Centre for Internet & Society

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.

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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:

 

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.

 

Recent Posts

Blog Entry Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Workshop at IISc, Bengaluru by Gopalakrishna A — last modified Dec 19, 2017 04:16 PM
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia workshop for Sandarbh Science magazine writers by Manasa Rao — last modified Dec 19, 2017 03:53 PM
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently conducted for the writers at Sandarbh Science magazine.
Blog Entry CIS-A2K signs MoU with Telangana Government by Manasa Rao — last modified Nov 08, 2017 10:08 AM
Blog Entry Discussion on Creation of Social Media Guidelines & Strategy for Telugu Wikimedia by Manasa Rao — last modified Oct 24, 2017 02:42 PM
Between 1 to 16 September, an online discussion took place on the creation of social media guidelines and strategy for Telugu Wikimedia handles online.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Solapur University by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 24, 2017 02:09 PM
15 September
Blog Entry Orientation Program at Kannada University, Hampi by Gopalakrishna A. — last modified Oct 24, 2017 01:01 PM
A Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Program was conducted at Kannada University Hampi on 31 August and 1 September 2017.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at MGM Trust's College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aurangabad by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 24, 2017 01:18 PM
A Marathi Wikipedia Workshop was recently held at the MGM Trust's College of Journalism and Mass Communication on 11 August 2017.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Dalit Mahila Vikas Mandal, Satara by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 24, 2017 11:52 AM
Blog Entry Wikimedia Workshop at Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College, Satara by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 24, 2017 11:52 AM
A Wikimedia Workshop was on 4 August 2017 at the Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College in Satara to introduce the Wikipedia and its sister projects to the students.
Blog Entry Odia Wikisource Turns 3 by Manasa Rao — last modified Oct 23, 2017 05:40 AM