Seminar on Privacy, Talk by Lord Desai and more

[Kanan Dhru]

Dear All,

We have the following announcements to make:

1) Seminar on Privacy:

RFGI in partnership with The Centre for Internet and Society, is organising a seminar on 'Privacy Matters', a public conference focused on discussing the challenges and concerns to privacy in India. 

The right to privacy in India has been a neglected area of study and engagement. Although sectoral legislation deals with privacy issues, India does not as yet have a horizontal legislation that deals comprehensively with privacy across all contexts.The seminar will focus on the questions and dilemmas posed by privacy in India today, with a concentration on security, national surveillance, prisoners rights and privacy. The seminar will take place on Saturday, 26th March from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA). All are cordially invited.

2) Talk by Lord Meghnad Desai:

We are extremely happy to inform you that on Friday, 1st of April 2011, Lord Meghnad Desai would be delivering a talk for RFGI. Lord Desai is an internationally-acclaimed Economist and Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics. He will be speaking on 'Does India need a revolution to clean up its politics?' from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA). All are cordially invited. Kindly RSVP on: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142135229186140

3) RFGI Photocontest:

The deadline of the RFGI photocontest 'Sparkle-in-Snaps' is shortly approaching. The deadline for sending entries is March 20th 2011.  The photo-exhibition will be taking place at AMA from 4 PM at AMA. The winners of the contest will be felicitated by Lord Desai on the 1st of April, after his talk. Please send in your entries on photoc...@rfgindia.org to avail this opportunity.

4) A talk on RFGI's journey:

Last week, Kanan Dhru, the founder of RFGI was invited to speak about the journey of the organisation at a seminar on social entrepreneurship. Her speech is available on: http://p10.in/blog/2011/03/10/point10tv-kanan-dhru-founder-%E2%80%93-research-foundation-for-governance-in-india-rfgi-%E2%80%93-part-2/

5) Coverage of RFGI's report on litigation:

RFGI's report 'Entry-Barriers to Litigation' is serving as one of the pioneering studies in the field of litigation and judiciary. The same was covered recently by the livemint and can be read on the following link: http://www.livemint.com/2011/03/07232118/Gender-gap-in-judiciary.html?h=B

We look forward to your active participation in our upcoming events and activities.

With Regards,

Team RFGI