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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — January 2013
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-january-2013
<b>In the first issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme director, Vishnu Vardhan, provide you an update of the Access to Knowledge (September to December 2012) Report, the Indic Languages Wikipedia Statistical Report 2012 and reports of the events organised in Goa in the month of December 2012.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">Access to Knowledge (A2K) program</a> of CIS.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at <a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</a>.</p>
<p><b><span>CIS Office in Delhi</span></b></p>
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<li>The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of four members: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Noopur Raval</a>.</li>
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<p><b>New Project Director for Wikipedia Project</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a> is the new Programme Director-Access to Knowledge at CIS. Vishnu has over the last 11 years worked in various capacities as researcher, grant manager, teacher, project consultant, information architect and translator. Vishnu managed the <a href="http://www.srtt.org/institutional_grants/arts_culture/overview.htm">Art, Crafts and Culture</a> portfolio of <a href="http://www.srtt.org">Sir Ratan Tata Trust</a> and also worked as Research Coordinator at the <a href="http://www.cscs.res.in">Centre for the Study of Culture and Society</a> in Bangalore. </li>
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<p><b>Distinguished Fellow</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/distinguished-fellows">Tejaswini Niranjana</a>, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, and Visiting Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is joining our team as an Adviser to the 'Access to Knowledge' programme. She will guide the A2K team in expanding the Indian language Wikipedias and in increasing the number of active editors through strategic partnerships with Higher Education institutions across India.</li>
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<p><b>Events Organised by CIS:</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: The events in Goa were organized in the month of December 2012. However, reports were published the following month.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/two-day-wiki-workshop-in-goa-university">Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 15, 2013). </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-in-st-xaviers-college-goa">Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 19, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/promoting-glam-in-goa">Promoting GLAM in Goa</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 24, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-in-wikipedia-incubator">Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator — Taking it to the Next Level</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 25, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad">A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad</a> (RKGIT, Ghaziabad, January 17, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkanal">Odia Education Program</a> (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, January 26, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-wikipedia-9th-anniversary-celebration">Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration</a> (Academy of Media Learning, Samantha Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, January 29, 2013).</li>
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<p><b>Meeting</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-domain">Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 22, 2013).</li>
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<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-the-success-of-wikipedia-in-wikipedia-summit-pune-2013">Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013</a> (organized by Wikipedia Club, Pune, January 12 – 13, 2013).</li>
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<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-january-27-2013-first-odia-wikipedia-education-program-concludes-at-iimc">First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, Dhenkanal</a> (Odisha Diary Bureau, Dhenkanal, January 27, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/sambad-e-paper-january-30-2013-odia-wikipedia-workshop-coverage">Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in Media</a> (Sambad, January 30, 2013).</li>
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<p><b><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a>.</p>
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<li>Join the CIS group on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/">Facebook</a></li>
<li>Visit us at <a href="https://cis-india.org/">http://cis-india.org</a></li>
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<p><b>Support Us</b><br />Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Request for Collaboration<br /></b>We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-january-2013'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-january-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaWikimediaWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2013-04-05T06:58:56ZPageAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — February 2013
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-february-2013
<b>In the second issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja. The A2K team consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon, Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval, and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who works from Bangalore office. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at <a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">New Team Member</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> joined the A2K team as Programme Officer, India Language Initiatives on March 4, 2013. Dr. Pavanaja holds a Master’s degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. He was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years. He is one of the earliest editors of Kannada Wikipedia. He has to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada website, first Kannada online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE device (HP Jornado 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of universally popular Logo (programming language for children) software, etc. His Kannada logo won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a member of the technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of Karnataka for Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also a member of the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka (2008-current). </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Events Participated In</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-wikimedia-under-one-roof-gnunify">GNUnify 2013</a> (organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research, Pune, February 15 – 17, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. </li>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-comes-to-india">Creative Commons comes to India</a> (co-organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research in Pune, February 15, 2013, and CIS the Wikimedia India Chapter, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, February 25, 2013).The Access to Knowledge team participated in the CC meetings organized in Bangalore.