karolina Goswami, India in Details Channel

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Internet Researchers' Conference 2018 - Offline | Call for Session Proposals

Internet Researchers' Conference 2018 - Offline | Call for Session Proposals by Nov 12

Dear colleague,

Does being offline necessarily mean being disconnected? Beyond anxieties such as FOMO, being offline is also seen as disengagement from a certain milieu of the digital, an impediment to the way life is organised by and around technologies in general.

Being offline, however, is not the exception, as examples of internet shutdown and acts on online censorship illustrate the persistence and often alarming regularity of the offline even for the 'connected' sections of the population.

Who is offline, and is it a choice? The global project of bringing people online has spurred several commendable initiatives in expanding access to digital devices, networks, and content, and often contentious ones such as Free Basics / internet.org, which illustrate the intersectionalities of scale, privilege, and rights that we need to be mindful of when we imagine the offline.

Further, efforts to prioritise the use of digital technologies for financial transactions, especially since demonetisation, has led to a not-so-subtle equalisation of the 'online economy' with the 'formal economy'; thus recognising the offline as the zones of informality, corruption, and piracy. This contributes to the offline becoming invisible, and in many cases, illegal, rather than being recognised as a condition that necessarily informs what it means to be digital.

The experience of the internet for most users is mediated through prior and ongoing experiences of traditional media, and through cultural metaphors and cognitive frames that transcend more practical registers such as consumption and facilitation. How do we approach, study, and represent this disembodied internet – devoid of its hypertext, platforms, devices, it's nuts and bolts, but still tangible through engagement in myriad, personal, and often indiscernible ways.

For the third edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC18), we invite participants to critically discuss the *offline*.

We invite sessions that present or propose academic, applied, or creative works that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the *offline*. 

Please submit sessions proposals by Sunday, *November 12*.

Conference details can be found here: https://cis-india.org/raw/irc18-offline-call.

Conference poster can be found here: https://cis-india.org/raw/irc18-offline-call/image/image_view_fullscreen.

Please write to us at raw@cis-india.org for any questions regarding the conference.

Warm regards,

sumandro

--
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
Research Director
The Centre for Internet and Society

E: sumandro@cis-india.org
http://cis-india.org/

Indo-German Symposium on Science Communication | November 7, 2017 | at German Embassy, New Delhi

The German Embassy New Delhi cordially invites you to the Indo-German Symposium on Science Communication November 7, 2017, 3.30 pm onwards German Embassy, New Delhi Register now   Science Communication is an often underestimated, yet crucial part of science. The Indo-German Symposium on science communication invites students, scientists and practitioners from India and Germany to explore the possibilities of science communication. Questions like 'What makes good science communication?' 'Why is it important?' 'And how is it done?' will be addressed at the symposium.   A Keynote Lecture on "Science communication in the digital age: New opportunities, new players, new challenges" by Prof. Dr. Carsten Könneker, Editor-in-Chief of "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" and professor for science communication and science studies at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology will be followed by a panel discussion on "Exploring the Secrets of Successful Science Communication"   Panelists :   Dr. Radhika Mittal, Communication Strategist; Fellow, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, India Dr. Anett Richter, Citizen Science Expert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ/ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany Ramaseshan Ramachandran, Physicist and freelance science journalist, New Delhi, India Alexander Waschkau, Psychologist, podcaster, publisher, founder of „Hoaxilla", a popular podcast covering a variety of topics from a scientific viewpoint, Hamburg, Germany   Moderator: Heike Mock, Director of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) India and Director of the German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New Delhi. www.dwih.in

Call for Papers in Journal "DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society"

DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society 

to be published from January 2018

Published by the Indian Academy of Sciences

Aim and Scope

DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, provides a scholarly forum for scientists and other interested parties to discuss and debate issues pertaining to science and society, in the broadest sense. The journal covers three related but distinct themes: (a) the practice of science, including choice of problem, publication, evaluation, funding and other matters; (b) communication of science by its practitioners to students, politicians, administrators, other interested parties, and the general public; and (c) the impact of science on society, and vice versa. These themes are envisaged to cover, for example, introspection on practices in science and academia, education and the communication of science, gender and allied issues in science, science as a social system, culture of science, future directions and implications, goals of science, science-social science interfaces (conversations across disciplines and knowledge systems), indigenous and local knowledge systems and science, imaginations driven by science, connections with other countries, global contributions, funding, organisation of science, administration and management of science, evaluation, critical studies of science and society, science policy studies and more. The journal is also a place for discussion on planning scientific policy, as well as issues pertaining to science education and policy towards education. The journal aims to foster discussion and dialogue by publishing papers addressing any aspect of science practice, science teaching, science administration, science policy and the science-society interface. It will also serve as a place to put on record archival documents from the past, as well as those that may be produced in the future, in which the Academy or other such bodies put down in writing the results of their deliberations on issues of relevance to scientists and society. The journal is accompanied by a more informal but moderated web platform, Confluence that aims to provide a forum for all interested parties to share and debate views and interact on these crucial issues.

Author Guidelines/ Information for Authors:

DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society considers articles on all issues pertaining to science practice, science policy, science education, science administration, science communication, and the science-society interface. Contributions must be scholarly in nature and balanced in their outlook. Polemic is not encouraged. Author(s) are responsible for the views expressed in published articles, and publication of an article does not imply an endorsement of the views or opinions therein by the Indian Academy of Sciences. All contributions, including invited submissions, undergo editorial and peer review. The journal is online only: there is no print edition and no restriction on use of colour illustrations. Supporting multimedia material is permitted. PDF and HTML files of all published articles are downloadable free of charge from the journal website. All articles must be in English, with British spelling.

Categories of Manuscript

DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society will consider full-length articles, short notes, and commentaries. Review articles, annotated bibliography pieces, and book, website or software reviews will typically be solicited. Prospective authors of such contributions are encouraged to contact the editors with a brief proposal prior to submission. There are word limits for all categories.

• Article: The regular full-length article (maximum 10,000 words, main text), reporting results of original research or surveys, or an essay pertaining to science and social issues that includes data components, with an abstract of about 250 words.
  
• Short note: A brief article (maximum 2500 words, main text; no abstract; up to four figures, tables, or other display items (e.g. videos); up to 20 references) on an interesting issue but not as fully developed as a full-length article. The first paragraph should be in the form of a summary of the note in about 150 words.
  
• Commentary: A brief summary (maximum 3000 words, main text; up to two display items; up to 20 references) of recently published article(s) in other journals on a common theme of general interest, placing the work discussed in a broader context; no abstract.
  
• Correspondence: A brief comment/critique on an article recently published in DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society (maximum 2500 words, main text; up to three display items; up to 20 references); no abstract. Authors of the original paper will be invited to submit a response.
  
• Review article: No word / reference / display item limit; should include an abstract of less than 300 words.
  
• Perspectives: A general article looking at some major issue in science research or education, technological applications of science, or the history of science and its impact on society; no word / reference / display item limit; should include abstract of less than 300 words.
  
• Book/software/website review: No word limit; no abstract.
  

Policy on plagiarism

Plagiarism as a form of scientific misconduct has been on the rise in recent times. Defined by the US Office of Research Integrity as "the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit", the increase in plagiarism is due not only to all too human failings, but also to the ease with which the emergence of the Internet has made such misconduct possible. Compared to earlier generations, training of students today seems to have become slack in the sense of not conveying a clear understanding of what is right and what is not in such matters.

The editors of all the journals of the Indian Academy of Sciences take a very serious view of any evidence of plagiarism including self-plagiarism in manuscripts submitted to them. Every reasonable effort will be made to investigate any allegations of plagiarism brought to their attention, as well as instances that come up during the peer review process. Such behaviour when proven beyond doubt is unacceptable, and will be suitably exposed. Self-plagiarism will be treated just as seriously. claimed new results express the author's own findings, and all material taken from the existing literature has been properly acknowledged and referenced.

Upon receipt of a manuscript by any of the Academy journals, the authors or corresponding author will be required to sign an undertaking to the effect that the work has not been submitted elsewhere for publication, the claimed new results express the author's own findings, and all material taken from the existing literature has been properly acknowledged and referenced.

In those instances where in spite of these precautions a case of plagiarism goes undetected in the review process and is discovered after publication, both online and print versions of the journals concerned will carry a notice of the discovery. Depending on the seriousness of the case, the Academy reserves the right to inform the heads of the offending authors' institutions and their funding agencies about the editors' findings.

The jurisdiction for all disputes concerning published material, subscription and sale will be at courts/tribunals situated in Bengaluru city only.

