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Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 12, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness, Event
On November 14, the CIS-A2K team is organizing a one day orientation workshop on 'Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution' at the Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS), Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
Domestic Work in the ‘Gig Economy’: by Aayush Rathi — published Nov 14, 2019 — last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:52 AM — filed under: Digital Economy, RAW Events, Digital Labour, Researchers at Work, Event, Digital Domestic Work
The CIS and Domestic Workers’ Rights Union (DWRU) are hosting a discussion on the ‘gig economy’ and domestic work on Saturday, November 16 at Student Christian Movement of India, Mission Road, Bangalore. This event is a part of a project supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by Association for Progressive Communication (APC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
Located in RAW
Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm): by Saikat Datta — published Jul 06, 2017 — filed under: Land Records, #FirstFridayAtCIS, Digitisation, Researchers at Work, Event, E-Governance
It is our priviledge to annouce that Dr. Prerna Prabhakar will be the speaker for the July #FirstFridayAtCIS event. Dr. Prabhakar is an Associate Fellow with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She is involved in a project that looks at the digitisation of land records in India and its impact on land ownership across the country. In the talk, she will evaluate the impact that digitisation of land records has had in parts of rural India. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
Located in RAW
Edit-a-thon: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:21 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
CIS-A2K team is organizing a edit-a-thon at Goa Central Library, Panjim on March 8, 2014.
Located in Openness / Events
Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 21, 2015 — last modified Sep 04, 2015 08:25 AM — filed under: Language, Kannada Wikipedia, Event, Access to Knowledge
A three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
Located in Openness / Blog
Elements of a Decentralized Web: by Admin — published Nov 23, 2017 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Gene Kogan will deliver a talk on the elements of a decentralized web at the Centre for Internet (CIS) office in Bengaluru on December 11, 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Emerging Issues in the Internet of Things: by Admin — published Oct 03, 2017 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Andrew Rens will give a talk about research that he is doing at the Internet Governance Lab on October 23, 2017 at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bengaluru.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Event Report: Community Discussion on Open Standards: by Karan Saini, Prem Sylvester and Anishka Vaishnav — published Aug 01, 2019 — last modified Aug 02, 2019 06:51 AM — filed under: Communities, Open Standards, Event
This community discussion organised by HasGeek was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India on June 20, 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Exposing the Invisible - Tactical Tech films screening at CIS: by Purba Sarkar — published Dec 02, 2013 — filed under: Digital Activism, Event
Exposing the Invisible is Tactical Tech's series of short films examining some inspiring and provocative investigative cases, those that go beyond traditional journalistic investigations. CIS is pleased to invite you to a special screening of two of the films on 9th December, 6pm, at the CIS venue.
Located in Events
Feminist Information Infrastructure Workshop with Blank Noise and Sangama: by Ambika Tandon — published Aug 13, 2018 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Akriti Bopanna, Swaraj Paul Barooah and Ambika Tandon as part of the project on Feminist Information Infrastructure, conducted a full-day workshop with Sangama and Blank Noise on August 8, 2018 at CIS, Bangalore.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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