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Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Feb 02, 2014 04:48 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Students from any academic background, but having computer knowledge and common sense, can land a job in the IT sector, said U B Pavanaja, programme officer (Indian languages) at Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore).
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KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 09:57 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Centre for Internet and Society is a Bangalore based Non profit organization which works primarily in the broader domains ofinternet and policy research, accessibility, open knowledge and open education.
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ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 12, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 10:43 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted in this article published by Odishan.com on January 12, 2014.
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The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 04, 2014 — last modified Apr 14, 2014 09:40 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
KIIT School of Management, KIIT Univeristy is holding the 7th National Management Convention 2014 at its campus in Bhubaneswar on February 21 and 22, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi have been invited to address the students of KIIT University.
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Father-son duo promote Punjabi online: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Punjabi Wikipedia, Openness
A father-son duo has been working to include more information about Punjab and Punjabi on Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia.
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Can Innovation Solve the Grand Challenges of Indian Society?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 07, 2011 — filed under: Openness
It’s nearly time again for Design Public the event, a high-level conclave on design, innovation, and the public interest. Our up-coming event will be in Bangalore on the 14th of October, and will be held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, which is housed in a century-old Manikyavelu mansion, which was once the property of the Mysore royal family.
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CBGA - Consultation on Opening Up Access to Budget Data in India (Delhi, January 27): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jan 27, 2017 — last modified Jan 27, 2017 05:45 AM — filed under: Open Data, Open Government Data, Openness
Open Budgets India, a comprehensive and user-friendly open data portal to provide free, easy, and timely access to relevant data on budgets, has been developed by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) in collaboration with a number of other organisations. CBGA is organising a Consultation on “Opening Up the Access to Budget Data in India” on Friday, January 27, 2017, to launch the beta version of the portal. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will be a speaker in the panel discussion that will follow the launch.
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Inaugural EPT Award for Dr. Francis Jayakanth: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2012 — last modified Feb 27, 2012 12:24 PM — filed under: Openness, Open Access
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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବୁର୍ଲା (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର): by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2013 — last modified Aug 05, 2013 08:04 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
There was a news coverage on The Sambad, Sambalpur edition about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla.
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