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Wikimedia Diversity Conference
T.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in India and also led a Round-up session on Geographic diversity and Language pluralism on Wikimedia.
Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth Anniversary
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile Phones
Wikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
Re-sourcing Indian Cinema: Humanities Research, New Archives and Collaborative Knowledge Production
The Centre for Contemporary Studies and the Centre for Study of Culture and Society invites you to a symposium on "Re-sourcing Indian Cinema" and a launch of a book titled "Politics as Performance: A Social History of the Telugu Cinema" by S.V. Srinivas on October 29, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the CCS Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science. T. Vishnu Vardhan will speak on “Let Cinephiles Collaborate: Pleasures and Perils of Indian Film History on Wikipedia”.
कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वर
News about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.
OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"
FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing Countries
This workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.
2nd International Conference on Managing Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy (MIPS 2014)
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay through the support of the Ministry of Human Resources Development IPR Chair Project, Government of India, is hosting the 2nd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy MIPS 2014 at IIT Bombay, India.
Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference
Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.
Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, Dhenkanal
Wikipedia workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by Head of IIMC, Dhenkanal, Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.
Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia
The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.
Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months
Thick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.
Konkani Wikipedia in the making
Process of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.
For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language
With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia
The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – so as to build the Konkani Wikipedia.
Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months
Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.
Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.
Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet
T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.
'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation'
The functioning of the free online encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia,’ is like a true democracy. It is for the people and by the people, said The Centre for Internet and Society Programme Officer (Indian Languages) Pavanaja U B.
