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Blog Entry 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: , ,
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.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
by Sailesh Patnaik published Dec 19, 2018 last modified Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
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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Blog Entry 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: , , , ,
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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Blog Entry Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
The essay was published in the June edition of Odisha Review, a magazine published by Government of Odisha's Department of Information and Public Relations.
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Community Capacity Building Workshop at KIIT University
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 30, 2014 last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:22 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team is organizing a workshop for community capacity building at KIIT University on March 30, 2014.
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more open
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 20, 2015 last modified Mar 12, 2015 04:41 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Subhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language researchers, and GLAM organizations.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 12, 2013 — filed under: , , , , ,
On November 14, the CIS-A2K team is organizing a one day orientation workshop on 'Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution' at the Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS), Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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El idioma oriya ama a Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 12, 2014 last modified May 05, 2014 05:14 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Este post es de Rising Voices, un proyecto de Global Voices que ayuda a difundir los medios ciudadanos en lugares que normalmente no tienen acceso a ellos.
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Font problem hits Odia
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 25, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
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Blog Entry Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge
by Sailesh Patnaik published Jan 17, 2018 last modified Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM — filed under: ,
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
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