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Access to Knowledge
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17 Nov 2015
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT RoorkeeThis post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Roorkee.
6 Nov 2015
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FUEL GILT Conference 2015Subhashish Panigrahi will be speaking at the FUEL GILT Conference 2015 to be held at Tamil Virtual Academy, Anna University Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur in Chennai from November 20 to 22, 2015. Subhashish will also be participating …
5 Nov 2015
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ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ପ୍ରଥମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ପାଳନNews about the Odia Wikisource's 1st anniversary, published in Odia-language web portal Odia Pua on October 25, 2015.
4 Nov 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜOdia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Available online at or.wikisource.org, the project finally went live in last year on …
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st AnniversaryOdia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library will celebrate its first anniversary at the Indian Institute of Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Siripur here on Monday.
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Wikisource to Celebrate its First Anniversary Tomorrow!Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia language library, will celebrate its first anniversary in Odisha capital tomorrow.
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Wikisource Celebrates 1st Anniversary this 25th Octoberଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର ୧ମ ଜନ୍ମତିିଥି (Odia Wikisource’s 1st anniversary):
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Available online at or.wikisource.org, the project finally went live in last year on …
2 Nov 2015
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India and France to Digitise Manuscripts, Artworks & ArchivesThe Indian and French governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will assist in technical knowledge sharing, competency, skill building and cultural exchange between the two countries, as per a PIB release.
30 Oct 2015
30 Oct 2015
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Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd Sobhaann to enrich Konkani WikipediaMangalore based cultural centre Maand Sobhaann has recently relicensed 3 of their publications under a free license so that the books could be digitised on Konkani Wikisource and enrich Konkani Wikipedia.
30 Oct 2015
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JP Das's Books to be Made Available Free on WikipediaNoted Odia-language author and art historian Jagannath Prasad Das's works will be available on Wikipedia for free.
28 Oct 2015
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International Workshop on the Impact of the TRIPS Agreement on key sectors and its continuing relevance in the context of Regional and Bilateral Trading AgreementsOn the occasion of 20 years of TRIPS Agreement, Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is holding a workshop at Naland, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi on October 26 and 27, 2015. Pranesh Prakash is a …
27 Oct 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource)This post is about the Odia library movement and the conventional archival, touch-bases on the problems with dissemination of knowledge with more public domain books that are entering into the "rare and perishing" category, a comparative …
27 Oct 2015
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Open Access Week Round-UpHere is a round-up of events held at the University of Otago over Open Access Week. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation for the staff members of libraries across New Zealand. The event was organised by the University of Otago.
25 Oct 2015
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Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in BhubaneswarOdia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow i.e., 25th October, 2015.
19 Oct 2015
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CIS Participated in T20 Mumbai, Regional Consultation Meeting, October 19, 2015This is the first time that a T20 event, which is a series of preparatory meetings towards G20 summits, is taking place in India. Sumandro Chattapadhyay represented CIS in this consultation, and was a discussant in the session on …
18 Oct 2015
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National IPR Policy Series: Quick Observations on the Leaked Draft of the National IPR PolicyEarlier this week, the “Don’t Trade Our Lives Away” blog leaked the supposed final draft of India’s National IPR Policy (“leaked draft”). This article presents quick comments on this leaked draft.
15 Oct 2015
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Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014This is an analysis of the first draft of India's National IPR Policy with an earlier document "India's National IPR Strategy".
14 Oct 2015
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Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for IndiaThe European Court of Justice has invalidated a European Commission decision, which had previously concluded that the 'Safe Harbour Privacy Principles' provide adequate protections for European citizens’ privacy rights for the transfer of …
11 Oct 2015
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WikipediansSpeak: Telugu Language Library Catalog Project Helps Wikipedia GrowIn 2013, the interview project “WikipediansSpeak” was launched in response to observations that many noteworthy Wikimedians were being underrepresented both locally and globally. Not just them personally—their work, and the communities they …
11 Oct 2015
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CIS-India Projects: Overlaps with Digital IndiaThis post documents the overlap of CIS India's work with the nine pillars of the Digital India campaign. The list reflects work completed/underway as of September 2015.
10 Oct 2015
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Otago Southland are the CoolestLIANZA Otago Southland are delighted to announce our speaker, Subhashish Panigrahi (@subhapa), from the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge programme, will be tuning in via the interwebs from India to share his vision of …
6 Oct 2015
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4th Annual US - China IP Conference: Best Practices for Innovation and CreativityBhairav Acharya attended this conference organized by Berkeley Law, University of California on October 6, 2015.
4 Oct 2015
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Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series – Updated Research Methodology – Applying the Actor Network Theory to Competition Law and Standard Essential Patent Litigation in IndiaThis document lays out the updated research methodology for the paper on competition law issues around standard essential patent litigation in India.
1 Oct 2015
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National Conference: WTO, FTAs and Investment Treaties: Implications for development policy spaceThe conference was jointly organized by Focus on the Global South, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), Madhyam, MSF Access Campaign, National Working Group on Patent Laws and WTO (NWGPL), Public Services International …
30 Sep 2015
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Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret!If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
27 Sep 2015
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Wikimedia contributor shares his Linux storyComputers have fascinated me since childhood, but my first encounter—like many others—was not with Linux. For me, it was with Microsoft Paint. Then, many years later in 2011, it was my Wikipedia mentor, Shiju Alex, who introduced me to …
26 Sep 2015
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IPEX 2015Rohini Lakshané attended IPEX 2015 organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, APTDC and TDPC on September 25 - 26, 2015 at Hotel Westin in Chennai.
26 Sep 2015
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Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian LanguagesThe Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it's easy to use and works with over 90 percent accuracy for most languages.