</li>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/fifty-fourth-bangalore-wikimedia-meetup">Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore</a> (organized by Radhakrishna Arvapally, SIG (Special Interest Group) Chair, Bangalore (a part of the Wikimedia India Chapter) with support from Solutions IQ, Wikimedia India Chapter and CIS, Indian Institute of Management, February 25, 2013). Sudhwana Jogalekar (President, Wikimedia India) spoke on Wikimedia Projects. T. Vishnu Vardhan (Programme Director, A2K, CIS) gave a talk on 'Accessibility to Knowledge'. Joe Justice (Founder WikiSpeed) and Vibhu Srinivasan gave a presentation of WikiSpeed Car project. Chief Guest K.S. Viswanath (Vice President, Industry Initiatives, NASSCOM) gave the welcome address. Noopur Raval participated in the event. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-sharing-through-glam">Knowledge Sharing through GLAM at Bangalore</a> (organized by Wikimedia India and Creative Commons, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore, February 25, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. CIS supported the event.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Education Program</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-education-program-iimc-dhenkanal">Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, February 28, 2013).</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Event Reports</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS organised one Wiki workshop in the month of February 2013, and also brings you the report from an event organised in the month of January:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-odia-wikipedias-ninth-anniversary">Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary</a> (organized by the Odia Wiki Community with support from CIS and Academy for Media Learning, January 29, 2013, Bhubaneswar). Few glimpses of the event are available as an audio podcast.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/digital-literacy-workshop">Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University</a> (by Nitika Tandon, February 5, 2013).</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Media Coverage</h3>
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<li><a href="http://odishan.com/?p=2534" target="_blank">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ନବମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ଅବସରରେ କର୍ମଶାଳା: ଇମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ</a> (Odishan.com, February 4, 2013). </li>
<li><b>ସମ୍ବାଦ</b><b>:</b><a href="http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615&boxid=23625437" target="_blank"><i><b> </b></i>ଲିପି ବ୍ୟାକରଣ ଓ ମାନକ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଜରୁରୀ</a>. (Sambad, February, 2013). </li>
<li><a href="http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odisha-workshop-organized-9th-anniversary-odia-language-application-odia-language-e-media" target="_blank">Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media</a> (e India Bureau, March 2, 2013). </li>
<li><a href="http://news.fullorissa.com/odia-wikipedias-9th-anniversary/" target="_blank">Odia Wikipedia’s 9th anniversary</a> (fullOrissa News, February 13, 2013). </li>
<li><a href="http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Orissa/Shownews.asp?newsid=19485" target="_blank">Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media</a> (India Education Diary.com, March 2, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.odishaviews.com/odia-language-workshop-organized-on-9th-anniversary-of-odia-wikipedia-application-of-odia-language-in-e-media/" target="_blank">Odia language workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia Wikipedia: Application of Odia language in e-media</a> (Odishaviews.com, February 5, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Ongoing Events</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa">Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa</a> (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, March 7, 2013, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-goa">A Wikipedia Editing Workshop in Goa</a> (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, March 8, 2013, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.).</li>
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<h3>Announcement</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/sanskrit-wikiquote">Sanskrit Wikiquote — Now Available</a>!: The Access to Knowledge team at CIS is happy to announce the availability of Sanskrit Wikiquote. Shiju Alex, an ex-team member played an active role in bringing this out. For more info see <a href="http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R">http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Follow us elsewhere</h3>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Get short, timely messages from us on <a href="https://twitter.com/cis_india">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Join the CIS group on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/">Facebook</a></li>
<li>Visit us at <a href="https://cis-india.org/">http://cis-india.org</a></li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Support Us</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Request for Collaboration</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-february-2013'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-february-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-03-12T04:20:14ZPageAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — December 2013
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-december-2013
<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of December 2013: </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>We from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) thank you all for your support and collaboration and wish you a very Happy New Year. We bring you the details of our work for the month of December 2013:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia </span></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span>We are pleased to share with you the key accomplishments on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. It has been found that there has been an increased editing activity on Konkani Wikipedia, and an increase in the number of articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Konkani Vishwakosh was re-released under Creative Commons License, we initiated Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization project and signed a MoU with Goa University to build Konkani Wikipedia: </span></span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/1l6ttmp">http://bit.ly/1l6ttmp</a><span>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<li><span>Telugu Wikipedia completes 10 years (by Rahmanuddin Shaik, DNA, December 16, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/19OAvUV">http://bit.ly/19OAvUV</a><span>. The article was edited by Rohini Lakshané.</span></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><span>First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India (by Nitika Tandon, December 5, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1euwSXt">http://bit.ly/1euwSXt</a><span>.</span></li>
