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Wikipedia Digital Centre now at Andhra Loyola College
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:49 PM — filed under: , ,
Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) of the Centre for Internet and Society has opened up a Wikipedia Digital Centre at Andhra Loyola College in the city on Wednesday. The centre, which has trained a couple of students in contributing to Wikipedia earlier, has now set up a lab called ‘Wikipedia Digital Centre’ to continue the activity.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Jayashree Watal
by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 15, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 09:00 AM — filed under: ,
The fifth discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Jayashree Watal.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
3rd Expert Committee Meeting on reference of secretary, MHRD on representation of Internet and Mobile Association of India
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 07, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 02:04 PM — filed under:
The 3rd Expert Committee meeting was held on January 11, 2016 in Committee Room No.654, 'A' Wing, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in New Delhi. Nehaa Chaudhari and Anubha Sinha attended the meeting.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Youth is responsible for protecting Telugu
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:49 PM — filed under: , ,
G. Umamaheshwara Rao, head of linguist research at Hyderabad Central university observed that there is every possibility for Telugu to be extinct soon. Its responsibility of youth to protect and preserve the language. And it is Wikipedia which would help in doing so.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Digitisation sprint at Andhra Loyola College Vijayawada to bring more books on Telugu Wikisource
by Pavan Santhosh — published Feb 12, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
This 12th, A digitisation sprint is being organised for student Wikipedians of Andhra Loyola College Vijayawada. Students will learn about scanning books, will use OCR engine and digitise books on Telugu Wikisource. The event is organised by CIS-A2K where Telugu Wikimedian Viswanadh will be participating to mentor the new Wikimedians.
Located in Openness / Events
100 Konkani Articles Added to Wikipedia in One Day
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2016 — last modified Feb 12, 2016 03:17 PM — filed under: ,
This was published in the Times of India.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Why aren’t Indians using Wikipedia to hold the government to account?
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Despite its popularity, the site's benefits are going unutilised.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Located in News & Media
The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: ,
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law is organizing a conference on law and economics of copyright users at Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, on September 26, 2013. Sunil Abraham will present an update on the Pervasive Technologies project as keynote at this meeting.
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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.
Located in News & Media
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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