Search results

Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
Located in Openness
July 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 21, 2013 09:30 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
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.
Located in News & Media
An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income: by Admin — published May 23, 2018 — filed under: Open Data, Access to Knowledge, Openness
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
Located in Openness / News & Media
The Wikimedia India Program Trust: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 13, 2011 — filed under: Openness
A new entity, the “Wikimedia India Program Trust”, has now been formed and registered (in Delhi.) This will be the organization that will eventually drive India programs and house the team in India.
Located in News & Media
Comments on Technical Standards for Interoperability Framework for E-Governance in India (Phase II): by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 29, 2012 — filed under: Openness
The e-Governance Standards Division has called for public comments on the draft of the Technical Standards IFEG Phase II. We from the Centre for Internet and Society have given our comments.
Located in Openness
Access to Knowledge Workshop @ NMAMIT, Karkala Taluk, Karnataka: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with Metawing Technologies (P) Ltd. is organizing a Wikipedia workshop at NMAMIT, Karkala Taluk, Karnataka on December 21, 2012, from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages available: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2015 — last modified May 08, 2015 01:27 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Odia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.
Located in Openness / News & Media
[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 12, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 02:08 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
It's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
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

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 … 83

Support Us

Please help us defend citizen and user rights on the Internet!

You may donate online via Instamojo. Or, write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at Ground Floor, No 173, 9th Cross, 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore 560038. These charitable contributions will be towards the Institutional Corpus Fund of the Centre for Internet and Society.

Follow our Works

Newsletter: Subscribe

researchers@work blog: medium.com/rawblog

Twitter (CIS): @cis_india

Twitter (CIS-A2K): @cisa2k

Instagram: @cis.india

Youtube: Centre for Internet and Society

Request for Collaboration

We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to us at communications[at]cis-india[dot]org with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.

In general, we offer financial support for collaborative/invited works only through public calls.

About Us

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

© Centre for Internet & Society

Unless otherwise specified, content licensed under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported.