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GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 03:20 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation said in the Rajya Sabha this week. He added that the National Archives of India (NAI) is set to digitise another 1,100,000 historic records. The government has spent over Rs 25 lakhs on digitisation as of January 2015 as compared to ~ Rs 36 lakhs in 2012-13.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – II: What India’s ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance: by Geetha Hariharan — published Nov 01, 2014 — last modified Nov 03, 2014 07:07 AM — filed under: Multi-stakeholder, ITU, Internet Governance
The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) this year in South Korea. At PP-14, India introduced a new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan explores.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Google aims to win 40% of India with Android One: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 12, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
When Google launches its low-cost Android One devices next Monday, Indian users will be able to give voice commands, type messages and use almost all major mobile applications in Hindi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools: by Admin — published Jan 22, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 12:52 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications: by Prasad Krishna — published May 09, 2013 — last modified May 17, 2013 01:01 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Openness, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by July 1, 2013.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 24, 2012 03:38 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Telecom, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 26, 2015 — filed under: Wikipedia, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
The 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.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Governance in the age of internet and fta: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2013
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
Located in News & Media
Government blocks over 60 websites including github & sourceforge on anti-terror advisory: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
Over 60 websites and links, including popular online tools like Github and Sourceforge used by thousands of programmers have been blocked in India, triggering angry protests by Internet users.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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