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Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project
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Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Feb 12, 2017
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last modified
Apr 16, 2017 08:08 PM
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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.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Sambad 100 Women Edit-a-thon
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by
Ting Yi Chang and Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Mar 20, 2017
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last modified
Apr 18, 2017 10:05 AM
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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.
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Blogs
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Apr 23, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
FOSS,
Homepage
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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Openness
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November 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Leslie Chan Lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2012
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last modified
Dec 12, 2012 06:26 AM
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Openness
Prof. Leslie Chan from the University of Toronto, Canada is giving a series of lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore from December 17, 2012 to December 19, 2012.
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News & Media
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A lifetime of five years on the internet
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work
Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
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News & Media
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Wiki goes the oral citation way
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 18, 2012
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filed under:
Openness
In a way to overcome lack of any citable sources in print on several interesting, but lesser-known topics, an Indian researcher on the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation, has evolved The Oral Citations Project.
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News & Media
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National Koha Conclave
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 19, 2016
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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.
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Openness
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News & Media
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Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part I)
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by
Kiran AB
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published
Feb 22, 2016
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last modified
Jan 02, 2017 02:12 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Revolution,
Openness,
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of evaluation. In this and the next blog post, Kiran AB is documenting the availability and openness of data sets in India that are relevant for monitoring the targets under the SDGs. This post offers the findings for the first 7 Goals, while the next post will cover the last 10.
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Openness
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Steps towards Integrated Open Water Data
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 02, 2017
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last modified
Nov 02, 2017 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Openness
Multiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data impede not only academic and applied research on related topics but also public consumption of information and critical decision making. DataMeet and CIS are proud to collaborate on identifying and addressing the challenges to open up and integrate data and information in the water sector. Supported by a generous grant from Arghyam, we are undertaking an initial study of open water data resources in India and taking first steps towards developing a Free and Open Source data portal for water resources information in India. Here is an initial note about the project. The key leaders and contributors of this project are Craig Dsouza, Namita Bhatawdekar, Riddhi Munde, and Jinda Sandbhor, all of whom are members of the Pune Chapter of DataMeet.
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