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Bangalore RHoKed to Create 8 Apps for a Better World!
- July 03, 2013
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on June 1 and 2, 2013 hosted a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event at its office. Yogesh Londhe shares with you a post-event report.
Read more →A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers
- July 03, 2013
On Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop.
Read more →Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness
- July 03, 2013
Openness has become the buzzword for everything in India right now. From the new kids on the block riding the wave of Digital Humanities investing in infrastructure of open knowledge initiatives to the rhetoric of people-centered open government data projects that are architected to create 'empowered citizens', there is an inherent belief that Opening up things will make everything good.
Read more →Wiki donors
- July 01, 2013
Time Out finds out what Wikipedia’s doing to turn the info mammoth Kannada friendly
Read more →My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad
- June 19, 2013
On March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.
Read more →A Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians on HMTV
- June 10, 2013
Based on the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, HMTV (one of the leading Telugu News channels in Andhra Pradesh) has produced a half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.
Read more →Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News
- July 02, 2013
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
Read more →A Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore
- July 16, 2013
On June 2, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) hosted a Telugu wiki meetup in its Bangalore office. Updates from the meetup is shared in this blog post.
Read more →Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV
- June 10, 2013
Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.
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