<li><span>Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 17, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1hldNM8">http://bit.ly/1hldNM8</a><span>. </span><span><i>We are featuring this here as we didn’t carry this in the last newsletter</i></span><span>.</span></li>
<li><span>Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia Incubator (by Nitika Tandon, December 12, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/KmxyFo">http://bit.ly/KmxyFo</a><span>.</span></li>
<li><span>Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process (by Nitika Tandon, December 13, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1cqKyQ2">http://bit.ly/1cqKyQ2</a><span>.</span></li>
<li><span>Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia (by Nitika Tandon, December 16, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1keWyya">http://bit.ly/1keWyya</a><span>.</span></li>
<li><span>Pooja Tople on Wikimedia Projects (by Nitika Tandon, December 17, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1hlbubU">http://bit.ly/1hlbubU</a>.</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>(2-6 are videos of participants from the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization project (jointly organised by CIS-A2K and Goa University) speaking on their experiences with Wikimedia projects.)</i></span></div>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Organised</b></p>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>You Too Can Write on Wikipedia! — Training workshop (National Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, December 5, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1edmx1z">http://bit.ly/1edmx1z</a><span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Telugu Wikipedia Training Workshop (KBN College, Vijaywada, December 16, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1i8ScnL">http://bit.ly/1i8ScnL</a><span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Alvas Vishva Nudisiri Virasat (Moodabidre, December 19 – 22, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a presentation about Kannada Wikipedia and also conducted a workshop on Kannada Wikipedia as a parallel track. The event was covered by Prajavani (December 22), Hosadigantha (December 22), and Deccan Herald (December 22): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1dGTBkw">http://bit.ly/1dGTBkw</a><span>. </span></span></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Co-organised</b></p>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Wikipedia Orientation Workshop (organised by CIS-A2K and Christ University, Bangalore, December 2, 2013): </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1lrkwEy">http://bit.ly/1lrkwEy</a><span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Wikipedia Training Session @ Tiruvur (organised by CIS-A2K and Telugu Wikipedia community, Srivahini College, Tiruvur, December 19, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik conducted the workshop: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1e3oQX7">http://bit.ly/1e3oQX7</a><span>. It was covered by Andhraprabha (</span><a href="http://bit.ly/1bU5VsQ">http://bit.ly/1bU5VsQ</a><span>).</span></span></li>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-02-25T10:31:35ZPageAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — December 2012
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<b>This is the fourth Access to Knowledge newsletter from the CIS team in Delhi! During the month of December we had organised the Marathi wiki workshop, a workshop at NMAIT in Karnataka and a workshop at SRM University in Chennai.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has awarded CIS a two-year grant of upto INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. The Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program has become the <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">Access to Knowledge (A2K) program</a> of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). In this issue we bring you updates from the Marathi wiki community and workshops organised in NMAIT in Karnataka and SRM University in Chennai.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at <a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</a>.</p>
<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CIS Office in Delhi</span></h3>
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<li>The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of three members: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Noopur Raval</a>.</li>
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<h3>Education Program</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/marathi-wiki-workshop-at-tiss">Marathi Wiki Workshop at TISS</a> (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, December 8, 2012). Organised as part of the Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society’s initiative of focusing on Indian languages. Nitika Tandon participated in the event.</li>
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<h3>Workshops Organised by CIS:</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-at-nmait">Wikipedia Workshop at NMAIT</a> (NMAIT, Karkala Taluk, Karnataka December 21, 2012, co-organised in association with Metawings Institute). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-at-srm-chennai">Wikipedia Workshop at SRM</a> (SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, December 17, 2012, co-organised in association with Metawings Institute). Noopur Raval participated in the event.</li>
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<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/report-of-odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-iit-kharagpur">A Report of Odia Wikipedia Workshop at IIT, Kharagpur</a> (Samaja, Odia daily, Kolkata edition, December 3, 2012).</li>
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<p># Blog Entries</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/non-unicode-iscii-text-can-be-converted-to-unicode">Non Unicode ISCII Text Can be Converted to Unicode Now!</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, December 19, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/new-avenues">New Avenues: Media Wiki Groups</a> (by Noopur Raval, December 28, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Video</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-state-of-tech-talk-by-erik-moeller">Wikipedia: State of Tech — A Talk by Erik Moeller</a> (CIS, Bangalore, November 12, 2012). Erik Moeller, Vice President of Engineering and Product Development at the Wikimedia Foundation gave a talk.</li>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programs such as <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a>, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a>.</p>
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<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of August 2014: </b>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Andhra_Loyola_College_and_the_Centre_for_Internet_.26_Society_sign_MoU_for_Better_Net_Access"><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/alc-cis-sign-mou-better-net-access" rel="nofollow">Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access</a></span></h2>
