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Report of Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight: by Zainab Bawa — published Feb 06, 2013 — last modified Mar 02, 2013 01:32 PM — filed under: Openness, Video
On 19th and 20th January, HasGeek organized a hacknight to commemorate the life and works of Aaron Swartz. Zainab Bawa from HasGeek shares with us the developments.
Located in Openness / Blog
Report of Wiki Workshop in Mangalore: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 15, 2013 — last modified Apr 16, 2013 06:14 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
A wikipedia workshop was organized in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore on April 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the workshop. Prajavani's Mangalore edition published a report about the felicitation to K.P. Rao and about the wikipedia workshop.
Located in News & Media
Report on Wikipedia Hackathon held in Hyderabad: by Yuvi Panda — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:37 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
BITS Hyderabad had a tech fest from October 25 to 27, 2012, and wanted to conduct a technical wiki hackathon. We decided to do it on October 26 — all night.
Located in Openness / Blog
Report: Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum, 23 Oct 2010, Doha, Qatar: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:43 AM — filed under: Openness
A summary of the event "Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum" held in Doha.
Located in News & Media
Research papers will be available in public domain: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2012 — filed under: Openness, Open Access
IIT-Madras intends to make circle of knowledge complete, writes Vasudha Venugopal in this article published in the Hindu on 15 February 2012. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam is quoted in the article.
Located in News & Media
RHoK Global June 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society is hosting the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Global event at its office in Bangalore on June 1 and 2, from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 12, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 02:00 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia
The Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and Research Centre in association with ICSSR (WRC) organized a National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages at Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan from March 9 to 11, 2015. Tanveer Hasan was a speaker.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Right to Information Act and Open Data Policy in India: by Prasad Krishna — published May 14, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2015 01:27 AM — filed under: Openness
Sumandro led a knowledge sharing session at this event organized by Myanmar ICT Development Organization (MIDO) on May 14, 2015.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Rootconf 2019: by Admin — published Jun 22, 2019 — last modified Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Source
Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Sambad 100 Women Edit-a-thon: by Ting Yi Chang and Sailesh Patnaik — published Mar 20, 2017 — last modified Apr 18, 2017 10:05 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
A two-day 100 Women Edit-a-thon was held on March 18 and 19, 2017 in collaboration with Odisha’s biggest newspaper publisher Sambad. The event was inspired by BBC’s 100 Women series and edit-a-thons with the same name in December 2016. More than 20 female journalists participated and registered as new Odia Wikipedians. The event served as a highlight of the Women’s History Month in Indian language Wikipedias as well as in the global movement.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs

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