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Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China: by Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 28, 2016 — last modified Oct 09, 2016 04:41 AM — filed under: Peer Production, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Hardware, Open Innovation, Mobile Apps, Patents
Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané presented at the SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on “Innovation, Economic Development, and IP in India and China,” co-organised by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin University of China, in Delhi during September 27-28, 2016. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, delivered the inaugural address at the workshop.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Workshop: Social Justice in an Internet-mediated World: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 27, 2014 — last modified Feb 02, 2014 04:24 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
IT for Change and the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities invite you to a workshop on social justice in an internet-mediated world at the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities on January 31, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Program Director, Access to Knowledge from the Centre for Internet and Society will deliver a lecture on Where are the Alternatives ? Is distributed power possible?
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World Book Day: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 09:33 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was one of the speakers on the program arranged on account of World Book Day by Karnataka Publishers’ Association at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.
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World Book Day (Coverage in Vijayavani): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 09:40 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event as a speaker. A scanned version of the report is below:
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World Day Against Software Patents: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 10, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 07:15 AM — filed under: Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". The Hindu, a national daily dedicated one page of its Bangalore edition to software patents and software freedom. Deepa Kurup contributed written two articles titled "Will patenting take the byte out of IT here?" and "How would it be if you read only one type of book?" which reflects some of the concerns of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community.
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World IT Forum 2009: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 08, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
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Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editing: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2016 — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Pavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh explained how to create and improve articles about Wikipedia in this program. Principal I.Nageswara Rao presided over this meeting.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
WTO-MC11 in Buenos Aires: What is at Stake for India and its People: by Admin — published Nov 24, 2017 — last modified Nov 24, 2017 02:09 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
On November 21, 2017, Anubha Sinha attended a civil society workshop on "WTO-MC11 in Buenos Aires: What is at Stake for India and its People". The workshop was co-organised by the Third World Network, Focus on the Global South, South-Solidarity Initiative of Action Aid, and the Forum on FTAs at the Seminar Hall 1 & 2, New Block, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Yogyakarta Meeting on Open Culture and Critical Making: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 08:57 AM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
Sharath Chandra Ram will be part of the ASIA LABS theme panel and will also be doing community FOSS/FOSH workshops at the Maker events at the event organized by HONF Foundation, Catec, and r0g from June 12 to 15, 2014.
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You Too Can Write on Wikipedia! — Training workshop: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 04, 2013 — last modified Dec 06, 2013 07:55 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation and National Institute of Tourims and Hospitality Management is organizing a two-days training workshop (December 5-6, 2013) in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
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