-
Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
May 03, 2013
—
last modified
Feb 25, 2014 09:15 AM
—
filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work,
Event
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.
Located in
Internet Governance
/
Events
-
December 2012 Bulletin
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
Dec 30, 2012
—
last modified
Jan 16, 2013 05:15 AM
—
filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness
We at the Centre for Internet & Society wish you all a great year ahead. In the December 2012 newsletter, we bring you the draft early chapters of our “National Resource Kit” project for persons with disabilities (covering four southern states); and accessibility-related comments on the Twelfth Five Year Plan; the draft research on pervasive technologies and access to knowledge that we presented at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in Brazil; our comments on the privacy implications of including RFID tags in the proposed Rule 138A of the Motor Vehicle Rules, a report on the open access lectures delivered by Prof. Leslie Chan during his tour of India, reports of Wikipedia-related workshops conducted across three cities, and news and media coverage.
Located in
About Us
/
Newsletters
-
Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh
-
by
Subhashish Panigrahi
—
published
Sep 27, 2012
—
last modified
Oct 04, 2012 12:08 PM
—
filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A Wikipedia workshop was organized in Chandigarh by the British Library over two days on August 24 and 25, 2012. Bipin Kumar, Head of British Library and Christina, Deputy Manager had pivotal roles in designing this workshop with support from Piyush, a wikipedian.
Located in
Openness
-
The First Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop
-
by
Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi
—
published
Sep 27, 2012
—
last modified
Oct 04, 2012 12:16 PM
—
filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
For those who might not be aware, Punjabi Wikipedia is one of the first Indic Wikipedias where community started editing way back in 2002. However, after the initial few edits all activities got stopped and it was inactive over the last decade. Recently we conducted a few workshops that led to the revival of Punjabi Wikipedia. This post is about the first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop held in Ludhiana, Punjab on July 28, 2012.
Located in
Openness
-
Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia
-
by
Admin
—
published
Feb 22, 2019
—
filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
News & Media
-
Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
-
by
Subodh Kulkarni
—
published
Feb 26, 2019
—
last modified
Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM
—
filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
Blogs
-
Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
-
by
Admin
—
published
Feb 28, 2019
—
last modified
Mar 07, 2019 11:59 PM
—
filed under:
Open Data,
Event,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
Located in
Openness
/
Events
-
Telugu Wikisource Workshop
-
by
Pavan Santhosh
—
published
Jul 24, 2017
—
last modified
Aug 16, 2017 08:40 AM
—
filed under:
Telugu Wikisource,
Telegu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
Recently, a Telugu Wikisource Workshop was conducted in Hyderabad between 22- 23 July, 2017
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
Blogs
-
Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)
-
by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
—
published
Sep 05, 2017
—
filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Revolution,
Data Governance,
Openness
Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that promotes transparency, accountability and value creation by making government data available to all. Public bodies produce and commission huge quantities of data and information. By making their datasets available, public institutions become more transparent and accountable to citizens. By encouraging the use, reuse and free distribution of datasets, governments promote business creation and innovative, citizen-centric services. Praja is organising a symposium on "open data and civil society" on Friday, Sep 8, which is supported by European Union and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (Research Director) will take part in this event as a speaker in the session on "data centric approach and role of stakeholders in the urban governance ecosystem."
Located in
Openness
/
News & Media
-
A Workshop on Editing Wikipedia in Mumbai
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
Aug 23, 2013
—
filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness,
Event
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) is holding a workshop on Wikipedia editing at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on August 24, 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Located in
Openness
/
Events
