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An Interview with Dr. Francis Jayakanth: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2012 — last modified Nov 24, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under: Interview, Openness, Open Access
India has been losing out its best talents to the West, however, this trend could be reversed if we create adequate number of world-class institutions and research facilities, and our scientific productivity and quality of research will improve significantly, says Dr. Francis Jayakanth in an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
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An Interview with Stephen Song: by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — published Feb 29, 2012 — filed under: Interview, Telecom
Stephen Song, the founder of Village Telco, an initiative to bring practical and inexpensive communication network infrastructure to rural and remote areas, speaks about factors that catalyzed the initiative, the benefits of the network, some challenges, and the Mesh Potato.
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An Interview with Nishant Shah: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 13, 2012 — last modified Jul 06, 2012 05:05 AM — filed under: Interview, Internet Governance
Jamillah Knowles from BBC Radio interviewed Nishant Shah about Indian Internet issues.
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Q&A on open access with Subbiah Arunachalam of the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore): by Subbiah Arunachalam — published May 05, 2011 — last modified Nov 01, 2023 12:41 PM — filed under: Interview, Open Access
Amrit Dhir, a 1L at Harvard Law School, has been working with the Harvard Law School Library on open access activities. He recently had an opportunity to interview Subbiah Arunachalam of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in India. The interview was published by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on May 5, 2011.
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An Interview With Arjen Kamphuis: by Sanchia de Souza — published Apr 28, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: Interview, Open Standards, FLOSS, Intellectual Property Rights
In an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in the Netherlands.
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Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 07:19 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Interview, Openness
Recently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three wikipedians — Jayanta Nath, Deepon Saha and Ashwin.
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An Interview with David Baines: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2011 — last modified Nov 08, 2011 09:33 AM — filed under: Interview, Accessibility
Maureen Agena interviewed David Baines, Deputy Director, Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center). Maureen asked questions regarding the status of disabled persons in Qatar, the level of ICT accessibility awareness for PWDs in Qatar, efforts of the Qatar Government towards Mada relating to policy measurements, schemes for PWDs, etc.
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