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Project Tiger 2019 Coordinator position open
by Gopala Krishna — published May 21, 2019 — last modified May 27, 2019 06:28 AM — filed under: ,
To contribute to support, and coordinate of the work of the Project Tiger, we are looking for a creative, dedicated individual to join the team as a coordinator. Please note that women, especially those from socioeconomically marginalized communities, and women who are returning to work after a hiatus will be given preference.
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Train-the-Trainer 2019 at Vishakhapatnam
by Pavan Santhosh — published May 24, 2019 — last modified May 24, 2019 02:21 AM — filed under: , ,
Train-the-trainer 2019 (TTT 2019), residential training program to groom leadership among the Indian Wikimedia community members, is going to happen in Visakhapatnam during 31 May, 1 and 2 June 2019 at Fairfield by Marriott Hotel at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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Blog Entry A Shortcut to Freedom
by Tito Dutta — published Dec 14, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:58 AM — filed under: , ,
In our everyday life we need access to knowledge and information, we need books (and magazines, newspapers), movies (and documentaries, animations), music for education and entertainment purposes. Now, a delighting fact is almost everything we need, from a 1965 book to the latest Bollywood movie’s MP3 song, is available on the web. You knock the door, and it opens. Why should we care for free knowledge then? We have a got “a shortcut to freedom”.
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Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editing
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Pavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh explained how to create and improve articles about Wikipedia in this program. Principal I.Nageswara Rao presided over this meeting.
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Blog Entry 25th Session of the WIPO SCP: Statement on Assessment of Inventive Step
by Rohini Lakshané — published Dec 15, 2016 — last modified Dec 16, 2016 10:27 PM — filed under: ,
Statement emailed by Rohini Lakshané on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society to the Secretariat for the WIPO Standing Committee for the Law of Patents, Twenty Fifth Session, with reference to agenda item 7, "Sharing session on examples and cases relating to assessment of inventive step including, but not limited to, the topics suggested in document SCP/24/3, paragraph 8.
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7th Emerging Markets Finance Conference
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 17, 2016 — filed under:
Anubha Sinha participated as a panelist in the "Intellectual Property, Copyright and Patent Finance" session in Mumbai on December 15, 2016. The event was organized by Finance Research Group in association with Vanderbilt Law School.
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Wikipedia is a Newspaper
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 17, 2016 — filed under: ,
Coverage about Mini MWT and TTT first day. News item also explains about Telugu Wikipedia and its growth. Mentioned some of the participants and organizers Pranay, Katta Srinivasa Rao, Kasyap, etc.
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Blog Entry వంద రోజులు.. వంద వ్యాసాలు - తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో మోత్కూరు యువకుని రికార్డు (100 Days...100 Articles: Wikipedian from Motkur created record in Telugu Wikipedia)
by Pavan Santhosh — published Dec 18, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Pranay Raj Vangari of Motkur Padmashali colony created record in Telugu Wikipedia. "100 Days- 100 Articles" is already going on in many languages worldwide and Pranay Raj took challenge in Telugu Wikipedia, completed it successfully. Pranay is theatre scholor. He started first article in this challenge on september 8 and continued to write articles on every day till December 16 to complete 100 articles. Pranay said that two other Telugu Wikipedians (Pavan and Meena) successfully completed the challenge and explained that he inspired from them to complete it. Telangana state language & cultural department director Mamidi Harikrishna felicitated Pranay in His chamber on this occasion and appreciated for his work.
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Blog Entry Pranay Raj record in 100 days-100 articles
by Pavan Santhosh — published Dec 18, 2016 — last modified Dec 19, 2016 06:16 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Telugu Theatre scholar Pranay Raj Vangari from Motkur of Yadadri District, Telangana created record by completing a challenge that is famous worldwide in Wikimedia community - "100 Days-100 Articles". Pranay Raj is a theatre scholar and artist who used to travel length and breadth of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh for research and performances.
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వికీపీడియాతో విజ్ఞాన విప్లవం
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 20, 2016 — filed under: , ,
The article appeared in Andhra Bhoomi on December 11, 2016.
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