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Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-library: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 22, 2015 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A few years ago, Mumbai-based musician Neela Bhagwat realized that her old notebooks filled with lyrics and notations of age-old 'bandishes' were in tatters. Afraid that she might lose them forever, Bhagwat decided to make fresh copies.
Located in Openness / News & Media
My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad: by T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Jun 19, 2013 — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:51 AM — filed under: Digital Activism, Art, Access to Knowledge, Digital Access, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Cybercultures, Telugu Wikipedia, Open Content, Communities, Openness, Meeting, Event
On March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.
Located in Openness / Blog
NASA International Open Data Challenge 2015: by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Apr 10, 2015 — last modified Apr 27, 2015 01:08 AM — filed under: Open Data, Event, Big Data, Openness
As part of the initial NASA Open Government 2.0 plan, the NASA International Open Data challenge brings together the FOSS community, citizen scientists, open data practitioners , open hardware enthusiasts and students for collaborative problem solving with the goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in Space.
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NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 04:49 PM — filed under: Openness, Event
As part of the NASA Open Government Plan , the NASA International Space Apps Challenge have brought together citizen scientists, FOSS enthusiasts , Data Scientists, Open Hardware hackers and students throughout the world for collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in Space.
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NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2017 — filed under: Space Apps, Openness, Open Science, Event
The NASA Space Data Challenge (Hillhacks Pre-event) will be hosted at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bengaluru office on Saturday, April 22, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Nov 08, 2013 09:57 AM — filed under: Openness
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist/speaker at the National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India.
Located in News & Media
National Consultation on OER for Higher Education: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2017 — filed under: Open Educational Resources, Openness
Anubha Sinha attended the National Consultative Meet on OER Policy for Higher Education in India held at New Delhi on March 3, 2017. The event was organized by CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia).
Located in Openness / News & Media
National Koha Conclave: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 19, 2016 — filed under: Openness, FOSS
Informatics Publishing organized an event at Fortune Park JP Celestial in Bangalore on February 17, 2016. Sunil Abraham delivered the inaugural address on the occasion.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Need to develop vernacular languages stressed: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 11, 2013 — last modified Apr 15, 2013 08:47 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ramakrishna Rama Swamy said on Wednesday that everyone has a duty to contribute to the development of vernacular languages.
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New Avenues: Media Wiki Groups: by Noopur Raval — published Dec 27, 2012 — last modified Jan 05, 2013 01:46 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This blog post is a brief recap and snippets of my conversation with Harsh Kothari, a volunteer on Gujarati Wikipedia on what we've been doing to help with MediaWiki groups.
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