REPORT ON THE SOUTH ASIA WEBINAR DISCUSSION ON TOWARDS AN ANTI EXTRACTIVE & CIRCULAR TECH SOCIETY & ECONOMY

The Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and The Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD) jointly hosted a Virtual South Asia Webinar Discussion on ‘Towards an Anti-Extractive & Circular Tech Society & Economy.’ This webinar explored sustainable and responsible approaches to technology, challenging prevailing extractive and linear models. It raised dialogue among diverse stakeholders on promoting…

Krisarthak Progress Report 2022-24

The Government of Assam (GoA), with the support of the World Bank, through the Government of India (GoI), is implementing the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART). The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to “add value and improve the resilience of selected agriculture value chains focusing on smallholder farmers and agro-entrepreneurs in targeted districts…

Silent Networks: A Chronology of the Longest Internet Shutdown of 2023 in Manipur in India

The population in Manipur is diverse as several ethnic communities coexist, exclusively confined or scattered in the territory. The Meities comprise 56.9%, where they profess the Vaishnava faith and are confined to the valley. The Land Act passed in the state assembly restricts Meities or other non-tribals from buying hilly land and settling, making nine-tenth of the area limited for the scheduled tribes.

2022-23 Annual Report

The Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD) stands as a trailblazing research and policy advocacy organization, strategically located at the vibrant crossroads of technology and society. With its headquarters in Guwahati, Assam, within the culturally enriched and predominantly tribal expanse of North East India, CSDD is committed to expertly navigating the intricate landscape where…

2021-2022 Annual Report

The Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD) stands as a trailblazing research and policy advocacy organization, strategically located at the vibrant crossroads of technology and society. With its headquarters in Guwahati, Assam, within the culturally enriched and predominantly tribal expanse of North East India, CSDD is committed to expertly navigating the intricate landscape where…

2020-2021 Annual Report

The Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD) stands as a trailblazing research and policy advocacy organization, strategically located at the vibrant crossroads of technology and society. With its headquarters in Guwahati, Assam, within the culturally enriched and predominantly tribal expanse of North East India, CSDD is committed to expertly navigating the intricate landscape where…

8th eNorth East Report- 2023

The e-North East platform seeks to engage ICT / digital stakeholders of the indigenous, landlocked North East India Region towards building a safe, secured, innovative digital ecosystem with digital innovations and best practices, policies and programmes towards desirable development and governance outcomes. For details, please visit http://enortheast.in. The platform has been launched in 2010. Read…

7th CNX 2023 Report

Community Network (CN) is a proven technology, model and an approach, with success stories in connecting last mile communities, in absence of mainstream networks in network dark areas, and there are positive stories from India, Nepal, Tasmania, Spain, East Timor, Indonesia and from far and wide, world over. The Community Network Exchange (CNX) was launched…