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India – the last telecom licensing frontier: by Admin — published Nov 10, 2017 — last modified Jan 02, 2018 03:36 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Rohini Lakshané was quoted in the article.
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India Access To Knowledge/Draft Work plan July 2014 - June 2015: by T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 09:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Featured, Openness
One of the key mandates of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is to work towards catalysing the growth of the open knowledge movement in South-Asia and in Indic languages. CIS has been a steward of the Wikimedia movement in India since December 2008 when Jimmy Wales visited Bangalore. From September 2012 it has been actively involved in growing the movement in India through a grant received from the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). Based on the 18-month experience of working with various Indic Wikimedia communities, CIS-A2K has developed its Work Plan for July 2014 to June 2015.
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India and France to Digitise Manuscripts, Artworks & Archives: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:15 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, GLAM
The Indian and French governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will assist in technical knowledge sharing, competency, skill building and cultural exchange between the two countries, as per a PIB release.
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India and Regional Mega-Trade Agreements: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Anubha Sinha was invited by the Observer Research Foundation for a panel discussion on "India and Regional Mega-Trade Agreements" with Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Deputy US Trade Representative and Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries on July 25, 2016 at ORF Conference Hall in New Delhi.
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India at Leisure: Media, Culture and Consumption in the New Economy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 30, 2015 03:34 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Maggie Huang attended the event and presented a paper titled “The Future of Music Streaming: Business Practices and Copyright Management in India”. The paper was co-authored by Maggie and Amba Kak.
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India Public Libraries Conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 07, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
The India Public Libraries Conference is being held from March 17 to 19, 2015 at the India International Centre in New Delhi. It is being organized by DELNET and Digital Empowerment Foundation. The Centre for Internet & Society is a Knowledge Partner for this conference.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in Tulu: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2016 — last modified Aug 09, 2016 03:02 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
The Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily changing technology.
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India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Launches: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
A Tulu version has gone live on Wikipedia, making it the 23rd one in an Indian language to do so.
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India's 23rd regional Wikipedia, in Tulu, goes live: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
The Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily changing technology.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent Pools: by Gavin Pereira — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Sep 02, 2013 02:45 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
In this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author thanks Puneeth Nagaraj for his guidance and inputs on this paper.
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