Centre for Internet & Society

Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra

by Subodh Kulkarni

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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Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here

by Tito Dutta

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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Article on Telugu Wikisource Feature Book in Pustakam.net

by Pavan Santhosh

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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CIS' Submission on Statement of Working of Patents

by Anubha Sinha

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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Chromebook for the Project Tiger- How it is helping me to contribute actively on Wikimedia projects!

by Sangram Keshari Senapati

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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Marathi Language Day events by CIS-A2K in February 2018

by Subodh Kulkarni

Marathi Language day is celebrated all over world on 27th February. Dnyanpeeth award winning writer V.V.Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj was born on this date. Various events and activities were conducted in collaboration with community, institutions and government departments.

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Mini Train the Trainer 2018

by Subodh Kulkarni

A mini train the trainer 2018 (Mini TTT 2018) program was organized by CIS-A2K at Jnana Prabodhini & Bhave High School, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on 24 and 25 February 2018. Total 19 active editors from Marathi community participated. Experienced editors from community were also involved in the program.

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Experience and Learning outcome from Wikipedia Education Program

by Lakshmi Karlekar

In this blog post you will find a Christ University student's experience during Wikipedia Education Program.

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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products

by Jorge L. Contreras, Rohini Lakshané and Paxton M. Lewis

The paper titled "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products" has been published in the latest issue of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. It is one of the outputs of the Pervasive Technology project and has been authored by Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, Paxton M. Lewis, and Rohini Lakshané.

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Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge

by Sailesh Patnaik

This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.

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