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Blog Entry Wikipedia workshop in the theme of “Sau Dhuni Teen” in Pune University
by Abhinav Garule — published Aug 23, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:08 PM — filed under: , , , ,
A two-day Wikipedia workshop was organised in the Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on the 20th August 2015. The workshop was focused on enriching Wikipedia with 100 articles related to notable Indian women under the scope of the “Sau Dhuni Teen” project.
Located in Openness / Blog
Seminar on "Empowering Marathi Schools", Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Sep 23, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:59 PM — filed under: ,
A full day seminar is scheduled to be organised to address the issue of the gradual decline of Marathi schools in Maharashtra. CIS-A2K member Abhinav Garule will be attending the event to share how teachers could encourage students to contribute to Marathi Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 26, 2019 — last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM — filed under: , , ,
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
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Blog Entry Content Donation Sessions with Authors
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 10, 2019 — filed under: , ,
CIS-A2K has adopted an integrated approach towards knowledge generation in Marathi language. With the involvement of various stakeholders in different programmes, CIS-A2K facilitated a comprehensive workshop for publishers, printers, designers and writers on 7 September 2018.
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Blog Entry SVG Translation Workshop at KBC North Maharashtra University
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 10, 2019 — last modified Apr 26, 2019 06:47 AM — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) wing organized an SVG translation workshop in collaboration with KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon on 14-15 March 2019. The workshop was a part of India level campaign. Total 58 participants attended the workshop and contributed to Commons till 31 March 2019.
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Blog Entry Institutional Partnership with Tribal Research & Training Institute
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 18, 2018 — last modified May 07, 2018 04:29 PM — filed under: , , ,
CIS-A2K has been building partnerships with major state government departments in Maharashtra to promote free & open knowledge resources. One such effort resulted into official Govt.Resolution of Tribal Research & Training Institute under State Tribal Development department on Expert's Study Group Formation for developing Open Knowledge Platforms.
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Blog Entry Mini Train the Trainer 2018
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 26, 2018 — last modified Mar 17, 2018 08:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A mini train the trainer 2018 (Mini TTT 2018) program was organized by CIS-A2K at Jnana Prabodhini & Bhave High School, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on 24 and 25 February 2018. Total 19 active editors from Marathi community participated. Experienced editors from community were also involved in the program.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia - Vishwakosh Workshop for Science writers in IUCAA, Pune
by Manasa Rao — published Oct 08, 2017 — last modified Dec 20, 2017 02:42 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
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Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE) is conducting a two-day workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars at KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Pune on October 30-31, 2015.
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Blog Entry Open access in the Marathi language expands by a thousand books
by Subhashish Panigrahi and Abhinav Garule — published Dec 03, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 11:26 AM — filed under: , , ,
As the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS) celebrated its 121st anniversary recently, the organization re-licensed 1000 books under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be made available on the Marathi Wikisource for millions of Marathi readers.
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