CIS-A2K
The key mandate of the Access to Knowledge project at CIS (CIS-A2K) is to work towards catalysing the growth of the open knowledge movement in south Asia and in Indic languages. From September 2012, CIS has been actively involved in growing the open knowledge movement in India through a grant received from the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). The current focus of the CIS-A2K team spans over 5 language areas (Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu), 2 community strengthening initiatives, and 6 stand-alone Wikimedia projects.
Mission
The mission of CIS-A2K is to catalyze the growth of open knowledge movement in South Asia and in Indic languages. Within the Wikimedia universe CIS-A2K specifically strives to further grow the Indic and English Wikimedia projects and communities by:
- supporting and serving the Indian Wikimedia communities in all possible ways;
- building institutional partnerships;
- bringing more content under free license;
- designing and executing projects with community participation;
- strengthening the Wikimedia volunteers; and
- fostering and enabling an appropriate legal and technological ecosystem.
Work Plans
Work plans and other programme documents can be accessed here:
- Work Plan July 2014 - June 2015
- Work Plan April 2013 - June 2014
- Work Plan 2012 - 2013
- Work Plan 2011 - 2012
- Details of Programs run on English and Indian language Wikipedias since 2011
- Access To Knowledge Announcement and FAQ - 30 July 2012
Activities and Feedback
If you have a general proposal/suggestion for Access to Knowledge team you can write on the requests page. If you have appreciations or feedback on our work, please share it on feedback page.
- Workshops, Meetups, Edit-a-thons and other Events
- Events
- Blog Entries
- Newsletters, Reports, and Bulletins
- IRC
Recent Posts
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ପାଠାଗାର ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନର ନୂଆ ମୁହଁ
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Jan 28, 2016 07:25 AM
- Many would be searching for Odia-language books on the internet. Many would feel like correcting typos and other mistakes when found while reading a book, even online. Odia Wikisource is as a platform all those book lovers who want to read Odia books online and want to make more books available online.
- Read Bengali, Malayalam classics online as free Wiki libraries grow — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 29, 2016 03:51 PM
- Content Includes Classics In Malayalam, Bengali.
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କେତେ ମାଗଣା "ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jan 30, 2016 11:05 AM
- This op-ed was published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja" on January 4, 2016. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash were quoted.
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Report of Konkani Wikipedia's progress (July-December 2015)
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Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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Feb 05, 2016 02:49 AM
- Konkani language is one of the 22 languages recognized by Indian union in 8th schedule. As per the 2007 census there are about 7.4 million Konkani speakers.[1] Konkani language has its own Wikipedia created on 15th June 2015. This blog post will try to put out Konkani Wikipedia's growth from a perspective based on Wikimedia stats.
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Odia Wikipedia progress from July to December, 2015
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Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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Feb 05, 2016 02:45 AM
- Odia Wikipedia, one of the very active Wikipedias in Indian languages has been showing a negative rate of growth for the last 6 months. We will try to analyse, what has been happening and how can that be improved.
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Odia Wikipedia workshop in Puri, Odisha sparks creation of informal Wikipedia group WikiTungi
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Sailesh Patnaik
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Jan 12, 2016 05:28 AM
- The first ever Odia Wikipedia workshop in Odisha's historic town of Puri finally shaped in on this December 20. With 25 participants contributing to Odia Wikipedia this day, more Wikipedia outreach in the city were planned.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jan 05, 2016 06:30 AM
- Odia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
- Telugu Wikipedia Day 2015, Photo Walk — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:27 AM
- On December 13, 2015, Telugu Wikipedians conducted a historical photowalk in Dr.YSR state archeological museum to celebrate Telugu Wikipedia Day 2015. Pavan Santhosh attended the event as a CIS-A2K representative and facilitated media coverage for the programme.
- English Wikipedia and the Telugu Wikipedia joint meetup and edit-a-thon: Sakshi — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:31 AM
- The article was published in Sakshi on December 20, 2015. A scanned version of the article is given below.
- English Wikipedia and the Telugu Wikipedia joint meetup and edit-a-thon: Andhra Jyoti — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:33 AM
- The article was published in Andhra Jyoti on December 20, 2015. A scanned version of the article is below.
