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Zainab Bawa

Zainab Bawa

@zainabbawa

  • Joined May 2011

Policy Reviews

Review of Telangana state's Agricultural Data Management Policy 2022

The draft version of Telangana state’s agricultural data management policy 2002 is published at https://invest.telangana.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Draft-Telangana-Agriculture-Data-Management-Policy-2022-vEnglish.pdf more
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  • 06 Aug 2022

Privacy Mode fellowship programme

Acceptance criteria for the fellowship program

Conversations around privacy and data security are increasing everyday. The government has tabled a Personal Data Protection bill in the parliament, and a Joint Parliamentary Committee has presented its report on the potential and concerns regarding privacy and personal data. more
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  • 02 Sep 2022

Practicing MLOps in your organization: tools, frameworks and governance

MLOps 2022 conference report

Context This is a report of the MLOps 2022 conference, held on 11 November, at the Microsoft Reactor, Bangalore. more
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  • 30 Nov 2022

Implementing responsibility and ethics in the design of apps for children

Background paper on responsibility and ethics in the design of apps for children

Executive summary The internet has opened up unlimited opportunities for everyone for learning and economic growth, including children. The internet has allowed children to be networked, connecting them to people across the world, to learn and share their experiences of growth. This access to information and the internet has simultaneously created challenges of risk and safety for children online… more
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  • 20 Dec 2022

Setting up a bug bounty programme in your organization

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How Razorpay set up its bug bounty programme

Ankit and Suchit explain how Razorpay set up its bug bounty programme. more
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  • 03 Feb 2023

Information Technology - Guidelines For Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code - Rules, 2021

Impact of IT Rules on tech workers’ ecosystem - professional concerns

Introduction As discussed in the chapter on respondent profiles, a quantitative survey was conducted with tech workers to assess awareness, understanding and impact of the IT Rules. more
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  • 19 Sep 2021

Information Technology - Guidelines For Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code - Rules, 2021

Impact of IT Rules on tech workers’ ecosystem - personal concerns; impact on participation and advocacy

This chapter is divided into two sections: Impact of IT Rules on personal lives, mainly freedom of speech and expression, and privacy. more
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  • 02 Oct 2021

Seven slices of the Data Protection Bill

Business Compliance with the Data Protection Bill

The question of how businesses will comply with the upcoming provisions of the data protection bill is one that is to be asked, especially since companies that rely on smooth transfer of data across borders will suffer from and cross border data restrictions and data localisation. Industry leaders and VCs give their thoughts on what they think will be the future of business in more
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  • 14 Jun 2022

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Rationale for Non-Personal Data (NPD) Governance: summary of session with Parminder Jeet Singh

Parminder Jeet Singh is a member of the Committee of Experts (CoE) which drafted the Non-Personal Data (NPD) report - Version 1 and Version 2. more
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  • 25 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Summary of panel discussion on impact of NPD on startups and SMBs - Part I

This summary is divided into two parts. The first part lists out the questions that were discussed in the panel. more
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  • 23 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Summary of panel discussion on impact of NPD on startups and SMBs - Part II

This summary is divided into two parts. The first part lists out the questions that were discussed in the panel. Read the first part on: https://hasgeek.com/PrivacyMode/npd-week/sub/summary-of-panel-discussion-on-impact-of-npd-on-st-3kYSFXUkeTGANHzA8bQz2t more
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  • 23 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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NPD V2: Opt-out from de-anonymization is not a sufficient step for empowering citizens with consent.

