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Chromebook for the Project Tiger- How it is helping me to contribute actively on Wikimedia projects!: by Sangram Keshari Senapati — published Mar 26, 2018 — last modified Apr 20, 2018 06:21 AM — filed under: Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Project Tiger is a collaboration project of Wikimedia Foundation with Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia India and other affiliates of India to improve and create high-quality content in Indic languages like Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi etc.This project helps the active and experienced Wikipedia editors by supporting them with Internet charges for 6 months and Laptops to 50 volunteers to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Dec 19, 2018 — last modified Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM — filed under: Open Educational Resources, CIS-A2K, Open License, Access to Knowledge, Open Data, Wikipedia, Open Content, Odia Wikipedia, Open Access, Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 11, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:24 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia.
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Commemorating Ulo Senthamizh Kodai (1945 - 2024): A Luminary of Tamil Open Knowledge Movement: by Pavan Santhosh — published Feb 08, 2024 — filed under: A2K Research, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
பயன்தூக்கார் செய்த உதவி நயன்தூக்கின் நன்மை கடலின் பெரிது. (௱௩ - 103) திருவள்ளுவர் (Payandhookkaar Seydha Udhavi Nayandhookkin Nanmai Katalin Peridhu (Transliteration). The contribution made without weighing the return, When weighed, outweighs the sea. - Thiruvalluvar
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Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh Patnaik and I co-authored this blog in the Wikimedia Blog. The blog chronicles several major activities of the community and features quotes from many old and new community members.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
December 2018 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2018 — last modified Jan 08, 2019 04:15 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wish you all a great year ahead and welcome you to the twelfth issue of its newsletter (December) for the year 2018:
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Delhi Declaration on Open Access: by Admin — published Feb 26, 2018 — filed under: Openness, Open Access
Open Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.
Located in Openness / News & Media
February 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
Welcome to the February 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS).
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Global IP Convention 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Jan 21, 2013 09:58 AM
The convention is being held in Bangalore from January 23 to 30, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
January 2018 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2018 — last modified Mar 01, 2018 01:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
January 2018 Newsletter
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