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12 Dec 2013
News
A Feature on Telugu WikipediaNamaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.
8 Dec 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Encyclopedia released under Free LicenseUpon Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)‘s explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public, …
5 Dec 2013
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First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in IndiaAccess to Knowledge Programme at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) organized the first ever Train the Trainer Program in India. 20 Wikimedians from 8 different language communities and 10 different cities across India attended …
30 Nov 2013
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How Can We Make Open Education Truly Open?I have spent the last month being unpopular. I have been in conversation with many ‘Open Everything’ activists and practitioners. At each instance, we got stuck because I insisted that we begin by defining what ‘Open’ means in the easy …
29 Nov 2013
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CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)This narrative report captures the work done by the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in the first ten months of the grant. The report also throws some light on the CIS-A2K program strategy in the next one year.
20 Nov 2013
News
ಕನ್ನಡದ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ದುರ್ಬಲAn article about the tenth Kannada Wikipedia published in Vijaya Karnataka on November 19.
20 Nov 2013
News
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಗೆ 10, ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಸಾಲದು : ಪ್ರೊ .ಜಿವಿA post-event report of the program published in OneindiaKannada on November 17, 2013.
20 Nov 2013
News
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮA report of the Kannada Wikipedia tenth anniversary celebrations in Prajavani on November 18.
20 Nov 2013
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ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಟ್ಟ ಸಸಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷDr. U.B. Pavanaja wrote an article highlighting 10 years of Kannada Wikipedia. Kannada Wikipedia started in the year 2003 and now it has completed 10 years. The article highlights the current status of the Kannada Wikipedia vis-a-vis number …
20 Nov 2013
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CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, BangaloreThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Christ University in Bangalore. As part of this MoU Christ University and CIS-A2K will work together to introduce …
18 Nov 2013
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Train The Trainer Programme for WikipediansTwenty Wikimedians from 10 cities speaking 8 languages attended the 4-day Train-The-Trainer (TTT) programme conducted last month by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) at Bangalore. The programme …
18 Nov 2013
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Train the Trainer ProgramWikipedians, about 20 of them, from 10 different cities, speaking 8 different languages, joined together for the first ever four days "Train the Trainer Program" organised by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge …
18 Nov 2013
News
Panaji: DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshopIn order to showcase Romi Konknni on a global platform, Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) organized a two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop November 16 and November 17 for Romi Konknni writers in collaboration with Centre for Internet and …
18 Nov 2013
Event
Odia Wikipedia Workshop @ IIMCThe CIS-A2K team is organizing an Odia Wikipedia workshop at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Odisha on November 18 and 19, 2013 from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
17 Nov 2013
Event
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada WikipediaKannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The Kannada Wikipedia community will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikpedia on Nov 17, 2013 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, …
17 Nov 2013
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Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani languageCIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students.
16 Nov 2013
News
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ. ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆCoverage of the ten years of celebrations in Kannada Wikipedia on Avadhi website.
16 Nov 2013
Event
Konknni Wikipedia WorkshopDalgado Konknni Akademi in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme is organsing a 2 day Wikipedia editing workshop at the Goa Central State Library on November 16 and 17, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
15 Nov 2013
News
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Udayavani CoverageUdayavani, on November 15, 2013 published about the upcoming tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia.
15 Nov 2013
News
10th anniversary of Kannada wikipediaKannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
News
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani CoverageVijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
News
Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic LanguagesNational Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.
14 Nov 2013
Event
Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day WorkshopOn November 14, the CIS-A2K team is organizing a one day orientation workshop on 'Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution' at the Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS), Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
13 Nov 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SAUpon CIS-A2K's explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public and giving them the right to share, use and even build …
13 Nov 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization ProjectGoa University in collaboration with the Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is digitizing Konkani Vishwakosh. In this project CIS-A2K will work with group of individuals who will help digitize the …
12 Nov 2013
Event
The Relaunch of Creative Commons IndiaWikimedia India, the Centre for Internet and Society, and Acharya Narendra Dev College invite you to the Relaunch of Creative Commons India in New Delhi on November 12, 2013 with the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. …
9 Nov 2013
News
Wikimedia Diversity ConferenceT.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in …
2 Nov 2013
News
Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth AnniversaryDr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
28 Oct 2013
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Feedback on the Framework on OSS Adoption in E-Governance SystemsCIS gave its feedback to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the Framework on Open Source Software Adoption in E-Governance Systems on October 26, 2013.
25 Oct 2013
News
Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile PhonesWikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.