This summary is drawn from Suchana Seth’s response to NPD V1 and NPD V2 comparison, presented on 23 January. Suchana Seth is a co-founder of The Mindful AI Lab. more
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  • 24 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Interrogating community, public good and data trusts in NPD V2 - session summary

This session is a summary of the discussion about the concept of community, public good and data trusts, as discussed in NPD V2. The panelists for this session were: more
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  • 28 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Questions about Non-Personal Data framework: startups ask Parminder Jeet Singh

This summary covers the Q&A session between startup founders and NPD CoE member Parminder Jeet Singh. This session was held on Saturday, 23 January. more
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  • 28 Jan 2021

India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

A Primer on the Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework proposed for India

Data is viewed as a risk factor that has to be governed to protect the individual’s privacy. This is broadly known as personal data, i.e., data associated with a particular individual. more
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  • 08 Feb 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome procrastination

A primer on procrastination

The word procrastination is derived from the Latin word “pro” which means forward, and “crastinus” which means “of tomorrow”. more
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  • 21 Feb 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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Identifying perfectionism

Perfectionism is a personality trait characterized by a person’s striving for flawlessness and setting impossibly high standards accomplished by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others’ evaluations. The key component of perfectionism is basing your self-worth on other people’s evaluations of yourself. more
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  • 22 Mar 2021

Tips and tricks to practise assertiveness

Primer on assertive communication

Did it ever occur to you that you have a right to say ‘no’, and you have the right to not offer reasons or provide justifications for why you are saying ‘no’? more
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  • 18 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to practise assertiveness

Consequences of not being able to say 'no'

Inability to say ‘no’ or the fear of communicating assertively leads to: more
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  • 18 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to practise assertiveness

Unhelpful beliefs associated with saying 'no'

What are some of the unhelpful beliefs about saying ‘no’? more
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  • 18 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to practise assertiveness

Assertiveness techniques - five ways to say 'no'

Becoming skilled at assertive communication requires continuous practice. It is like building muscular strength - muscles develop with strength training over time. So does the ability to say ‘no’. At first, you may face difficulty in separating your emotions from the communication. Don’t beat yourself up when this happens or when things don’t go as planned the first few times you practise saying … more
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  • 18 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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What are your perfectionism rules- unhelpful thoughts that produce the perfectionism cycle.

Perfectionists have rules which they apply to their behaviour. Some of these rules are: more
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  • 28 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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Coping tricks as you practice overcoming perfectionism

When you try to change your perfectionist behaviours, you will experience discomfort. In order to cope with the discomfort, and continue the journey, these coping tips will help you: more
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  • 28 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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Tips and tricks to change perfectionism

Below are some suggestions on how to change perfectionist behaviours: more
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  • 28 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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Action planning to overcome perfectionism

Here is a step-by-step action plan to help you overcome perfectionism: more
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  • 28 Apr 2021

Tips and tricks to overcome perfectionism

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Adjusting unhelpful rules and assumptions associated with perfectionism

Below are some tips to adjust the unhelpful assumptions you have developed that reinforce perfectionist behaviours. more
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  • 28 Apr 2021

Content Web Call for Presentations

Newsletters - case studies

Do you run a newsletter for your organization/brand/self? Share your story: more
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  • 17 Jul 2020

Content Web Call for Presentations

Why is Shopify right for me? Is Shopify right for me?

Are you a SME which uses Shopify? Or a large-scale business which has its shopping front powered by Shopify? more
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  • 17 Jul 2020

Data Governance Meetups

Data catalogs and access control systems to find and restrict access to sensitive data

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Full talk - 40 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Data Classification

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Topic for Birds of Feather (BOF) session - 1 hour

Data Governance Meetups

Data Discovery

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Topic for Birds of Feather (BOF) session - 1 hour

Data Governance Meetups

Data Quality

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Topic for Birds of Feather (BOF) session - 1 hour

Data Governance Meetups

Preparing for launcing in EU/USA

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Crisp talk/demo - 20 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Comparative analysis of different stacks used for data governance

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Topic for Birds of Feather (BOF) session - 1 hour

Content Web Call for Presentations

Publishing workflows

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  • 17 Jul 2020

Content Web Call for Presentations

Localization - building multilingual websites

This is a proposal for someone to speak on this topic. You should either be a developer or a designer to speak on this topic. more
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  • 17 Jul 2020

Data Governance Meetups

Engineering for GDPR - case studies of practical implementation

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Full talk - 40 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Data Governance for Big Data

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Crisp talk/demo - 20 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Data Governance for Cloud Data Platforms

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Full talk - 40 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Data governance implementation experiences with Apache Atlas or Amundsen

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Crisp talk/demo - 20 mins

Data Governance Meetups

Experiences with using Apache Ranger for data security

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  • 21 Jul 2020
Session type:: Full talk - 40 mins

50p 2017

Where is open data in payments? How do I analyze it?