<p>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) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in Telugu to all Telugus across the globe.<br /> <b>Highlights</b></p>
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<li>Ten theosophical books authored by Rev. Fr. P. Jojaiah, SJ released under free license (CC-BY-SA-4.0)</li>
<li>For the first time an educational institution in the state of Andhra Pradesh is signing an MoU with CIS-A2K to work collaboratively to qualitatively improve Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li>ALC faculty and students to create free e-content in Telugu on Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li>Digital content from the fields of Botany, Physics, Chemistry, Telugu, Statistics, Ethics and Religion, Music and Dance to be produced on Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Blog_Entries">Blog Entries</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/we-are-wikipedia" rel="nofollow">We are Wikipedia</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices Online, June 18, 2014)</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014" rel="nofollow">OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, OpenGlam, August 27, 2014)</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="News_and_Media_Coverage">News and Media Coverage</span></h2>
<p>CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-shruthi-august-5-2014-now-christ-students-will-contribute-to-wikipedia" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Now, Christ students will contribute to Wikipedia</a> (by H.M.Shruthi, Deccan Herald, August 5, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/cis-mou-with-alc-coverage-in-eenadu" class="external text" rel="nofollow">CIS-A2K Signs MoU with Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada</a> (Eenadu, August 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-august-15-2014-alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access" class="external text" rel="nofollow">ALC signs MoU for better net access</a> (The Hindu, August 15, 2014).</li>
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<p>Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of six members, four based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Subhashish Panigrahi and Rahmanuddin Shaikh. One team member Nitika Tandon has left from the organisation -- We wish Nitika all the best for her career. We also have one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana working with us. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed <a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests">here</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="About_CIS">About CIS</span></h2>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Request_for_Collaboration:">Request for Collaboration:</span></h2>
<p>We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant@cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at vishnu@cis-india.org.</p>
<p>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects.</p>
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<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of August 2013:</b>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Updates from Konkani Wikipedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The CIS-A2K programme organised a four-day workshop in collaboration with the Goa University for students of M.A. (Konkani) at the Central State Library, Konkani Department, University of Goa from August 21 to 24, 2013. Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi conducted this workshop. The event saw 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia, which is incubation. The main objective is to bring this seven-year-old project out of incubation into a live Wikipedia project. Event reports, blog entries, videos, guest column and media coverage arising from the workshop can be accessed by clicking on the links below:</p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Event Reports</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder" class="external-link">Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, August 31, 2013):</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-advances-in-four-days" class="external-link">Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!</a> (by Nitika Tandon, August 31, 2013):<a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-advances-in-four-days"> </a></li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Guest Columns</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"><a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1885294/post-konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder">Konkani Wikipedia climbing up the Indian language ladder</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, September 6, 2013).</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/start-up-goa-blog-september-10-2013-subhashish-panigrahi-recap-on-konkani-wikipedia-workshop" class="external-link">Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Startup Goa Blog, September 9, 2013).</li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Media Coverage</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/thegoan-joyce-dias-august-24-2013-wikipedia-writes-a-new-script" class="external-link">Wikipedia writes a new script </a>(by Joyce Dias, August 24, 2013, The Goan). CIS-A2K workshop held in Goa is mentioned extensively. Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi are quoted.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/epaperoheraldo-august-24-2013-diana-fernandes-konkani-wikipedia-makes-headway" class="external-link">Konkani Wikipedia makes headway</a> (by Diana Fernandes, OHeraldO, August 24, 2013). Nitika Tandon is quoted.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/?ref=Guzels.TV">Konkani Wikipedians Speak</a> (Goan Voice Daily Newsletter, September 4, 2013). Konkani Wikipedia workshop organized in Goa from August 21 to 24, 2013 is mentioned in this newsletter.</li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entries</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/voices-from-goa" class="external-link">Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani Wikipedia</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, August 27, 2013).</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/voices-from-goa-wikipedia-editor-rusita-paryekar" class="external-link">Voices from Goa: Wikipedia Editor Rusita Paryekar </a>(by Subhashish Panigrahi, August 27, 2013) </li>
