Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)

(es) Location: New Delhi India

Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), located at Noida, India. Founded in April 1997, we are committed to advocacy and developing knowledge solutions for under-privileged societies through the use of innovative and effective Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Our activities are targeted to meet the needs of society in the development sector through research in the field of ICT, undertaking development projects through the usage of knowledge-sharing tools and products like print and electronic media, conferences, exhibition, and building capacity through training programmes. Our multi-cultural team has expertise from across several disciplines. The strategy is to build multi-stakeholder partnerships for community building, facilitation and knowledge sharing.

CSDMS and its sister concerns activities include:

·  Producing various publications: i4d, digital learning, ehealth, egov, radio duniya, telecentre magazine

·  Organising conferences in India and Asia held annually

·  Undertaking field research on ICT and Education (Mapping the Neighbourhood project)

·  Conduct action research on impact assessment in e-Governance in India

·  Consult and research on FLOSS

·  Facilitate partnerships

·  Undertake research, technical coordination, facilitation and advocacy for National Policy on ICT in School Education.

·  Content coordinators for telecentre.org online community

(es) Network Type: Knowledge Partner

Web site: http://www.csdms.in

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