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Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository
World' largest tribal residential institute Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS) is going to initiate a project in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program (CIS-A2K) to gather academic and research resources on tribal languages and diverse cultural heritage.
ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted in this article published by Odishan.com on January 12, 2014.
‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’
Social media is set to grow in India in a big way with Google and Facebook gearing up to tap the regional languages market.
Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam
The Malayalam Wiki Grandhasala has announced a competition in digitally preserving rare books in Malayalam.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Alvas Vishva Nudisiri Virasat
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted a workshop at Moodabidre from December 19 to 22, 2013.
Odisha: Odia Wikipedia reaching 5000 article mark!
Many are not aware of the existence of Odia Wikipedia and other Indian language Wikipedias. But Odia Wikipedia has been growing gradually all these years and has become the most searched website and largest online encyclopedia in Odia language.
Wikipedia Training Session @ Tiruvur
A Wikipedia training session was conducted by T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik at Srivahini College in Tiruvur on December 19, 2013.
A Feature on Telugu Wikipedia
Namaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಗೆ 10, ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಸಾಲದು : ಪ್ರೊ .ಜಿವಿ
A post-event report of the program published in OneindiaKannada on November 17, 2013.
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ
A report of the Kannada Wikipedia tenth anniversary celebrations in Prajavani on November 18.
ಕನ್ನಡದ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ದುರ್ಬಲ
An article about the tenth Kannada Wikipedia published in Vijaya Karnataka on November 19.
Panaji: DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop
In order to showcase Romi Konknni on a global platform, Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) organized a two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop November 16 and November 17 for Romi Konknni writers in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme, Bangalore.
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ. ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆ
Coverage of the ten years of celebrations in Kannada Wikipedia on Avadhi website.
10th anniversary of Kannada wikipedia
Kannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Udayavani Coverage
Udayavani, on November 15, 2013 published about the upcoming tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia.
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani Coverage
Vijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.
Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic Languages
National Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.
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.
