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Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation to Host Design Public: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 08:08 AM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
The conclave in its 5th edition will feature Aam Aadmi Party members Rajmohan Gandhi and Somnath Bharti along with Sunil Abraham in conversation with Dr. Aditya Sood about different approaches through citizen centric governance.
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Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of Hour: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 01, 2014 11:15 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A report of the Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University by the Department of Translation Studies on March 6, 2014. Syed Muzamiluddin is quoted.
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
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Edit-a-thon: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:21 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
CIS-A2K team is organizing a edit-a-thon at Goa Central Library, Panjim on March 8, 2014.
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune: by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 07, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Researchers at Work, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Featured, Wikimedia, Openness, Homepage
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
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Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History Month: by Jeph Paul and Netha Hussain — published Mar 06, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Indian Wikimedia community is pleased to invite you to participate in Women’s History Month events, 2014. We started off with a pre-event Wikipedia workshop at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, in Mangalore on the 26th of February.
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ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಕೊಡುವ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಲಿ’: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a 2-day workshop-cum-editathon at Sagara on March 1 and 2, 2014. Vijaya Karnataka published a report on March 2.
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Odia Language's Presence in Digital Media and Wikipedia's Role: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 05, 2014 — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:36 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (Odia language in computer) is an essay published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja's Sunday supplement" on March 2. It is about the journey of Odia language in the digital era and the challenges faced during digitization of books and manuscripts.
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Prabha): by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:05 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014, at Sagara. A report of the inauguration program, appeared in Suvarna Prabha, Sagara on March 1, 2014.
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Wikipedia Mangalore Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani): by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:04 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave a presentation on Wikipedia with a special focus on students and women at Roshini Nilaya, Mangalore on February 26, 2014. An event report was published in Prajavani the following day.
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