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Access to Knowledge
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27 Jan 2014
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Workshop: Social Justice in an Internet-mediated WorldIT for Change and the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities invite you to a workshop on social justice in an internet-mediated world at the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities on January 31, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Program …
20 Jan 2014
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Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repositoryWorld' largest tribal residential institute Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS) is going to initiate a project in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program (CIS-A2K) to gather academic and …
20 Jan 2014
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KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiativeCentre for Internet and Society is a Bangalore based Non profit organization which works primarily in the broader domains ofinternet and policy research, accessibility, open knowledge and open education.
14 Jan 2014
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WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians togetherWikiSangamotsavam, the annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, took place in Alappuzha, Kerala from December 21 to 23, 2013. The conference brought together around 200 Wikimedians and well-wishers from all over India.
13 Jan 2014
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Global Congress On IP and Public Interest Adopts Principles for NegotiationsA recent conference on intellectual property and the public interest concluded with the adoption of public interest principles to guide international trade negotiations and international organisations.
12 Jan 2014
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ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆSubhashish Panigrahi is quoted in this article published by Odishan.com on January 12, 2014.
12 Jan 2014
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‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’Social media is set to grow in India in a big way with Google and Facebook gearing up to tap the regional languages market.
11 Jan 2014
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CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUsKIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia.
5 Jan 2014
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat onlineIn the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his …
4 Jan 2014
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Digitising contest to preserve rare books in MalayalamThe Malayalam Wiki Grandhasala has announced a competition in digitally preserving rare books in Malayalam.
31 Dec 2013
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Telugu Wikipedia completes 10 yearsTelugu Wikipedia completed 10 years on December 10, 2013. Several training sessions, aka Wiki Academies, were planned by the Telugu Wikipedia community to mark the occasion.
31 Dec 2013
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Odisha: Odia Wikipedia reaching 5000 article mark!Many are not aware of the existence of Odia Wikipedia and other Indian language Wikipedias. But Odia Wikipedia has been growing gradually all these years and has become the most searched website and largest online encyclopedia in Odia …
31 Dec 2013
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Alvas Vishva Nudisiri VirasatThe Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted a workshop at Moodabidre from December 19 to 22, 2013.
31 Dec 2013
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CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani WikipediaThe Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K team) is pleased to share with you the key accomplishments about the work it accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. In accordance …
31 Dec 2013
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An “Advocacy” Saga and the Inspiring Legacy of Rahul CherianFor those interested in policy advocacy, the NUJS Law Review has an elaborate paper outlining the tireless advocacy efforts (spanning more than 10 full years) of a bunch of dedicated campaigners who strove valiantly to foster access for the …
20 Dec 2013
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CIS Statement on Limitations and Exceptions for Education, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with Other DisabilitiesNehaa Chaudhari on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) made this statement at the WIPO-SCCR on December 20, 2013.
19 Dec 2013
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Wikipedia Training Session @ TiruvurA Wikipedia training session was conducted by T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik at Srivahini College in Tiruvur on December 19, 2013.
17 Dec 2013
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty- SCCR 26 : Proposals IntroducedIndia and the United States introduced proposals for discussion at the ongoing session of the SCCR.
17 Dec 2013
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Pooja Tople on Wikimedia ProjectsThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program …
16 Dec 2013
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Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani WikipediaThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program …
13 Dec 2013
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Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization ProcessThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program …
12 Dec 2013
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Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia IncubatorThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program …
12 Dec 2013
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A Feature on Telugu WikipediaNamaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.
10 Dec 2013
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A Wikipedia Workshop at IISCAlong with Wikipedian Shiju Alex we supported the Assamese Wikipedians to organize a workshop at IISC.
9 Dec 2013
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3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest & Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in AfricaFrom 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental governmental entities, the private sector, civil society, and academia gathered for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town.
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, …
7 Dec 2013
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CIS Comments to the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the Proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting OrganizationsAs a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations adopted by the Standing Committee on …
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.