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ICT for Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 03, 2014 — last modified Dec 28, 2014 03:26 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was a speaker at this event organized by Christ University on December 3, 2014 in Bangalore.
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Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': Expert: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2015 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The central government needs to partner communities at the grassroots level and integrate the country's vernacular component to make the Digital India initiative a success, an expert said here Friday.
Located in Openness / News & Media
January 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, NVDA, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more open: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2015 — last modified Mar 12, 2015 04:41 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language researchers, and GLAM organizations.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Train the Trainer Program: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) welcomes you to attend the "Train the Trainer Program" in Bangalore.
Located in Openness / Events
An International Conclave of Odia Language: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 08, 2015 05:06 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Subhashish Panigrahi is participating in this event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Train the Trainer — Report in Udayavani: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 02, 2015 — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:20 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
As part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 03:20 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation said in the Rajya Sabha this week. He added that the National Archives of India (NAI) is set to digitise another 1,100,000 historic records. The government has spent over Rs 25 lakhs on digitisation as of January 2015 as compared to ~ Rs 36 lakhs in 2012-13.
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More articles for Tulu Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 10, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Tulu Wikipedia
In all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
Located in Openness / News & Media
How to write differently for different Telugu digital platforms - awareness session to Indu Gnana Vedika: by Pavan Santhosh — published Jul 19, 2018 — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Different digital platforms require a different style of writing based on nature, ethos, and audience of the platform. Without which writer and piece of writing can only find rejections and deletions.
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