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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 Indian government includes open source in RFPs
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jun 08, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:18 PM — filed under: ,
The Government of India has implemented a remarkable new policy-level change for open source software (OSS) deployment.
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Blog Entry Francis Bags EPT Award for Open Access in Developing World
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 29, 2012 — last modified Aug 03, 2013 05:36 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Electronic Publishing Trust recently announced a new annual award to be made to individuals working in developed countries who have made significant contribution for the cause of open access and free exchange of research findings. There were 30 nominations from 17 countries around the world and Dr. Francis Jayakanth from the National Centre of Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was selected for the inaugural EPT Award for Open Access in the Developing World by a committee that went through all the nominations.
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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.
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Odia Education Program at IIMC, Dhenkanal
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jan 24, 2013 10:23 AM — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi is organizing a workshop on the Odia Education Program on January 26, 2013, from 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
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Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models?
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 23, 2012 — filed under: ,
Cost of research journals going up while funds available are coming down, writes Vasudha Venugopal in an article published in the Hindu on February 19, 2012.
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Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners
by Divyansha Sehgal — published Nov 30, 2021 — last modified Nov 30, 2021 05:14 AM — filed under: ,
Most software projects today contain open source components. Some industry estimates put the number at 500+ OSS components per app. Centre for Internet and Society is studying the security impact of the widespread use of these (often under-maintained) projects.
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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.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — June 2014
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2014 — last modified Oct 04, 2014 03:31 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of June 2014:
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Blog Entry Wikipedia Orientation Program at Rotary Club of Salem
by Manasa Rao — published Dec 11, 2017 — filed under: , , , ,
CIS-A2K in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop for student members of the club.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
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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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