Centre for Internet & Society

Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages

by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in partnership with the School of Cultural Texts and Records, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is organizing a two-day workshop for students at Jadavpur University on August 25 and 26, 2014.

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ALC signs MoU for better net access

by Prasad Krishna

Andhra Loyola College (ALC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge (CSI-A2K) here on Thursday.

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Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access

by Rahmanuddin Shaikh

Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in Telugu to all Telugus across the globe.

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Now, Christ students will contribute to Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

The department of languages at Christ University has set a precedent by including contribution to Wikipedia as a part of the undergraduate course work.

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Connecting the Next Two Billion: The Role of FOSS

by Prasad Krishna

Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by ICFOSS at the APrIGF in Noida on August 4, 2014.

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Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers

by Prasad Krishna

The following is the media coverage for the Kannada Wikipedia presentation at the Central University at Gulbarga on July 30,2014, in Gulbarga edition of Prajavani Kannada daily, dated July 31.

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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — July 2014

by Prasad Krishna

The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of July 2014:

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Kannada Wikipedia Presentation

by Prasad Krishna

The following is a scanned copy of the media coverage for the Kannada Wikipedia presentation at the Kannada Science Writers workshop at Gulbarga on July 29,2014, in Gulbarga edition of Vijayavani Kannada daily, dated July 30.

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The joys of being a Wikipedian

by Prasad Krishna

Radha Krishna, an engineer, had always wanted to share information online so that people who wanted to learn more could just log in and benefit by reading his articles. Eight years ago he started his own website for this very purpose. But he found it hard to maintain the site. He then chanced upon Wikipedia, the largest open-source encyclopedia, which was then just becoming popular in the country.

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