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Bangalore Force.com August Meetup: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2012 — last modified Aug 09, 2012 01:59 PM — filed under: Openness, Event Type
Following the India Salesforce Platform Developer Hands-On Workshop in July, Bangalore Force.com is organizing monthly meetups in Bangalore, starting in August. The first meeting will be held at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore on Sunday, August 19, 2012 from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. John Barnes will be speaking on the occasion.
Located in Openness
Bangalore hackers write code as tribute to Aaron Swartz: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness
A small crowd gathered here on Saturday afternoon in the basement of the Centre for Internet and Society to participate in the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight, organised by HasGeek.
Located in News & Media
Bangalore Meet-up for the Open Government Partnership Brasilia: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 12, 2012 — last modified Apr 12, 2012 01:18 PM — filed under: Openness, Event Type, Open Content
The international Open Government Partnership (OGP) is holding its first annual meeting on April 17 and 18, 2012. Representatives from over 50 member countries will gather in Brasilia to celebrate the progress that has been made to date, to exchange best practices, and to grow and strengthen the global collaborative network of open government leaders. Bangalore meet-up at CIS on April 17, 2012 from 5.30 p.m to 7.30 p.m.
Located in Openness
Bangalore RHoKed to Create 8 Apps for a Better World!: by Yogesh Londhe — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 07:48 AM — filed under: Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on June 1 and 2, 2013 hosted a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event at its office. Yogesh Londhe shares with you a post-event report.
Located in Openness / Blog
Bangla Wiki turns 10: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2015 — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:10 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The 10th anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia was marked with a a gathering of Wikipedians of vernacular languages from across the country and beyond at Jadavpur University. Bengali is one of 20 Indian languages to have a Wikipedia presence. The event also celebrated 14 years of the mother edition in English of the open-access, crowd-sourced online encyclopaedia.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Barcamp Bangalore: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team participated in a Barcamp at SAP Labs, Bangalore on October 12, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in the event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Feb 12, 2017 — last modified Apr 16, 2017 08:08 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
The digitisation of temple manuscripts at the Dadhivamana Temple, Bargarh in Western Odisha followed by a workshop for the students of Imperial College took place between 11- 12 February, 2017.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 16, 2012 — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:03 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Kannada Wikipedia is one of those Indic language wikipedias which has seen many readers coming up every month. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the experiences of some of the very active Kannada wikipedians from the recent Kannada Wikipedia meetup held in Bengaluru on October 7, 2012.
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Berlin 6 Open Access Conference: by Sanchia de Souza — published Nov 21, 2008 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:16 PM — filed under: Openness
The Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow.
Located in News & Media
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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