Following demonetization, several individuals and organizations started making use of the data available to them, or the data they could access, to explain trends and show truths from the ground. James Wilson made one such effort. He accessed data from government websites and analyzed it to explain issues surrounding demonetization. Through this talk, James explains what is the scope for individu… more
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  • 01 Feb 2017
Section: Full talk Technical level: Beginner

Migrating a large codebase from Ruby to Haskell

Product:: Ruby On Rails -> Haskell

In this talk we’ll consider a real case with Haskell in production. I’ll tell you how we were migrating a big codebase from Ruby to Haskell, why Ruby stopped to satisfy our needs and how Haskell could help here. I’ll describe a particular design decisions have been taken for the most of the day-to-day needs: REST service API, JSON serialization, subsystem interfaces, business logic and implementa… more
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  • 10 Nov 2019

A guide to prepare for speaking at events

How to deliver your talk for a recorded or live session

Preparation before speaking - some hygiene and rules: more
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  • 14 Jun 2021

A guide to prepare for speaking at events

How to prepare slides for your talk

Your slides say more than you speak. At online events, slides are all the more important - as an anchor - to keep the audience glued to your talk. Else, you risk losing their attention and eventually, the audience itself. more
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  • 14 Jun 2021

Data Privacy Conference

Security practices for mobile app development

This submission is a summary of the Birds of Feather (BOF) session held on 28 April, 2021 with Chirayu Desai (CalyxOS), Madhusudhan Sambojhu (Able.do) and Apurva Jaiswal (Zeta) on security practices that individual developers and teams can undertake to ensure better data privacy. more
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  • 25 Aug 2021

Kotlin will displace Java in the Android ecosystem.

Research methodology and sampling

The survey was conducted online using Survey Monkey. Respondents answered descriptive and multiple choice questions. more
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  • 09 Sep 2021

Kotlin will displace Java in the Android ecosystem.

Key findings of the survey

Based on the historical context of Kotlin’s growth in the Android ecosystem, the survey’s findings reinforce that many users of Kotlin also have a Java background. more
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  • 09 Sep 2021

Kotlin will displace Java in the Android ecosystem.

Learning resources for Kotlin for Android

Developers use various means and channels to learn about Kotlin. These learning resources are fairly distributed. The key findings in this regard are: more
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  • 09 Sep 2021

Kotlin will displace Java in the Android ecosystem.

Appendix I: Survey Questionnaire

The following questionnaire that was circulated for this research. The questionnaire consisted of multiple choice and descriptive questions. Average response time was close to four minutes. more
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  • 09 Sep 2021

Seven slices of the Data Protection Bill

India's new data regime

Over the past few years, the effect of the digital world on the real one has had a huge impact, more than we probably realise. more
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  • 13 Jun 2022

Seven slices of the Data Protection Bill

Privacy and access rights – impact on consumers

Under the Data Protection Bill, citizens have been granted new rights that pertain to their digital Identity and the digital ecosystem as a whole. more
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  • 14 Jun 2022

Seven slices of the Data Protection Bill

Exemptions of the Data protection Bill

Despite having the clearly stated goal of protecting the private data of its citizens, under the Data Protection Bill, the Central Government can exempt itself and any agencies it deems necessary to collect and process the personal data of citizens for various purposes. Given the possibility of abuse of power, governmental overreach and knockoff effects in other sectors it is worth having an open… more
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  • 14 Jun 2022

Privacy Best Practices Guide

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Summary: Implementing Privacy By Design

The participants on this panel discussion were: Kailash Nadh - CTO at Zerodha more
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  • 13 Jul 2022