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Research papers will be available in public domain
IIT-Madras intends to make circle of knowledge complete, writes Vasudha Venugopal in this article published in the Hindu on 15 February 2012. Prof. Subbiah ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 17, 2012 05:38 AM — Filed under: ,
Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 28, 2014 05:34 AM — Filed under: , ,
The 'Dark Fibre' Files: Interview with Jamie King and Peter Mann
Film-makers Jamie King (producer/director of the 'Steal This Film' series) and Peter Mann, in conversation with Siddharth Chadha, on 'Dark Fibre', their latest ... by Siddharth Chadha last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations
Being interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?
Timely and affordable access to scientific research remains a problem in this digital day and age. Around three decades ago, the radical response that emerged ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Jun 05, 2019 01:19 PM — Filed under: ,
Strategic Issues Emerging from Open Access Dialogues - Final Report
A series of discussions - on the Chat Literacy forum of ELDIS and on Twitter - was organised during November 2012 to March 2013 to identify the global ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Oct 11, 2015 04:39 AM — Filed under: , ,
Why Open Access Has To Look Up For Academic Publishing To Look Up
In an important development, the US Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against the India-based OMICS group for harassing authors to publish in its ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Oct 12, 2016 04:22 PM — Filed under: ,
Should Indian Researchers Pay to Get their Work Published
We raise the financial and ethical issue of paying for getting papers published in professional journals. Indian researchers have published more than 37,000 ... by Muthu Madhan, Siva Shankar Kimidi, Subbiah Gunasekaran and Subbiah Arunachalam last modified Oct 29, 2016 02:47 PM — Filed under: , , ,
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It has been a slow but steady move to make scholarship freely available, writes Prof. Arunachalam in an article published by the Indian Express on May 8, 2012. by Subbiah Arunachalam last modified May 09, 2012 03:44 AM — Filed under: ,
Second Draft of Open Access Policy of the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science released
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India drafted an Open Access Policy (“Policy”) ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Oct 30, 2014 12:33 AM — Filed under: ,
Open Equitable Access (PDF)
file by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:42 AM — Filed under: ,
Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India - Status Report
The draft report was prepared in April 2011 by Prof. Arunachalam and Madhan Muthu. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:46 AM — Filed under: ,
Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India — A Status Report
This report was prepared by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Madan Muthu on 9 April 2011. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:47 AM — Filed under: ,
Helping Institutions Embrace Open Access
World over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it? by Admin last modified Nov 27, 2017 03:11 PM — Filed under: , ,
The Zen of Pad.ma: 10 Lessons Learned from Running Open Access Online Video Archives in India and beyond
Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Gerber, the co-initiators of, and the artists/programmers behind the pad.ma (Public Access Digital Media Archive) project will ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Jan 28, 2016 08:25 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Inaugural EPT Award for Open Access
The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development is pleased to announce the winners of a new annual award to be made to individuals working in developing ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 31, 2011 10:46 AM — Filed under:
Open access to government data on the cards
The way has been cleared for public access to the data collected by Union government ministries and departments, with official approval being accorded to the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 26, 2012 07:31 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 29, 2017 05:17 AM — Filed under: ,
An Interview with Dr. Francis Jayakanth
India has been losing out its best talents to the West, however, this trend could be reversed if we create adequate number of world-class institutions and ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 24, 2012 06:09 AM — Filed under: , ,
CIS brings Nadustunna Charithra magazine under by CC BY SA licence
As a part of its content donation initiative, the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has brought all issues of Nadustunna ... by Tanveer Hasan last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:07 PM — Filed under: , , ,
OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 22, 2013 11:02 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Research Publishing: Is ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ Pragmatic Reform for India?
Anubha Sinha examines the feasibility of the proposed 'One Nation, One Subscription' approach in the draft national Science, Technology and Innovation Policy ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Apr 28, 2021 05:09 PM — Filed under: ,
The STI Policy Proposes a Transformative Open Access Approach for India
Anubha Sinha explains what the draft national Science, Technology and Innovation policy means for open access to scientific literature for Indians. This ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Apr 28, 2021 05:22 PM — Filed under: ,
Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was ... by Geetha Hariharan last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India
The number of internet users in India was expected to reach 460 million by 2015, as the growth in the previous year was 49 percent. The total number of users ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 22, 2016 04:12 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias
Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages, websites ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 25, 2016 01:39 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Adopting ORCID as a Unique Identifier will Benefit all Involved in Scholarly Communication
ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a nonprofit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a ... by Subbiah Arunachalam and Muthu Madhan last modified Oct 28, 2016 04:28 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Ministry of Science makes open access to research mandatory
Researchers who fail to meet the requirements would not considered for promotions, fellowships, future grants or appointments. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 28, 2014 09:12 AM — Filed under: ,
Open Access Week Round-Up
Here is a round-up of events held at the University of Otago over Open Access Week. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation for the staff members of libraries ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:21 AM — Filed under: , ,
Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India: A Status Report: Call for Comments
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes comments on the first draft of "Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India: A Status Report". This report, on ... by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Madhan Muthu last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — Filed under: ,