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Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 05, 2017 — filed under: Open Data, Open Government Data, Data Revolution, Data Governance, Openness
Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that promotes transparency, accountability and value creation by making government data available to all. Public bodies produce and commission huge quantities of data and information. By making their datasets available, public institutions become more transparent and accountable to citizens. By encouraging the use, reuse and free distribution of datasets, governments promote business creation and innovative, citizen-centric services. Praja is organising a symposium on "open data and civil society" on Friday, Sep 8, which is supported by European Union and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (Research Director) will take part in this event as a speaker in the session on "data centric approach and role of stakeholders in the urban governance ecosystem."
Located in Openness / News & Media
A Workshop on Editing Wikipedia in Mumbai: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) is holding a workshop on Wikipedia editing at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on August 24, 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 29, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
T.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.
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Workshop on e-Content Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 24, 2013 — last modified Sep 04, 2013 05:56 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
T. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.
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Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 08, 2013 — last modified Apr 08, 2013 04:43 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Telugu Wikipedia Community is organizing the Telegu Wiki Mahotsavam from April 9 to 11, 2013 in Hyderabad. The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is supporting and co-organizing the event.
Located in Openness / Events
Making the Powerful Accountable: by Chinmayi Arun — published Jan 30, 2014 — last modified Jan 30, 2014 06:43 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Transparency and Accountability, Internet Governance, Openness
If powerful figures are not subjected to transparent court proceedings, the opacity in the face of a critical issue is likely to undermine public faith in the judiciary.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 04, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Malayalam Wikipedia, Openness
The Malayalam Wiki Grandhasala has announced a competition in digitally preserving rare books in Malayalam.
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Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Feb 02, 2014 04:48 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Students from any academic background, but having computer knowledge and common sense, can land a job in the IT sector, said U B Pavanaja, programme officer (Indian languages) at Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore).
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KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 09:57 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Centre for Internet and Society is a Bangalore based Non profit organization which works primarily in the broader domains ofinternet and policy research, accessibility, open knowledge and open education.
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ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 12, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 10:43 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted in this article published by Odishan.com on January 12, 2014.
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