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Research papers will be available in public domain: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2012 — filed under: Openness, Open Access
IIT-Madras intends to make circle of knowledge complete, writes Vasudha Venugopal in this article published in the Hindu on 15 February 2012. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam is quoted in the article.
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Free Arduino Workshop (For Beginners): by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2012 — last modified Apr 28, 2012 04:07 AM — filed under: Openness, Event Type, Workshop, Video
The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore invites you to a hands-on-free Arduino workshop in its office on 3 March 2012. The workshop will be held from 11.00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Inaugural EPT Award for Dr. Francis Jayakanth: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2012 — last modified Feb 27, 2012 12:24 PM — filed under: Openness, Open Access
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Summary of the Minutes of the Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2012 — filed under: Open Data, Openness
The Western Ghats Portal team had organized a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state of biodiversity informatics as expressed in three spheres: technology behind biodiversity informatics, scientific commons and policy and biodiversity portals in India. It hoped to provide an opportunity to interact and learn from similar endeavors in this emerging discipline. The workshop was held at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore on 25 November 2011.
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Geekup on Open Data in Bangalore: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 23, 2012 — last modified Jan 31, 2012 03:38 AM — filed under: Open Data, Openness
HasGeek in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a talk by Hapee de Groot on 25 January 2012 at CIS office in Bangalore.
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Wikipedia turns 11 today: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Openness
The world's largest free encyclopaedia turns 11 on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Wikipedia community will host events in seven cities across the country. The community is also celebrating the first anniversary of the Wikimedia India chapter.
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Design!PubliC — Innovation and the Public Interest: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Openness
On the 14th of October, 2011, the Center for Knowledge Societies organized the second edition of the Design Public Conclave, a conversation on how innovation can serve the Public Interest. The conclave was held at the lovely premises of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore.
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Know your Users, Match their Needs!: by Rebecca Schild — published Nov 23, 2011 — last modified Feb 27, 2012 03:06 PM — filed under: Research, Featured, Open Access, Openness, Publications
As Free Access to Law initiatives in the Global South enter into a new stage of maturity, they must be certain not to lose sight of their users’ needs. The following post gives a summary of the “Good Practices Handbook”, a research output of the collaborative project Free Access to Law — Is it Here to Stay? undertaken by LexUM (Canada) and the South African Legal Institute in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society.
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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.
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Western Ghats Portal: Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 08, 2011 — filed under: Open Data, Openness
The Western Ghats portal team is organising a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state on biodiversity informatics on 25 November 2011 at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.
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