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Design!PubliC — Event in Delhi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 11, 2012
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Apr 11, 2012 11:45 AM
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Openness,
Event Type
Centre for Knowledge Societies in partnership with IBM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, HeadStart,
[email protected], LiveMint, and the Centre for Internet & Society is organizing the third edition of Design!PubliC event in Delhi on April 19 and 20, 2012.
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Design!PubliC — Innovation and the Public Interest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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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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#NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 24, 2014
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Openness,
Access to Knowledge
Medianama is hosting an open house session on "The Digital Future of Indic Languages" at the Oberoi in Bangalore on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The event will begin at 4.30pm and be followed by cocktails and dinner. Subhashish Panigrahi will participate in the event.
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News & Media
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Font problem hits Odia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 25, 2014
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Openness,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
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News & Media
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Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 07, 2014
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last modified
Jul 28, 2014 06:41 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
From Monday, Wikipedia will hold a series of “edit-a-thons” to encourage people to add content to the site about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Open Knowledge Festival 2014
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2014
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last modified
Jul 28, 2014 10:17 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local in Berlin. The event was organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., in Berlin from July 15 to 17, 2014.
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'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has issued a ten-day ban against an anonymous editor of its website located on the premises of the U.S. Congress, after the latter engaged in “disruptive editing,” on a wide range of subjects, from moon-landing conspiracy theories linked to Cuba to naming former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as an alien wizard.
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Now, Christ students will contribute to Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 06, 2014
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The department of languages at Christ University has set a precedent by including contribution to Wikipedia as a part of the undergraduate course work.
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ALC signs MoU for better net access
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 20, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
Andhra Loyola College (ALC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge (CSI-A2K) here on Thursday.
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and Submission
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 29, 2016
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last modified
Mar 29, 2016 05:03 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
Openness,
Digital India
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and distribution of geospatial information across India, and to assure data availability, accessibility and quality. A pre-drafting consultation meeting for the NGP was organised in Delhi on February 03, 2016. Ms. Anubha Sinha represented CIS at the meeting, and shares her notes.
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