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Blog Entry CIS' Comments on the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access Policy
by Anubha Sinha — published Aug 22, 2014 — last modified Aug 22, 2014 03:46 PM — filed under:
In July 2014, the Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India released a draft Open Access Policy. CIS participated in discussions along with experts brought on board by the Drafting Committee to develop and review the open access policy. As a follow-up, CIS prepared comments to the draft Policy. This post makes available CIS' comments to the draft Policy.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)
by Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 29, 2013 — last modified Nov 30, 2013 11:18 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
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-A2K Signs MoU with Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada: Coverage in Eenadu
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 15, 2014 — last modified Sep 09, 2014 09:22 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This article was published in Enadu on August 15, 2014.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K signs MoU with Telangana Government
by Manasa Rao — published Nov 08, 2017 — filed under: , , , , , ,
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 11, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:24 AM — filed under: , , , ,
KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia
by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 31, 2013 — filed under: , , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K team) is pleased to share with you the key accomplishments about the work it accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. In accordance with the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Program’s (CIS-A2K) Konkani Work Plan 2013-14 the program has invested time and effort to build Konkani Wikimedia community and projects.
Located in Openness / Blog
Citizen Media Summit 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 25, 2015 — last modified Feb 08, 2015 02:57 PM — filed under: ,
The Citizen Media Summit 2015 was held in Cebu City, Philippines on January 24 and 25, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker at the event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Civic hackers seek to find their feet in India
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 03, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:45 AM — filed under:
In 2006, when Sushant Sinha,who holds a doctorate in Internet security from the University of Michigan, tried to use the Indian government’s judicial rulings website, Judis.nic.in, he found it difficult to get the data he was looking for. “Judis.nic.in didn’t have a good text search or ability to sort results by relevance,” Sinha said. The lack of these two critical functions rendered the wealth of data on the site largely unusable.
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Blog Entry Civic Hacking Workshop
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 28, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:14 AM — filed under: , , ,
CIS, with the UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, and Google India, is organizing a workshop on open data (or the lack thereof) and 'civic hacking'.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
The essay was published in the June edition of Odisha Review, a magazine published by Government of Odisha's Department of Information and Public Relations.
Located in Openness / Blog
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