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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research Adopts an Open Access Policy
In this blogpost, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Sep 30, 2013 03:03 PM — Filed under:
Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project
The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Oct 01, 2013 12:23 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Making Wikipedia Better
It wasn’t something that we set out to do when we started working on The Ballot, but one of the most satisfying unintentional side-effects of the project has ... by Pooja Saxena and Nirbheek Chauhan — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:30 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0
Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Nov 04, 2013 12:14 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Feedback on the Framework on OSS Adoption in E-Governance Systems
CIS gave its feedback to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the Framework on Open Source Software Adoption in E-Governance ... by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Oct 28, 2013 10:35 AM — Filed under: , ,
Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA
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 ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Nov 30, 2013 10:47 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Train the Trainer Program
Wikipedians, about 20 of them, from 10 different cities, speaking 8 different languages, joined together for the first ever four days "Train the Trainer ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 18, 2013 07:52 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Train The Trainer Programme for Wikipedians
Twenty Wikimedians from 10 cities speaking 8 languages attended the 4-day Train-The-Trainer (TTT) programme conducted last month by the Centre for Internet and ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 18, 2013 08:24 AM — Filed under: , , ,
ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಟ್ಟ ಸಸಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja wrote an article highlighting 10 years of Kannada Wikipedia. Kannada Wikipedia started in the year 2003 and now it has completed 10 years. ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Nov 20, 2013 09:55 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, Bangalore
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Christ University in Bangalore. As ... by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Nov 20, 2013 06:46 AM — Filed under: , , ,
CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)
This narrative report captures the work done by the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in the first ten months of the grant. The report also throws some light ... by Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 30, 2013 11:18 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
How Can We Make Open Education Truly Open?
I have spent the last month being unpopular. I have been in conversation with many ‘Open Everything’ activists and practitioners. At each instance, we got ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 30, 2013 08:45 AM — Filed under: , ,
Telugu Wikipedia completes 10 years
Telugu Wikipedia completed 10 years on December 10, 2013. Several training sessions, aka Wiki Academies, were planned by the Telugu Wikipedia community to mark ... by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Dec 31, 2013 04:40 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language
CIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:20 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:38 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:47 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia Incubator
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:56 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Pooja Tople on Wikimedia Projects
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 11:04 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K team) is pleased to share with you the key accomplishments about the work it accomplished on ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 11:48 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India
Access to Knowledge Programme at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) organized the first ever Train the Trainer Program in India. 20 Wikimedians from 8 ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:18 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Konkani Vishwakosh Encyclopedia released under Free License
Upon Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)‘s explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Vishwakosh under ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:42 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom
Getting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s ... by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Jan 30, 2014 10:06 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs
KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:24 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together
WikiSangamotsavam, the annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, took place in Alappuzha, Kerala from December 21 to 23, 2013. The conference brought ... by Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:57 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University
Wikipedia has entered Indian undergraduate language classroom in Christ University, Bangalore. Recently the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for ... by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Feb 04, 2014 05:08 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project
Odia Wikipedia has carved its mark as the largest online encyclopedia in Odia language that is edited by a volunteer editor community. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 04, 2014 08:56 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Odia Language's Presence in Digital Media and Wikipedia's Role
କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (Odia language in computer) is an essay published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja's Sunday supplement" on March 2. It is about the journey ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:36 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History Month
The Indian Wikimedia community is pleased to invite you to participate in Women’s History Month events, 2014. We started off with a pre-event Wikipedia ... by Jeph Paul and Netha Hussain — last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:49 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Tewiki 10th Anniversary
Tewiki 10th anniversary celebration 2014, started on February 15 in Vijayawada at Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College. It was co-organized by the Centre for ... by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Mar 19, 2014 11:01 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of ... by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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