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Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
by Admin published Feb 28, 2019 last modified Mar 07, 2019 11:59 PM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
Located in Openness / Events
Blog Entry Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
by Subodh Kulkarni published Feb 26, 2019 last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM — filed under: , , ,
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia
by Admin published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: , , , ,
Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course)
by Admin published Nov 22, 2018 last modified Dec 05, 2018 04:19 PM — filed under: , ,
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension of NARES' during November 13-22, 2018 in Bangalore. Anubha Sinha delivered a lecture to the participants.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study
by Dr. George Joseph,Dr. Sebastian K.A, and Kavitha A published Oct 28, 2018 — filed under: , , , ,
We have published an article in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. The article is titled "Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study". The authors of the article are Hindi faculty members of Christ University and Ananth Subray from the Centre for Internet & Society provided research assistance.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Panel Discussion on Equitable Access to Knowledge
by Admin published Oct 26, 2018 last modified Feb 22, 2019 03:32 PM — filed under: ,
Pranesh Prakash was a panelist and moderator in a panel discussion on Equitable Access to Knowledge on October 23, 2018 at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The event was hosted by DST Centre for Policy Research (IISc), Bangalore.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Sting job by Hyderabad scientist exposes fake journals
by Admin published Oct 17, 2018 — filed under: , ,
Scientists have at last found a cure for Schlodomoniasis -- a deadly brain infection caused by the "inter-galactic parasite Klaousmodium cruzi" -- they claim to have identified for the first time.
Located in Openness / News & Media
An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
by Admin published May 23, 2018 — filed under: , ,
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
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Blog Entry On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published Mar 22, 2018 last modified Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
Located in Openness
Delhi Declaration on Open Access
by Admin published Feb 26, 2018 — filed under: ,
Open Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.
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