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Wikipedia
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12 Mar 2015
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Right to Education and the Future of Our LanguagesThe Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and Research Centre in association with ICSSR (WRC) organized a National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages at …
10 Mar 2015
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More articles for Tulu WikipediaIn all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
8 Mar 2015
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Women's History Month, India-2015CIS-A2K is supporting the Indian Wikimedia volunteers organize Wikipedia Women's History Month, India- 2015.
2 Mar 2015
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Train the Trainer — Report in UdayavaniAs part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
27 Feb 2015
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Hindi Wiki Community Baithak in DelhiHindi Wikimedians met in New Delhi during February 14 and 15. This was the first meeting of the Hindi community. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the meetup.
26 Feb 2015
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Telugu Wikipedia Winter Camp at Andhra Loyola CollegeStudents of physics, statistics and Telugu departments of Andhra Loyola College spent 5 days of their Christmas vacation of 2014 to edit and enrich Telugu Wikipedia and Wikisource. They worked on their respective subject areas and came up …
20 Feb 2015
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more openSubhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language …
19 Feb 2015
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Online Free Content in Telugu WikipediaWikimedians gathered at Tirupati for a strategic meet. This was covered by the regional newspaper Andhra Jyothy
19 Feb 2015
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More online free content in Telugu Wikipedia soonWikimedians gather at Tirupati for a strategy meet.
12 Feb 2015
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[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse AwardsIt's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
9 Feb 2015
9 Feb 2015
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A Wikipedia Presentation at BITS, GoaQuark is one of India's largest science, technology and management festivals, held every February at BITS Pilani - K.K. Birla Goa Campus. This year in 2015, the event was held from February 6 to 8, 2015. This blog post captures the key …
5 Feb 2015
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Winners of the Opensource.com 2015 Community AwardsEvery year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories about open source.
31 Jan 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପThis is an op-ed I authored for Odia newspaper the "Samaja" that got published on January 30, 2015. Through this post I intend to highlight the needs for taking the Odia language to international fora instead of keeping it confined within …
25 Jan 2015
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Citizen Media Summit 2015The Citizen Media Summit 2015 was held in Cebu City, Philippines on January 24 and 25, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker at the event.
22 Jan 2015
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Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-libraryA few years ago, Mumbai-based musician Neela Bhagwat realized that her old notebooks filled with lyrics and notations of age-old 'bandishes' were in tatters. Afraid that she might lose them forever, Bhagwat decided to make fresh copies.
16 Jan 2015
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Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': ExpertThe central government needs to partner communities at the grassroots level and integrate the country's vernacular component to make the Digital India initiative a success, an expert said here Friday.
30 Dec 2014
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Odia Wikisource workshop at New DelhiThe Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team in collaboration with "The Intellects" organized a seminar in New Delhi on December 14, 2014. Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk.
27 Dec 2014
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Access to Rare Books Made EasyRare Odia books that are out of print and not easily accessible on the internet, will now be available at the click of the mouse. In a bid to make them available online, the Odia Wikipedia community last week launched WikiSource, an Odia …
3 Dec 2014
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ICT for DevelopmentDr. U.B. Pavanaja was a speaker at this event organized by Christ University on December 3, 2014 in Bangalore.
26 Nov 2014
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‘Tulu Wikipedia’ in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. PavanajaIn all, 600 articles have been uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia which is still in its incubation stage, according to U.B. Pavanaja, Wikipedia representative and Programme Officer, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.
22 Nov 2014
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Teaching in the Age of WikipediaThis course is conceived by CIS-A2K. It is currently envisaged as an add-on Certificate Course jointly offered by CIS-A2K and the Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE)-a premier teacher training establishment in Goa, India.
17 Nov 2014
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Odia Wikisource, its PotentialI wrote an editorial in Odia newspaper the "Samaja" on November 17, 2014. I have written about Odia Wikisource, its potential and how people can get involved in it with a short note about the digitization done already. I have also …
17 Nov 2014
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Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra's 21 books relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0Twenty one books of renowned Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra will now be available under the Creative Commons License.
14 Nov 2014
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An Article on Kannada WikipediaI wrote an article on Kannada Wikipedia which was published in the Yojana magazine on November 2014 issue.
13 Nov 2014
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55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit WikisourceKannada is a language spoken by 40 million people in Karnataka – one of the four southern states of India.The Kannada Wikimedia community, in collaboration with CIS-A2K, are enthusiastic about having almost all of the works of Niranjana …
3 Nov 2014
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ನಿರಂಜನರ ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರಂಜನರ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆಯೆಂದು ಸಿಐಎಸ್-ಎ೨ಕೆಯ ಸಹಯೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಗವು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಹರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
31 Oct 2014
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Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu WikipediaThe Wikipedia India Community Consultation 2014 was organized by the Wiki Media Foundation (WMF) and Wikipedia India Chapter in collaboration with Centre for Internet Society (CIS A2K) Bangalore on The venue was Movenpick Hotel and …
31 Oct 2014
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Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu WikipediaThe Wikipedia India Community Consultation 2014 was organized by the Wiki Media Foundation (WMF) and Wikipedia India Chapter in collaboration with Centre for Internet Society (CIS A2K) Bangalore on The venue was Movenpick Hotel and …
31 Oct 2014
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Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at UdupiA three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised the inauguration programme and a workshop to understand the Wiki markup. The next …