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Wiki changes the world: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2011 — last modified Jan 03, 2012 10:23 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
A fortnightly column on ‘Digital Natives’ authored by Nishant Shah is featured in the Sunday Eye, the national edition of Indian Express, Delhi, from September 2010 onwards. This article was published in the Indian Express on January 23, 2011. In this Nishant Shah explains how Wiki changes the world by making the ordinary person the expert and knowledge free.
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Global Networks, Individual Freedoms: A Peer Forum on Internet Freedom and Human Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 20, 2012 — last modified Jun 28, 2012 09:12 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
In Connection with the 2012 Internet Freedom Fellows Program, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is pleased to invite Pranesh Prakash to a peer forum at the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday, June 21, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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The print-impaired millions and their right to read: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:10 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Books, books everywhere, but not a word to read. This is the scenario for the approximately 70 million print-impaired in India, a sizeable population that includes the visually-impaired young people as well the elderly — whose vision depletes with advancing age.
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Bridging the Divide: Opportunities and Challenges: by admin — last modified Oct 11, 2008 10:27 AM
This paper by Nirmita Narasimhan approaches the digital divide from multiple perspectives, looking at what "access" means and the factors responsible for the digital divide (income, gender, ethnicity, literacy and education, disability, law, etc.), surveys some digital divide initiatives in India, and presents some suggestions to tackle the divide.
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Programme Associate (Graphic designer): by Gurshabad Grover — published Mar 22, 2020 — last modified May 12, 2020 04:01 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Associate (Graphic designer), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. In keeping with efforts within the larger Wikimedia movement in encouraging an inclusive workplace and addressing issues of gender disparity Women applicants are encouraged for this position, however this position for anyone to apply.
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Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Environment Management: by Subodh Kulkarni — published Mar 10, 2017 — last modified Apr 10, 2017 04:58 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Openness
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organized by CSIBER College and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) in Kolhapur on March 30, 2017. Subodh Kulkarni was a trainer. The edit-a-thon was attended by 32 students.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Poesis in the Information Age: Language and its Limit[ation]s: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2015 — last modified Jan 26, 2015 01:57 PM — filed under: Wikipedia, Event, Access to Knowledge
Alec Schachner, an independent scholar, translator, multi-genre musician and sound artist will give a talk on the limits/limitations of languages at the Centre for Internet & Society's office on January 30, 2015 at 5 p.m.
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The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 05, 2016 — last modified Aug 06, 2016 05:11 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Wikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be held during August 5-7 this year in Chandigarh, India.
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Wikipedia: State of Tech — A Talk by Erik Moeller: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2012 — last modified Dec 18, 2012 06:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Lecture, Event Type
The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is hosting a talk by Erik Moeller, Vice President of Engineering and Product Development at the Wikimedia Foundation at its office in Bangalore on November 12, 2012, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., followed by a lunch discussion.
Located in Openness / Events
Annual Report 2017-2018: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2018 — last modified Jan 29, 2019 01:57 AM
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