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Talk on bringing 1000 books about the culture of Maharashtra on Marathi Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2020 04:39 PM — filed under: , ,
Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, a Pune based non-profit that was founded in Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade and colleagues in 1894, has recently announced to digitise their 1000 volumes of books centred around Peshwa culture. A discussion about digitising these books and making them available online on Marathi Wikisource is being organised on December 1 at the Energy Resources Institute(TERI), Bengaluru. Avinash Chaphekar, Joint Secretary of MGS will be addressing this talk.
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Blog Entry Tallapaka Pada Sahityam is now on Wikisource
by Pavan Santhosh — published Jun 10, 2017 — last modified Jul 10, 2017 01:44 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Teaching in the Age of Wikipedia
by T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Nov 22, 2014 — last modified Dec 28, 2014 04:04 AM — filed under: , , ,
This course is conceived by CIS-A2K. It is currently envisaged as an add-on Certificate Course jointly offered by CIS-A2K and the Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE)-a premier teacher training establishment in Goa, India.
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Tech Talk: Landscape of Wireless Communications & Electromagnetic Spectrum
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2014 — last modified May 07, 2014 08:12 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to a talk by A. Radha Krishna on April 28, 2014, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at its office in Bangalore.
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Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Feb 02, 2014 04:48 PM — filed under: , , ,
Students from any academic background, but having computer knowledge and common sense, can land a job in the IT sector, said U B Pavanaja, programme officer (Indian languages) at Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore).
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Blog Entry Technical Alternative to Encrypted Media Extensions
by Harsh Gupta — published Oct 20, 2016 — filed under: ,
This post is an analysis of the various technical alternatives to EME (encyrpted media extensions) that have emerged from the discussions at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These alternatives and the proposed EME specification along six dimensions are examined.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 28, 2010 — last modified May 17, 2012 04:51 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
In this post Pranesh Prakash conducts a legal exegesis of section 65A of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which deals with the stuff that enables 'Digital Rights/Restrictions Management', i.e., Technological Protection Measures. He notes that while the provision avoids some mistakes of the American law, it still poses grave problems to consumers, and that there are many uncertainties in it still.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Technology and Gender Based Violence
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 24, 2014 — last modified Dec 09, 2014 04:32 PM — filed under: ,
Rohini Lakshane was a speaker at this event organized by the Bachchao Project on November 24, 2014. Rohini spoke about various strategies that women use to respond to online harassment, such as reporting the abuser, and enlisting support from online followers, or friends or family in order to deal with the abuser.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Telugu Wiki Edit-a-thon in ALC
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 06, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:12 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team along with Telugu Wikipedia had conducted an edit-a-thon at Andhra Loyola College on August 6, 2015. Eenadu published a report on the edit-a-thon.
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Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 08, 2013 — last modified Apr 08, 2013 04:43 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Telugu Wikipedia Community is organizing the Telegu Wiki Mahotsavam from April 9 to 11, 2013 in Hyderabad. The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is supporting and co-organizing the event.
Located in Openness / Events
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