BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1ca27be55e04fae3fec0e00c394713f2 CATEGORIES:Conference / Symposium CREATED:20230914T121747 SUMMARY:Conference on Accessing Democracy DESCRIPTION:Accessing Democracy is a conference organized by the FLAME Center for Legis lative Education & Research.\n\nThe Conference aims to bring together i ndustry professionals and organizations working towards strengthening and s upporting our country's democratic institutions.\n\nWith this, we hope to p rovide a stage for organizations working at a grassroots level and showcase their amazing work. Similarly, we hope to facilitate a stage for people to interact with these organizations and the panelists and become more inform ed and engaged citizens in our country.\n\nThe underlying bedrock of this c onference is the importance of open & equitable access to information i n a thriving democracy which has inspired our name, 'Accessing Democracy'.\ n   The event will witness comprehensive and holistic discussions and exch ange of ideas by featuring distinguished speakers from across various secto rs and organizations. These include Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Principal Secre tary, Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka; Arghya Sengupta; Aditya Pras anna and Naveed Ahmad from Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy; Apar Gupta from I nternet Freedom Foundation; and Gaurav Godhwani and Nupur Gawde from CivicD ataLab. \n Other notable speakers include Sandesh Sapkota and Karthik Natar ajan from Fields of View; Denny George from Tattle; Subhash Tanan from Code mo; Avani Airan from Aapti Institute; Apula Singh from Janaagrah; Ameya Nai k from eGov Foundation; T.B Dinesh and Prasoon Joshi from Janastu; Isha Sur i and Garima Agarwal from Centre for Internet & Society; Vedant Manore and Madhura Karnik from Haq Darshak; Shashvat Singh from Jan Sahas; Dr Rahu l Verma from Centre for Policy Research; Purnima Rao and Amit Gautam from F ree Library Network; Sanjay Phadke from iSPIRT - Indian Software Product In dustry RoundTable; Arathi Ganesan from Medianama; MR Madhavan from PRS and Srinivas Kodali.\n Friday, September 22, 2023 - 8:00 am - 7:30 pm Saturday , September 23, 2023 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm  \n For more details: https://site s.google.com/flame.edu.in/accessingdemocracy/home?authuser=0\n To register:  https://sites.google.com/flame.edu.i n/accessingdemocracy/registrations?authuser=0\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Accessing Democracy is a co nference organized by the FLAME Center for Legislative Education & Rese arch.

The Conference aims to bring together industry professiona ls and organizations working towards strengthening and supporting our count ry's democratic institutions.

With this, we hope to provide a st age for organizations working at a grassroots level and showcase their amaz ing work. Similarly, we hope to facilitate a stage for people to interact w ith these organizations and the panelists and become more informed and enga ged citizens in our country.

The underlying bedrock of this conf erence is the importance of open & equitable access to information in a thriving democracy which has inspired our name, 'Accessing Democracy'.
 

The event will witness comprehensive and holistic discussions and exchange of ideas by featuring distinguished speakers from across various sectors and organizations. These include Uma Mahadevan-Dasg upta, Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka; Arghya Sengupta; Aditya Prasanna and Naveed Ahmad from Vidhi Centre for Legal Poli cy; Apar Gupta from Internet Freedom Foundation; and Gaurav Godhwani and Nu pur Gawde from CivicDataLab. 

Other notable sp eakers include Sandesh Sapkota and Karthik Natarajan from Fields of View; D enny George from Tattle; Subhash Tanan from Codemo; Avani Airan from Aapti Institute; Apula Singh from Janaagrah; Ameya Naik from eGov Foundation; T.B Dinesh and Prasoon Joshi from Janastu; Isha Suri and Garima Agarwal from C entre for Internet & Society; Vedant Manore and Madhura Karnik from Haq Darshak; Shashvat Singh from Jan Sahas; Dr Rahul Verma from Centre for Pol icy Research; Purnima Rao and Amit Gautam from Free Library Network; Sanjay Phadke from iSPIRT - Indian Software Product Industry RoundTable; Arathi G anesan from Medianama; MR Madhavan from PRS and Srinivas Kodali.

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 8:00 am - 7: 30 pm
Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

For more details: https://sites.google .com/flame.edu.in/accessingdemocracy/home?authuser=0

To register: ht tps://sites.google.com/flame.edu.in/accessingdemocracy/registrations?authuser=0

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