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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — February 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2013 — last modified Mar 12, 2013 04:20 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
In the second issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja. The A2K team consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon, Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval, and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who works from Bangalore office.
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Wikipedia at Avenir: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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A Wikipedia Editing Workshop in Goa: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society is organizing a wikipedia editing workshop on March 8, 2013 at Nirmala Institute of Education, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., followed by an offline and online editathon.
Located in Openness / Events
Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2013 — last modified Mar 05, 2013 08:29 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Event, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society is organising a workshop at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus on March 7, 2013, from 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
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Foreign Funding of NGOs: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 02, 2013 — last modified Mar 04, 2013 11:52 PM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance
Should FDI in India’s thinktank sector worry us? It is a debate long overdue.
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Creative Commons comes to India: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Openness
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
Located in Openness / Blog
Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore: by Noopur Raval — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 06, 2013 09:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The 54th Wikimedia meet-up in Bangalore was held at the Indian Institute of Management on February 25, 2013. The event was planned and organized by Radhakrishna Arvapally, SIG (Special Interest Group) Chair, Bangalore (a part of the Wikimedia India Chapter) with support from Solutions IQ, Wikimedia India Chapter and CIS.
Located in Openness / Blog
FOSS, Wikimedia and Mozilla Under One Roof at GNUnify 2013, Pune: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:55 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
GNUnify 2013 organized in the campus in Pune from February 15 to 17, 2013. The event was organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group (PLUG) and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR). Subhashish Panigrahi reports the outcomes in this blog post.
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Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Aug 23, 2013 02:01 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
The Odia Wikipedia community collaborated with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal and hosted a pilot Odia Wikipedia Education Program. The program began in November 2012 and got over by January 2013. Sixteen student wikipedians signed up and took part in editing more than a dozen articles on Odia Wikipedia.
Located in Openness / Blog
Open DataCamp - 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — filed under: Openness
A two day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and idea is being organized by Open Data Camp on March 2 and 3, 2013 at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (inside Christ University Campus), Dairy Circle in Bangalore.
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