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Creating Free Software Environment at Andhra Loyola College: by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Dec 13, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2015 12:54 AM — filed under: Openness, Telugu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Andhra Loyola college has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K and as part of it CIS-A2K team has provided a free and open software environment at Andhra Lyola College's Computer Center. Thirty machines have been installed with free software Operating system and some useful applications such as GIMP, Inkscape, firefox, libreoffice, etc.
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Creative Commons Casestudies, Featuring Status.Net: by Radha Rao — published Dec 08, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:08 AM — filed under: Openness
The Centre For Internet and Society and JAAGA organised a CC Salon on 02nd December, 2009 at 7.30pm.
Located in Openness / Blog
Creative Commons comes to India: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Openness
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
Located in Openness / Blog
Cultural knowledge needs to be more open: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2015 — last modified Mar 12, 2015 04:41 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language researchers, and GLAM organizations.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process: by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 13, 2013 — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Video, Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
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Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia: by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 16, 2013 — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Video, Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
Located in Openness / Blog
Data Activism and Grassroots Empowerment in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM — filed under: Openness
Glover Wright of the Center for Internet and Society talks about Data Activism and Grassroots Empowerment in India at the Innovate/Activate Unconference in New York Law School on 24 September 2010.
Located in News & Media
Data in the Cloud: Where Do Open Standards Fit In?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM — filed under: Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society is co-organising a workshop on Data in the Cloud: Where do Open Standards Fit In? on 16 September, 2010 at the Internet Governance Forum.
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Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy & Open Government — Talk at CIS: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 31, 2012 — last modified Jul 31, 2012 06:08 AM — filed under: Open Data, Event Type, Openness
The Open Knowledge Foundation and the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to an informal talk by Lucy Chambers and Laura Newman on 'Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy, and Open Government'.
Located in Openness
DCOS workshop at IGF Egypt 2009: by Radha Rao — published Nov 04, 2009 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:27 AM — filed under: Openness
CIS along with Knowledge Ecology International is co-organising a workshop on Open Standards: A rights-based framework at the Internet Governance Forum,2009 that is being held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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