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Global Knowledge Can Only Save a Language: Pavanaja
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 04:09 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society, a NGO funded by Wikimedia Foundation has started a mission for the revival of Wikipedia sites of Tulu and Konkani under its "Access to Knowledge" project. As a part of it the NGO had organised a demonstration on the use of wikipedia, here on Saturday.
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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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Tulu Wikipedia Editathon
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 05:12 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore is organizing a Tulu Wikipedia Editathon on April 19, 2014 at Balmatta Computer Centre, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja is conducting the workshop.
Located in Openness / Events
Seminar on Odia Language in New Delhi by the Intellects
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 03:04 PM — filed under: , , ,
Recently the Odia Language has been accorded classical status by the Government of India. It has increased the responsibility of all Odias to protect, promote and propagate the Odia literature at this digital age while the next gen Odias are moving away from their mother tongue.
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Wikipedia in UG Education program at Christ University
by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2014 10:19 AM — filed under: , , ,
On May 15, 2014, Prajavani published an article about Wikipedia in UG Education program in Christ University.
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Blog Entry Christ (DU) students enrolls for 3rd Wikipedia certificate course
by Ananth Subray — published Sep 23, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
Students of Christ (Deemed to be University) enrolled themselves for the third Wikipedia certificate course for the academic year of 2018-19, to understand the usage of Wikimedia projects.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry History of Wikipedia Education programme at Christ (Deemed to be University)
by Ananth — published Oct 29, 2018 — last modified Oct 29, 2018 02:20 AM — filed under: , ,
This article gives the insight of Christ Wikipedia Education Program, how students are involved in different capacities in the program and shares the best practices of the Education Program.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Aditya 365
by Pavan Santhosh — published Nov 07, 2018 — filed under: , , , ,
Telugu Wikimedian Aditya Pakide successfully completed 365 Wiki Commons Days. Aditya started contributing to project after a Facebook comment by A2K community advocate suggesting that the same picture would get more utilization in Commons and a brief training followed.
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.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Udupi
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2013 — filed under: , , , , ,
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Kannada wikipedia workshop at the MGM college in Udupi. Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi is sponsoring the event.The workshop will begin at 10.00 a.m. and end by 5.00 p.m. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja will give a talk on Kannada wikipedia.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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