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CIS Signs MoU with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College on April 21, ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified May 27, 2014 10:56 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Books and More are Relicensed to Creative Commons
This blog post is cross-posted from Opensource.com. It was published on May 2, 2014. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 28, 2014 06:29 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Indic Language Wikipedias as Open Educational Resources
The Open Education Working Group sees supporting multilingual activities such as translation to and from languages which are not often used as one of its key ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 04, 2014 03:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Community led Konkani Wikipedia Outreach
Goa University students organised the first ever community led Konkani Wikipedia outreach on May 14, 2014. Fifteen first year M.A. students from Konkani ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jun 10, 2014 08:44 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Twitter weekly Curation WeAreWikipedia brings one Wikipedian Every Week
WeAreWikipedia is an initiative to bring in voices of Wikipedia contributors (known as Wikipedians). One Wikipedian curates the Twitter based handle for a week ... by Diptiman Panigrahi — last modified Jun 16, 2014 06:16 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Odia Language gets a new Unicode Font Converter
Recently, I worked on designing a font encoding converter with a fellow Wikimedian Manoj Sahukar. We worked by taking the code of a converter that was made ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 02, 2014 09:59 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
This Twitter Account Puts a Face to the Unsung Volunteer Editors Behind Wikipedia
The life of a Wikipedia editor is an interesting one. Globally, about 100,000 editors edit the collaborative online encyclopedia's 30 million articles in 287 ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:17 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Ten Telugu Books Re-released Under CC-BY-SA 3.0 License
For the first time in the history of Indian books, 10 Telugu books by a single author were released under Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) on June 22, ... by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Jul 08, 2014 05:29 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero
Aircel and Wikimedia Foundation came together to announce Wikipedia Zero. As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia. Dr. ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 07, 2014 05:58 AM — Filed under: , , ,
State of Odia Language in Computing and Future Steps
I participated in a "National Level Seminar on, Computer Application and Odia Language" organized by the Institute of Odia Studies and Research in Bhubaneswar ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 28, 2014 07:03 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
The University of Mysore and the Centre for Internet and Society co-organized the Open Knowledge Day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. On this occasion Mysore ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 24, 2014 07:03 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia
Since Wikipedia’s gender gap first came to light in late 2010, Wikipedians have taken the issue to heart, developing projects with a focus on inclusivity in ... by Dorothy Howard — last modified Jul 25, 2014 10:56 AM — Filed under: , , ,
ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷରସଜ୍ଜା
This article was published in the Samaja (Odia newspaper) on July 4, 2014. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 28, 2014 06:02 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age
The essay was published in the June edition of Odisha Review, a magazine published by Government of Odisha's Department of Information and Public Relations. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 28, 2014 07:41 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Doctors and Translators Are Working Together to Bridge Wikipedia's Medical Language Gap
I interviewed Wikimedian User:CFCF who is managing the entire project to understand how it is going to work and wrote on Global Voices' Rising Voices about it. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 04, 2014 03:29 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access
Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ... by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Jan 20, 2015 06:47 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
NIE Steps in to Grow Konkani Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa to ... by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Oct 10, 2014 11:26 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
We are Wikipedia
Wikimedia Deutchland has included a paragraph about WeAreWikipedia on their blog. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 06, 2014 03:19 AM — Filed under: , , ,
OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014
GLAM activities in the last two months have been quite happening! by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Oct 06, 2014 05:09 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Expanding the World of Telugu Wikipedia – CIS-A2K and ALC join hands
Students and faculty of Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada aim to enhance Telugu Wikipedia through increased contributions to Wikipedia and make it available ... by T Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik — last modified Sep 30, 2014 05:11 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
A two-day workshop for students was organized by Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune (KSPWSC), Centre for Indian Languages ... by Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan — last modified Oct 12, 2014 03:52 AM — Filed under: , , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା
I authored an editorial in today's Samaja (Odia daily). It talks about the hurdles Odia language has been facing and potential aspects of the language ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Oct 13, 2014 05:19 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Samskrita Vaibhavam (Sanskrit Wiki Outreach Program)
To celebrate the revival of Sanskrit language, the Bangalore chapter of Samskrita Bharati organised a two-day mega event "Samskrita Vaibhavam" at VSR Kalyan ... by Shubha and Sayant Mahato — last modified Oct 31, 2014 02:02 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language
In February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Oct 24, 2014 03:32 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi
A three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Oct 31, 2014 02:54 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada
People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP ... by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Oct 23, 2016 03:36 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
ನಿರಂಜನರ ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆ
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರಂಜನರ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆಯೆಂದು ಸಿಐಎಸ್-ಎ೨ಕೆಯ ಸಹಯೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಗವು ... by Omshivaprakash and Tejas Jain — last modified Nov 03, 2014 03:04 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource
Speakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 04, 2014 01:58 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
Before the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Odia Littérateur Ramakrushna Nanda's 4 Books Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
Children literature in Odia language went through an ennoblement after the intervention of Ramakrushna Nanda's writings. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 06, 2014 01:41 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
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