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Thematic Edit-a-thon at Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Jun 11, 2017
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last modified
Jul 11, 2017 09:35 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
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Access to Knowledge
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Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 14, 2017
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of Delhi High Court that ruled course packs in India legal for educational purposes.
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Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report
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by
Ananth Subray
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published
Jul 07, 2017
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last modified
Aug 03, 2017 04:45 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia Education Program,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Christ University faculty were given an orientation for the upcoming year on the Wikipedia Education Program
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Blogs
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — October 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 29, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 08:19 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Newsletter
This is the second bulletin from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. This issue features education program updates of the Assamese, Malayalam and Gujarati Wiki communities, a hackathon held at BITS, Hyderabad, press coverage of the Odia Wikipedia workshop in Pune, and reports of workshops organised in Bangalore, Ghaziabad and Pune during the month of October.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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A Comparative Study of Article Creation Campaigns on Wikipedia - Part II
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jun 11, 2021
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filed under:
A2K Research,
Access to Knowledge
This is a short report on a comparative analysis of two prominent Wikimedia initiatives, Wikipedia Asian Month and Project Tiger, to understand prevailing challenges and opportunities, and strategies to address the same. The report has been authored by Nitesh Gill with inputs from Suswetha Kolluru, and editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019–2020.
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Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 16, 2016
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filed under:
Featured,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern society's profound transformations in communication, governance, and knowledge distribution.
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FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 04:40 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Earlier this year, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had proposed that the Government of India (GoI) initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and mandate a five percent compulsory license. The proposal was made in light of ongoing litigation in India over standard essential patents pertaining to mobile technology, and the government's own “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes.
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Software Freedom Pledge
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
FLOSS,
Open Content,
FOSS,
Event,
Technological Protection Measures
On September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
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Openness
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As Odia Wikipedia turns 13, what happens next?
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi and Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Sep 26, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 05:08 PM
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filed under:
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikipedia, one of several Indian-language Wikipedia projects, celebrated thirteen years of free knowledge contribution on June 3.
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Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 26, 2015
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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.
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