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Openness
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6 May 2014
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Pushing the Boundaries in Open Governance: Insights from OGP Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Bali, Indonesia (Day 1)Sunil Abraham is quoted. He said that open governance is more about citizens checking on what government leaders are doing than on government coding its citizens to exercise surveillance.
3 May 2014
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OGP Asia Pacific Regional ConferenceOpen Government Partnership is organizing this conference in Bali on May 6 and 7, 2014. Sunil Abraham is a speaker for this event.
2 May 2014
Blog post
Books and More are Relicensed to Creative CommonsThis blog post is cross-posted from Opensource.com. It was published on May 2, 2014.
28 Apr 2014
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Wikipedia Session for Trainee Journos of PrajavaniDr. U.B.Pavanaja took a session for the trainee journalists of Prajavani Kannada daily on Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia for the media persons.
26 Apr 2014
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Delhi meet focuses on Bhagabat Tungi revivalThe Intellects, a Delhi based organisation of Odia intellectuals, and Shree Jagannath Mandir and Odisha Art and Cultural Center held a seminar on “Relevance of Bhagabat Tungi in the evolution of Odia language from Buddha era to digital age” …
26 Apr 2014
Blog post
14 Odia books re-released under Creative Commons licenseThis blog entry by Subhashish Panigrahi (originally published in Wikimedia Foundation's Blog) was edited and re-published by Rohini Lakshane in DNA on April 26, 2014.
24 Apr 2014
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Seminar on Odia Language in New Delhi by the IntellectsRecently the Odia Language has been accorded classical status by the Government of India. It has increased the responsibility of all Odias to protect, promote and propagate the Odia literature at this digital age while the next gen Odias …
23 Apr 2014
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World Book Day (Coverage in Vijayavani)Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event as a speaker. A scanned version of the report is below:
23 Apr 2014
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World Book DayDr. U.B.Pavanaja was one of the speakers on the program arranged on account of World Book Day by Karnataka Publishers’ Association at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.
23 Apr 2014
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Books are a bridge between generationsKannada litterateurs stressed on the importance of books and cultivating the habit of reading on the occasion of ‘World Book Day’ on Wednesday.
20 Apr 2014
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Relevance of Bhagabat Tungi in the evolution of Odia language from Buddha era to digital ageThe Intellects, a Delhi based organisation of Odia intellectuals, and Shree Jagannath Mandir and Odisha Art and Cultural Center co-organized an event in New Delhi on April 20, 2014.
19 Apr 2014
Blog post
Report from India: Relicensing books under CCMy name is Subhashish Panigrahi. I am an educator currently working in the community and communication front at The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge program (CIS-A2K), an India-based catalyst program to grow Indic …
16 Apr 2014
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CIS Signs MoU with Mysore UniversityCIS-A2K signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mysore for converting to Unicode and re-releasing their encyclopaedia under Creative Commons License. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja on behalf of the CIS-A2K team signed the MoU.
12 Apr 2014
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El idioma oriya ama a WikipediaEste post es de Rising Voices, un proyecto de Global Voices que ayuda a difundir los medios ciudadanos en lugares que normalmente no tienen acceso a ellos.
8 Apr 2014
Blog post
ଓଡ଼ିଅା ଭାଷାର ବିକାଶ ଓ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରThis article was published in Odia magazine "The Kadambini". It covers a brief history of the book digitization initiatives in Odia language, problems with access available content in ISCII standard, scope of Unicode content and Open …
8 Apr 2014
Blog post
Vachana Sanchaya: Bringing Access to 11th century Kannada LiteratureThe blog post throws light on providing access to Vachana Sanchaya, a eleventh century Kannada literature.
4 Apr 2014
Blog post
୭୯ ବର୍ଷରେ ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା: ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଏହାର ବ୍ୟବହାରThis article was published in online Odia magazine "The Amalekha". It covers a brief history of the book digitization initiates in Odia language, problems with access available content in ISCII standard, scope of Unicode content and Open …
31 Mar 2014
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Odisha Day 2014: Coverage in SambadOdia newspaper Sambad covered the Odisha Day 2014 and published a report on March 31, 2014.
31 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikipedia to Digitise 14 BooksOn the occasion of the 79th Odisha Day (Utkal Divas) on April 1, the Odia Wikipedia has decided to take up a new project for digitisation of 11 books of eminent Odia author Dr Jagannath Mohanty.
31 Mar 2014
Blog post
India Access To Knowledge/Draft Work plan July 2014 - June 2015One of the key mandates of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is to work towards catalysing the growth of the open knowledge movement in South-Asia and in Indic languages. CIS has been a …
31 Mar 2014
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An Article on Kannada Wikipedian H R LakshmivenkateshKarnataka Sangha Mumbai published an article on Kannada Wikipedian H.R.Lakshmivenkatesh in its March 2014 edition.
30 Mar 2014
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Odisha 2014: Coverage in Odisha SamayOdisha Samay published a report of the Odisha 2014 event on March 30, 2014.
30 Mar 2014
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Emphasis on developing vernacular encyclopaediasemphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias.
30 Mar 2014
Blog post
11th Century Kannada Literature Now on WikisourceThis blog post by Pavithra Hanchagaiah and Omshivaprakash HI was edited by Rohini Lakshane for DNA. It was first edited by Subhashish Panigrahi, CIS-A2K on the Wikimedia Foundation blog where it was first published.
29 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikipedia Brings 14 Copyright Free Odia Books and a Free Odia FontOdia Wikimedia community has celebrated "Odisha Day" today at Jayadev Bhawan.
29 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikipedia29 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odisha day, bringing 14 copyright free Odia booksOdia Wikimedia community has celebrated “Odisha day” today at Jayadev Bhawan. Inaugurating this event eminent linguist Padmashree Dr. Debiprasanna Pattanayak said, 'Collaborative effort and open access to knowledge repositories will enrich …
29 Mar 2014
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‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’Digitization is the only way to ensure preservation of valuable Odia books and old palm-leaf manuscripts for posterity, said eminent linguist Padmashri Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak while inaugurating the two-day Odisha Day celebration …
27 Mar 2014
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ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଗଠନର ୭୯ ବର୍ଷଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ସମ୍ପାଦକମାନଙ୍କ ତରଫରୁ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରଠାରେ ଏହି ୨୯ ତାରିଖରେ “ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ ୨୦୧୪” ପାଳନ କରାଯାଉଛି ।
27 Mar 2014
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Sessions on Kannada Wikipedia at Tumkur UniversityDr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a session on Kannada Wikipedia for students of M.Sc. Library and Information Sciences followed by an advanced Kannada Wikipedia session for students of M.A. Literature on March 27, 2014. The event was organized …