Further Details  

CfP: International Conference on Econophys-2017 & Asia Pacific Econophysics Conference (APEC)-2017

International Conference on Econophys 2017 & Asia Pacific Econophysics Conference (APEC) 2017 

November 15-18, 2017

at Jawaharlal Nehru University / Delhi University, New Delhi, India

About the Conference

Welcome to the International conference on Econophysics & Sociophysics. Economic and financial markets appear to be in a permanent state of flux. Billions of agents interact with each other, giving rise to complex dynamics of economic quantities at the micro and macro level. With the availability of huge data sets, researchers can address questions at a much more granular level than was possible earlier. Fundamental questions of aggregation of actions and information, coordination, evolution of economic and financial networks have received significant importance in the current research agenda of the Econophysics literature, Parallely, Sociophysics literature has focused on large-scale social data and their inter-relations. The proposed empirical approach is a leading contender to find patterns in data, which can be very short-lived. In this meeting, we focus on questions and models to analyze such economic and social behavior.

Further Details and Registration

New Book | National Industrial Policy of India: New Initiatives of the Government, Public Policy & Governance in India | by Dr Pawan Sikka

New Book

National Industrial Policy of India: New Initiatives of the Government, Public Policy & Governance in India

by Pawan Sikka, 2017, Synergy Books India, ISBN 9789382059660. 

About the Book

National policies, strategies and promotional measures adopted earlier in the 20th century by the Government, since the last industrial policy was enacted in 1991, for the industrial growth in India cannot now deliver the meaningful results, import and export targets, economic growth parameters, etc. in the 21st century. The introduction of ICT (information and communication technology) as well as the new initiatives of the Government, i.e., Make in India, Skill India, Start-Ups, Digital India, etc. besides the enactment of Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill 2016/17 have further enhanced desires of meeting the rising expectations and challenges of the domestic and foreign markets of "Make in India" products. 

A need has been emphasized in this book "National Industrial Policy of India: New Initiatives of the Government, Public Policy & Governance in India", for the early formulation and enactment of a new National Industrial Policy, say in 2017, with a forward looking approach, towards catching-up of the new and emerging scenarios of the industrial developments in India and abroad in the millennium.

About the Author

Dr. Pawan Sikka (b. 1944) is a former Scientist-G/ Adviser, Government of India, Ministry/Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, where he served in various senior positions, during 1974-2004. He received his M.Sc., PhD as well as D.Sc. degrees in Physics and Fellowship (Science Policy Studies), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. He is also a recipient of UNESCO, Italian, German and Swiss government scholarships for pursuing further studies there. He is best known for his contributions to Science Policy studies, in India and abroad. He is a life member of the Semiconductor Society of India, Materials Research Society of India, Association of British Scholars, and Oxford and Cambridge Society of India.

Further Details

NPC New Delhi invites applications for e-Learning Course on Green Productivity from 13-16 November, 2017

 

National Productivity Council

Utpadakta Bhawan

5-6 Institutional Area

Lodhi Road

New Delhi – 110 003

Tel. 011-24607328

Fax: 011-24615002

No. 31130/17

 

Sub:       17-IN-68-GE-DLN-B: e-Learning Course on Green Productivity from 13-16 November, 2017, New Delhi, India. (Visit www.npcindia.gov.in/5280-2/ for detailed Project Notification)

 

Dear Sir/ Madam,

 

We invite your kind attention to internet link on NPC website www.npcindia.gov.in/5280-2/  with regard to above project.  The project notification and the bio data form are available on the above mentioned page and the same are attached herewith. The duly filled in single copy of Performa enclosed o the sutiable officers for participation as per the para (Qualifications for Participants) of the project notification may kindly be forwarded to reach us latest by 30^th October, 2017.  All nominations should be routed through proper channel.  The nominations received after the last date will not be considered.  You are rquested to send nominations by e-mail (application in pdf format) and hard copy by post.  All information pertaining to nominations will be treated as confidential and classified.

 

It is the responsibility of the candidates to complete all the official formalities required by their organizations/department. The nomination form may be accompanied by a draft of Rs. 1500/- + S.T. (NON-REFUNDABLE) drawn in favour of National Productivity Council, New Delhi (Rs. 800/-+ S.T. for MSME Sector, trade unions and NGO's) for each participant.  In the absence of application fee and single copy of bio-data, the nominations will not be considered. 

