Centre for Internet & Society

10th anniversary of Kannada wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

Kannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.

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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Udayavani Coverage

by Prasad Krishna

Udayavani, on November 15, 2013 published about the upcoming tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia.

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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani Coverage

by Prasad Krishna

Vijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.

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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

Kannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The Kannada Wikipedia community will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikpedia on Nov 17, 2013 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. CIS-A2K is a co-sponsor for the program.

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Wikipedia Orientation Programme for the Second Language Students of Christ University

by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team will organize an Orientation Workshop entitled on Wikipedia for the undergraduate language students of the Christ University, Bangalore on November 16, 2013.

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Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic Languages

by Prasad Krishna

National Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.

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Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA

by Nitika Tandon

Upon CIS-A2K's explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public and giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done. This is a huge step to help preserve Konkani language and culture in digital era and will also feed into building of Konkani Wikipedia.

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Odia Wikipedia Workshop @ IIMC

by Prasad Krishna

The CIS-A2K team is organizing an Odia Wikipedia workshop at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Odisha on November 18 and 19, 2013 from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

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Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop

by Prasad Krishna

On November 14, the CIS-A2K team is organizing a one day orientation workshop on 'Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution' at the Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS), Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

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