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Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': Expert
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2015 — filed under: , , ,
The 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.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 04, 2015 — last modified Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings)
by Maggie Huang — published Jan 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:39 PM — filed under: ,
This blog post is the first of a series of blogs to document, synthesize, and analyze learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences. This first post introduces the research question, and highlights learnings about the various business models which can be accessible via the mobile, and broadly how the music industry is attempting to respond to monetization challenges.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Telugu Wikimedia Hackathon 2014
by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Jan 31, 2015 — last modified Feb 10, 2015 05:17 PM — filed under: , ,
Telugu Wikimedia (including their projects Telugu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikisource etc.) is one of the largest and most powerful Indian language Wikimedia projects, and it is growing and expanding everyday. In the last half of 2014, Telugu Wikimedia community members contacted CIS-A2K team with a request to organize a MediaWiki tutorial workshop for them. Following their request, on 28 December 2014, CIS-A2K team organized a MediaWiki hackathon event for Telugu Wikimedia community members to enhance their skills and understanding of technical matters related to MediaWiki usage. The theme of the workshop was “Mediawiki, its extensions and tools to work around” and it aimed at allowing Wikipedians to use MediaWiki tools more effectively.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
January 2015 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
AdaCamp Bangalore: "Nothing could be more open and encouraging than this"
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2014 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 01:53 AM — filed under: ,
I can say this conference was the most truly touched feminist endeavor I have ever witnessed or thought of. An inspiration to last through. — Rupali Talwatkar.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Seventh Global Intellectual Property Convention
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2015 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 04:59 PM — filed under: ,
The Seventh Global IP Convention took place in Mumbai from January 15 to 17, 2015. Rohini Lakshané attended the event.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Cultural knowledge needs to be more open
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2015 — last modified Mar 12, 2015 04:41 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Subhashish 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 researchers, and GLAM organizations.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi
by Rohini Lakshané — published Feb 10, 2015 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:39 AM — filed under: , , ,
After the government introduced the "Make in India" and "Digital India" programmes, the air is thick with the promise of reduced imports, new jobs, and goods for the domestic market. In light of the patent wars in India, the government can ill-afford to overlook the patent implications in indigenously manufactured mobile phones. CIS proposes that the Government of India initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and a five percent compulsory license.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Train the Trainer Program
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2015 — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) welcomes you to attend the "Train the Trainer Program" in Bangalore.
Located in Openness / Events
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