Centre for Internet & Society

Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process

by Nitika Tandon

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.

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Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia

by Nitika Tandon

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.

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Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language

by Subhashish Panigrahi

CIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students.

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Telugu Wikipedia completes 10 years

by Rahmanuddin Shaikh

Telugu Wikipedia completed 10 years on December 10, 2013. Several training sessions, aka Wiki Academies, were planned by the Telugu Wikipedia community to mark the occasion.

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WIPO Broadcast Treaty- SCCR 26 : Proposals Introduced

by Nehaa Chaudhari

India and the United States introduced proposals for discussion at the ongoing session of the SCCR.

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CIS Statement on Limitations and Exceptions for Education, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with Other Disabilities

by Nehaa Chaudhari

Nehaa Chaudhari on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) made this statement at the WIPO-SCCR on December 20, 2013.

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CIS Comments to the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the Proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

by Nehaa Chaudhari

As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations adopted by the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at its twenty-fourth session, Geneva, July 16 to 25, 2012.

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How Can We Make Open Education Truly Open?

by Nishant Shah

I have spent the last month being unpopular. I have been in conversation with many ‘Open Everything’ activists and practitioners. At each instance, we got stuck because I insisted that we begin by defining what ‘Open’ means in the easy abuse that it is subject to.

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CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)

by Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi

This narrative report captures the work done by the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in the first ten months of the grant. The report also throws some light on the CIS-A2K program strategy in the next one year.

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CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, Bangalore

by T. Vishnu Vardhan

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Christ University in Bangalore. As part of this MoU Christ University and CIS-A2K will work together to introduce "Wikipedia in the Indian Undergraduate Language Classroom" at Christ University.

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