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Blog Entry Train the Trainer: Running effective outreach activities in India
by Tanveer Hasan — published Jun 24, 2015 — last modified Jul 30, 2015 03:20 PM — filed under: , ,
It is heartening to report that many Wikimedia projects in Indian languages have sustained, and even experienced an upward trend in, editor engagement. However, in terms of content creation, the majority of these projects are still facing grave challenges that put their very existence at risk.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Reading Devanagari script based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada Script
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:14 PM — filed under: ,
This is a small hack to read websites with Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Maithili and a few more languages) based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada script.
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Blog Entry Odia Wikisource has a new Wikisourcer, and he is the youngest in the Odia Wikimedia community!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 20, 2015 — last modified Aug 21, 2015 05:40 PM — filed under: ,
Prateek Pattanaik (User:Shrijagannatha on Odia Wikisource) is a young researcher of Odia literature and Odissi music. He has not just digitized as many as 54 Odia-language poetry dating early 18th century but has also annotated, both poetic and prosaic translation in his blogs “Sri Jagannatha” and “Utkal Sangeet”. He has also brought a complete book “Kisora chandranana champu” on Odia Wikisource. A recent entrant into the Odia Wikimedia community, Prateek is also the youngest Odia Wikimedian. He has also digitized 18-19th century 54 poem written by various poets.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry The Newly Updated Indic Keyboard App Now Supports 22 Asian Languages
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jun 12, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:21 PM — filed under:
This blog post was written in my personal capacity.
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Blog Entry Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace — CIS’s Upcoming A2K Research Initiative
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Oct 30, 2012 06:23 AM — filed under: ,
Pervasive technologies have flooded the Indian market and are changing the ways in which the average Indian accesses knowledge but very little is understood about these technologies, particularly when it comes to their legality. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) plans to begin a research project that aims to understand how pervasive technologies interact with Intellectual Property laws and what can be done to protect these technologies from being labelled “illegal” and eradicated from the Asian market.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Blog Entry Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2012 — filed under: , ,
Pursuant to the announcement made on July 30, 2012 and as reflected in the FAQ accompanying the announcement, the India Program will become a project of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) an established non-profit organisation working in India whose own goals and objectives are in close alignment with that of the Wikimedia movement.
Located in Access to Knowledge
The International Copyright System and Access to Education: Challenges, New Access Models and Prospects for New Principles
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 01, 2012 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 04:29 AM — filed under: ,
This event organised by Max Planck Institute was held in Munich, Germany on May 14 and 15, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in this event.
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Blog Entry Project Tiger 2.0
by Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill — published Nov 24, 2019 — filed under: , , ,
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Publishing Next
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
T. Vishnu Vardhan was a speaker at Publishing Next organized by CinnamonTeal Publishing, a Margao (Goa)-based publishing house that provides publishing services to authors and publishers. The event was held in Goa on September 19 and 20.
Located in Openness / News & Media
August 2014 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2014 — last modified Oct 04, 2014 06:09 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Eighth issue of the newsletter (August 2014) below:
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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