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Blog Entry Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here
by Tito Dutta — published May 11, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
Are you thinking to conduct a Wikipedia edit-a-thon? You may use this document as an initial guide. Please note: this article is written keeping specially organisations, institutions, and individuals in mind, who are new to Wikipedia world. We are starting this post with some basic questions. Please feel free to ask questions by mailing tito "at" cis-india.org
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April 2018 Newsletter
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2018 — last modified May 20, 2018 02:57 PM — filed under: ,
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Blog Entry Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 22, 2018 — last modified May 07, 2018 04:25 PM — filed under: , , ,
INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) and SANDRP (South Asian Network of Dams, Rivers and People) organized “A Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra” on 20-21 April 2018 from 9:00am-5:30pm at Yashada, Pune.
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Blog Entry Institutional Partnership with Tribal Research & Training Institute
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 18, 2018 — last modified May 07, 2018 04:29 PM — filed under: , , ,
CIS-A2K has been building partnerships with major state government departments in Maharashtra to promote free & open knowledge resources. One such effort resulted into official Govt.Resolution of Tribal Research & Training Institute under State Tribal Development department on Expert's Study Group Formation for developing Open Knowledge Platforms.
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Wikipedia Will Reward You For Translating English Articles To Indian Languages
by Admin — published Apr 17, 2018 — filed under: ,
India has seen a substantial growth in the number of internet users since the introduction of attractive prices by Jio. Internet adoption is seen as the key to bridging the divide between urban and rural populations and an important means of increasing literacy, especially in the backward parts of the country.
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In a first, Indian Singers Rights' Association distributes royalty
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 17, 2018 — filed under: ,
While singers say this benefits out of job artistes, the transparency in distribution remains questionable.
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Blog Entry Article on Telugu Wikisource Feature Book in Pustakam.net
by Pavan Santhosh — published Apr 17, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
An article about Telugu Wikisource feature book - Andhrula Sanghika Charitra (ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర) by Pavan Santhosh got published in Pustakam.net.
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Blog Entry Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon
by Admin — published Apr 15, 2018 — last modified May 07, 2018 04:34 PM — filed under: ,
Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon was an offline edit-a-thon held in the month of April in collaboration with the Sambad media house, Odia Wikimedia User Group and the Center for Internet and Society.
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Blog Entry CIS' Submission on Statement of Working of Patents
by Anubha Sinha — published Apr 10, 2018 — last modified Apr 21, 2018 03:32 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made a submission to the Indian Patent Office on the issue of Statement of Working as per Form 27 under the Patents Act, 1970.
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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.
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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.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

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