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Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0

Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Oct 01, 2013 09:00 AM |

Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) organised an event on September 26, 2013 at 10 a.m., at the Goa University Conference Hall.

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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the Globe

Posted by Subbiah Arunachalam at Sep 26, 2013 06:00 AM |

Researchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.

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CIS Signs MoU with Goa University

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Sep 25, 2013 10:55 AM |

The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.

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Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Sep 25, 2013 07:00 AM |

The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please send in your applications by October 5, 2013.

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Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad

Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad

Posted by Syed Muzammiluddin at Sep 20, 2013 07:20 AM |

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register the first edits on four different Indian language wikipedias.

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WikipediansSpeak: Piotr Konieczny

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Sep 18, 2013 05:25 AM |

WikipediansSpeak is a video interview show hosted by Subhashish Panigrahi at the Centre of Internet and Society. It brings you series of posts about Wikipedians across the globe. Wikipedians are those voluntary contributors who write Wikipedia articles, correct mistakes made by other wikipedians and share knowledge for free to the world.

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Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop

Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Sep 12, 2013 10:22 AM |

Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students.

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ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସ‌ହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନା

ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସ‌ହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନା

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Sep 10, 2013 06:05 PM |

This is a column about Dr. Subas Chandra Rout, a noteworthy wikipedian who started contributing to Wikipedia articles on Odia Wikipedia related to medical science after retiring as an Orthopedic Specialist-Assistant Professor of a Medical college.

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Selection of Programme Officer — Pilot Projects, CIS-A2K

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Sep 10, 2013 10:05 AM |

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) opened applications for the post of Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme on 17th April 2013. The vacancy and call for applications was shared on all Indian language mailing lists, city mailing lists as well as Village Pumps.

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Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!

Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Aug 31, 2013 07:00 PM |

There has been a rise of article contributions to the Konkani Wikipedia in a span of 4 days following a 4 day programme organized by the CIS-A2K team for M.A. students from the Konkani Department, Goa University at the Central State Library, Goa from August 21 to 24, 2013. Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the event.

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Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?

Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Aug 31, 2013 12:00 PM |

Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.

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India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent Pools

Posted by Gavin Pereira at Aug 31, 2013 12:00 PM |

In this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author thanks Puneeth Nagaraj for his guidance and inputs on this paper.

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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at Sambalpur

An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at Sambalpur

Posted by Gorvachove Pothal at Aug 27, 2013 11:45 AM |

A training workshop for Odia Wikipedians was held in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur on July 26 and 27, 2013. The workshop was organized by Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal, with financial support from CIS-A2K programme. It was a part of the Access To Knowledge - Outreach Programs.

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Voices from Goa: Rusita Paryekar, a MA student writes articles on Konkani Wikipedia

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Aug 27, 2013 10:00 AM |

Rusita Paryekar is one of the 38 students from the MA Konkani department of Goa University gathered at the State Central Library to learn writing and editing articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Currently Konkani Wikipedia is in incubation and needs more voluntary participation from enthusiasts who want their language, Konkani to strengthen its base in the digital knowledge domain.

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Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani Wikipedia

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Aug 27, 2013 03:05 AM |

Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Konkani department of Goa University organized a four-day Wikipedia workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.

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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain

Posted by Pranesh Prakash at Aug 21, 2013 09:05 PM |

Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.

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Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong

Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Aug 19, 2013 09:00 AM |

The 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open educational research, open source technologies, gender gap, documenting the history of mankind in a free and open platform like Wikipedia and its sister sites in collaboration with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and all of these in 286 world languages. More and more volunteers are joining this movement and it is expanding the media of accessing and disseminating knowledge.

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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet

A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet

Posted by U.B.Pavanaja at Aug 14, 2013 12:10 PM |

On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.

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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore

A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore

Posted by U.B.Pavanaja at Aug 13, 2013 02:05 PM |

On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.

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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?

Posted by Vipul Kharbanda at Aug 08, 2013 10:20 AM |

The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.

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