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Blog Entry First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled Out
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 12:17 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Odia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a series of assessments by professors. The local community members from Nalconagar would be supporting the four month program.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry First Post-Bilski Decision - Software Patent Rejected
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 24, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM — filed under: ,
In the first decision post-Bilski, the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) rejected a software patent claimed by Hewlett-Packard. The ruling in this case has buttressed the fact that the Bilski decision furthered the cause of narrowing the patentability of software even though the Supreme Court of the United States totally avoided mentioning software patents or the applicability of the machine or transformation test for software patents in its decision.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry First Pune Odia Wikipedia Workshop Organized!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 12:44 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The first Pune Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized in Pune on October 27, 2012. Subhashish Panigrahi recollects his experience about the events through this report.
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First Round-table on Innovation, IP and Competition
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2016 — last modified Apr 25, 2016 07:42 AM — filed under:
The First Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition was organized by the recently established Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property & Competition (CIIPC) at the National Law University, Delhi. Dr. Arul George Scaria and Prof. Yogesh Pai are the co-directors of this Centre. The event was held on April 1 and 2, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Nehaa Chaudhari and Anubha Sinha participated in the event.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 04, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:06 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
During the second week of February, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore received a call from Dr Faheemuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad requesting an Urdu Wikipedia Workshop in University. We were informed of special interest of Dr Zafaruddin , Head, Department of Translation studies in holding the event as any effort aimed at expanding the Urdu Wikipedia will benefit the Urdu language community across the world.
Located in Openness / Blog
Fixing Copyright for Education (SCCR34 Side Event)
by Prasad Krishna — published May 30, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 12:48 AM — filed under: ,
This event, hosted by Communia, EIFL, Creative Commons, and PIJIP, provided an overview of legal trends and developments concerning education, and presented the reality of education today. Anubha Sinha was a speaker.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM — filed under: , ,
WikiConference India and its productive hackathon
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Blog Entry Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session at Bharati Vidyapeeth — More Interested and More Involved Participants
by Nitika Tandon — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Oct 30, 2013 09:17 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia introductory session was organised at Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering College in Delhi early this year and a follow up session was organised by CIS on November 19, 2012. About 12 to 15 participants attended the follow up session. Although most of the participants had attended the introductory session there were a few who were coming over for the first time.
Located in Openness / Blog
Font problem hits Odia
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2013 — filed under: , , , ,
With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
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