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Inaugural EPT Award for Open Access
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2011 — filed under:
The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development is pleased to announce the winners of a new annual award to be made to individuals working in developing countries who have made a significant personal contribution to advancing the cause of open access (OA) and the free exchange of research findings.
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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem
by Admin — published Aug 19, 2019 — filed under: ,
B Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
Located in Openness / News & Media
Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under: ,
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A Report
by Sanchia de Souza — published Apr 27, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under:
Open Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest blogger for CIS, he files a report on the proceedings at the workshop.
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Blog Entry Journals, Open Access, Copyright, Repositories
by Sanchia de Souza — published Apr 07, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under:
Prof N. Mukunda, Editor of Publications, The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, discusses open access in his keynote address at the 26 March 2009 one-day conference on 'Scholarly Communications in the Age of the Commons'.
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Blog Entry Know your Users, Match their Needs!
by Rebecca Schild — published Nov 23, 2011 — last modified Feb 27, 2012 03:06 PM — filed under: , , , ,
As Free Access to Law initiatives in the Global South enter into a new stage of maturity, they must be certain not to lose sight of their users’ needs. The following post gives a summary of the “Good Practices Handbook”, a research output of the collaborative project Free Access to Law — Is it Here to Stay? undertaken by LexUM (Canada) and the South African Legal Institute in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society.
Located in Openness / Blog
Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course)
by Admin — published Nov 22, 2018 — last modified Dec 05, 2018 04:19 PM — filed under: , ,
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension of NARES' during November 13-22, 2018 in Bangalore. Anubha Sinha delivered a lecture to the participants.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 02, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Being interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Regulations.
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Ministry of Science makes open access to research mandatory
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: ,
Researchers who fail to meet the requirements would not considered for promotions, fellowships, future grants or appointments.
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