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Konkani Wikipedia next?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 01, 2013 08:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
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July 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 21, 2013 09:30 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below.
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income: by Admin — published May 23, 2018 — filed under: Open Data, Access to Knowledge, Openness
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
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The Wikimedia India Program Trust: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 13, 2011 — filed under: Openness
A new entity, the “Wikimedia India Program Trust”, has now been formed and registered (in Delhi.) This will be the organization that will eventually drive India programs and house the team in India.
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Comments on Technical Standards for Interoperability Framework for E-Governance in India (Phase II): by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 29, 2012 — filed under: Openness
The e-Governance Standards Division has called for public comments on the draft of the Technical Standards IFEG Phase II. We from the Centre for Internet and Society have given our comments.
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Access to Knowledge Workshop @ NMAMIT, Karkala Taluk, Karnataka: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with Metawing Technologies (P) Ltd. is organizing a Wikipedia workshop at NMAMIT, Karkala Taluk, Karnataka on December 21, 2012, from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
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Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages available: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2015 — last modified May 08, 2015 01:27 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Odia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.
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[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 12, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 02:08 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
It's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
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