 

 

Thanking you,

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

(K D Bhardwaj)

Director & Head (Int'l Services)

for Director General

e-mail: isg@npcindia.gov.in

 

Application Form

CSSP Talk on 11th October | Data Privacy, Security, Confidentiality and the ‘Cloud': Regulating Cyberspace | Rodney D. Ryder

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

School of Social Sciences, JNU

Invites you to

Talk on

Data Privacy, Security, Confidentiality and the 'Cloud': Regulating Cyberspace – Version 2.0

by

Rodney D. Ryder

Practicing Lawyer

Venue: Room No. 227, 2^nd Floor, SSS-1

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Date: Wednesday, 11th October 2017

Abstract: Privacy and Data Protection are critical issues in this new online world. With the advent of new technologies, it has become easier to collect sensitive personal information of an individual. It is the duty of the collector of such sensitive information to protect it at all times from unauthorised access and use by third parties. The session will focus on prevalent issues and challenges related to information security, privacy and data protection. Existing regulatory mechanisms such as the Information Technology Act, 2000 in India, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation and other such legislations will also be discussed in the context of cloud computing, cross border data sharing, confidentiality, trade secrets, etc. The session will primarily focus on the following: Internet Law and Policy: Information Security and Data Transfer; Indian Information Technology Act, 2000; Cloud Computing; Cross Border Data Sharing; Confidentiality, Trade Secrets and Privacy; Data Privacy and Information Security [Challenges and Strategies]; Data Protection Legislations around the world.

About the Speaker: Rodney D. Ryder is a lawyer with two decades of experience in technology, intellectual property and new media laws. He is a partner with Scriboard, a full service commercial law firm with cutting edge specialisation in technology, new media and intellectual property laws. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder has been listed as one of India's leading lawyers in the '40 under 45' study conducted by WhosWhoLegal, United Kingdom. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet [published by LexisNexis] has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work on domain name disputes by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on domain names [Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; (2004) 6 SCC 145]. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NIXI.

 

All are welcome to attend the lecture.

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

Call for Applications: STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability | 14-25 May 2018, at IDS, U.K.

STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability

14-25 May 2018, United Kingdom

Applications are invited for the next annual STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability on 14-25 May 2018.

APPLY

Application is via an online form. The deadline is 5 pm GMT on Sunday 28 January 2018. 

Apply for a Place (external link)

ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL

The Summer School brings together highly-motivated doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, working in fields around development studies, science and technology studies, innovation and policy studies, and across agricultural, health, urban, water or energy issues. The aim is to explore theories, ideas, research methods and practical applications of STEPS thinking on pathways to sustainability.

The venue is the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, near Brighton, UK. Through a mix of lectures, walks, discussions and public events, participants challenge the STEPS team and each other on questions of science, society and development. The school has run since 2012 with the generous support of the ESRC, IDRC and UKIERI. The fee is £1000 GBP – some scholarships are available.

Download the Brochure: STEPS Summer School 2018 (PDF)

TESTIMONIALS

STEPS Summer school 2017 testimonials

• "A great way to expand your network as a PhD student and find like-minded people who I hope to keep in touch with and work with the future." 2017 participant
  
• "I can honestly say it has been the best 2 weeks of the PhD so far. To be in such an amazing, supportive and inspiring group has been fantastic" 2016 participant
  
• "Wonderful opportunity. A fantastic group of participants, and the very knowledgable faculty treated us as colleagues on this journey towards sustainable pathways together." 2014 participant
  
• "Beautiful to have 24 nations in the same room thinking and discussing global to local issues!" 2013 participant
  
• "I liked the fact that it really was an open space in which everyone's (teachers AND students) ideas and experiences could be shared and critically engaged with."  2012 participant
  

HOW IT WORKS

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is the main venue. IDS is on the edge of the Sussex University campus, set in the middle of rolling countryside but with good transport links to Brighton. The programme includes lectures and discussions, 'walkshops' – longer discussions held on walks through the surrounding area – and social events. The Summer School also includes some time in smaller groups, where participants get to reflect and discuss their own work, led and mentored by members of the STEPS Centre. The discussion in these groups goes towards a mini-conference, planned and run by participants themselves, with support from the STEPS team.

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