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Openness
Open data, open access, open standards and free software. 883 items.
26 Mar 2025
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State of Openness in India's E-Governance ApplicationsOpen source software (OSS), also commonly known as free and open source software (FOSS) or free libre open source software (FLOSS), is software that is made available with its source code. It is licensed liberally, granting users access to …
27 Aug 2024
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Envisioning the Role of Open Knowledge in the Implementation of the National Education Policy 2020The National Education Policy 2020 brings a significant change in India's educational landscape, representing a comprehensive overhaul to address the evolving developmental imperatives of the country.
6 May 2024
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Commemorating Chandan Chiring (1990-2024)With a heavy heart, I am deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Chandan Chiring Phukan at 11:30 pm on Saturday, April 27th. Chandan Chiring was born on November 14, 1990, in Titabor, Jorhat district of Assam.
12 Feb 2024
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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its ExpressionsThis report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians …
13 Apr 2023
13 Apr 2023
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Securing Our Dependence on Code Reuse in SoftwareDividing and breaking up a software project into smaller modules with functionality that can be reused to build other software is an increasingly common practice in software development today. We examine our infrastructural dependence on …
11 Oct 2022
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949The digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in …
11 Oct 2022
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949It all started like this. During the Wikimedia session at Goa University in October 2021, it was realised that there is very little documentation about the ‘Goa Liberation Struggle’ on Wikimedia projects. So, in the meeting Prof. Vinay …
30 Oct 2019
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Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.
14 Oct 2019
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React India 2019Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at an International conference, 'React India 2019" which was the first beach conference and which was hosted at Goa on 26-28, September 2019.
14 Oct 2019
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DevFest'19Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at the event organised by Google Developers Groups at Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.
25 Sep 2019
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FOSSCON India 2019Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk on "The revolution of WebXR" at FOSSCON India 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum from August 29 - 31, 2019, where she discussed about the tools used for development and demos.
19 Aug 2019
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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problemB Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
21 Jul 2019
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Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at WorkOn July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.
10 Jul 2019
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Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in FirefoxMozilla is funding a project for bringing the Julia programming language to Firefox and the general browser environment.
22 Jun 2019
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Rootconf 2019Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
20 Jun 2019
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Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten VaidyaRootconf organised a discussion on open standards at CIS Bangalore office. Zainab Bawa, Karan Saini and Anwesha Das coordinated and organised the event.
22 May 2019
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Open Data and Land OwnershipIn this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of …
4 May 2019
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Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
31 Mar 2019
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Design and the Open Knowledge MovementWith the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September …
4 Mar 2019
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Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya YoungThe Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
26 Feb 2019
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Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make …
22 Feb 2019
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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on WikipediaFaculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
22 Nov 2018
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Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course)The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, …
28 Oct 2018
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Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case StudyWe have published an article in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. The article is titled "Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study". The authors of the article are Hindi …
26 Oct 2018
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Panel Discussion on Equitable Access to KnowledgePranesh Prakash was a panelist and moderator in a panel discussion on Equitable Access to Knowledge on October 23, 2018 at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The event was hosted by DST Centre for Policy Research (IISc), …
17 Oct 2018
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Sting job by Hyderabad scientist exposes fake journalsScientists have at last found a cure for Schlodomoniasis -- a deadly brain infection caused by the "inter-galactic parasite Klaousmodium cruzi" -- they claim to have identified for the first time.
23 May 2018
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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer incomeMeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
22 Mar 2018
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On World Water Day - Open Data for Water ResourcesLack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are …
26 Feb 2018
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Delhi Declaration on Open AccessOpen Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.