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<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Other Wikipedia Updates</h2>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Event Reports</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/a-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-krishnarajapet" class="external-link">A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet</a> (by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, August 14, 2013). The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimania2013" class="external-link">Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, August 19, 2013). The event was organised by Wikimedia Foundation. Subhashish participated in the event.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-workshop-sambalpur" class="external-link">An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at Sambalpur</a> (by Gorvachove Pothal, August 27, 2013). This workshop was held at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur on July 26 and 27, 2013. Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal organized this workshop with financial support from the CIS-A2K programme.</li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Events Co-organised</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/digitization-of-books-for-indic-language-wikisource" class="external-link">Digitization of Books for Indic Language WikiSource</a> (co-organised by Wikimedia India and CIS-A2K, CIS, Bangalore, August 18, 2013).</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/workshop-on-editing-wikipedia-in-mumbai" class="external-link">A Workshop on Editing Wikipedia in Mumbai </a>(organised by the Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education and CIS-A2K, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, August 24, 2013). The workshop was aimed at assisting students to take part in the Indian Languages Mela at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (September 20-21, 2013) which is hosting a competition for best Indian language entries on Wikipedia.</li>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/mobile-training-workshop" class="external-link">Mobile Training Workshop @ CIS</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 29, 2013). Rachita and Keerthana Chandrashekar gave a talk on mobile campaigns.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university" class="external-link">Wikipedia Training in Telugu for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad</a> (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, September 5-6, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan taught a module on "Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era". </li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Events Participated</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"><a class="external-link" href="http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page">Wikimania 2013: The International Wikimedia Conference</a> (organised by Wikimedia Foundation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, August 7 – 11, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wikimedia-asia-meeting" class="external-link">Wikimedia Asia Meeting</a> (organised by Wikimedia community, Hong Kong, August 10, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the meeting. Unedited transcript of the entire conversation is <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wikimedia-asia-meeting" class="external-link">posted online</a>.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/telugu-wiki-meet-up-hyderabad-august-2013" class="external-link">వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు</a> (Hyderabad, August 25, 2013). T.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the meeting through Skype.</li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Media Coverage</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/beforeitnews-august-1-2013-wikipedia-gains-massive-traffic-thanks-to-vernacular-languages" class="external-link">Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages</a> (Before It’s News, August 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-august-1-2013-sandhya-soman-wikipedia-boom-in-marathi-malayalam-other-desi-languages" class="external-link">Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages</a> (by Sandhya Soman, The Times of India, August 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/dna-august-1-2013-divya-saboo-wikipedia-boom-in-vernacular-languages" class="external-link">Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages </a>(by Divya Saboo, DNA, August 1, 2013). The Centre for Internet and Society is mentioned.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindu-r-krishna-kumar-august-2-2013-stress-on-posting-articles-on-kannada-wikipedia" class="external-link">Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia</a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, Hindu, August 2, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja is quoted.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/techcrunch-august-6-2013-mahesh-sharma-indias-indigenous-languages-drive-wikipedias-growth" class="external-link">India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth</a> (by Mahesh Sharma, TechCrunch, August 6, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-workshop" class="external-link">Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop Coverage</a> (Prajavani, August 12, 2013).</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/vijaya-vani-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-wikipedia-workshop" class="external-link">Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop Coverage</a> (Vijaya Vani, August 12, 2013). </li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/suvarna-times-of-karnataka-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-workshop" class="external-link">Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop Coverage</a> (Suvarna Times of Karnataka, August 12, 2013).</li>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Other guest columns:</h3>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odiapua-september-10-2013-subhashish-panigrahi-write-up-about-dr-subas-chandra-rout" class="external-link">ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Odiapua, September 10, 2013).</p>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Ongoing / Upcoming Events</h3>
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<li dir="ltr"> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-resources-in-telugu" class="external-link">Digital Resources in Telugu: A Workshop for Research Scholars</a> (co-organised by the Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad and CIS-A2K, September 13, 2013).</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/train-the-trainer" class="external-link">Train the Trainer — Four-day long Residential Training Workshop in Bangalore</a> (organised by CIS-A2K, Bangalore, October 1 – 5, 2013). The programme will be held in the first week of October.</li>
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<hr style="text-align: justify; " />
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of three members based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja and Subhashish Panigrahi and one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (<a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at<a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId"> http://bit.ly/TOcXId</a>.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">About CIS</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-10-04T10:49:51ZPageAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — April 2014
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<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of April 2014: </b>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/cis-signs-mou-with-mysore-university" class="external-link">CIS Signs MoU with Mysore University</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mysore for converting to Unicode and re-releasing their encyclopaedia under Creative Commons License. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja on behalf of the CIS-A2K team signed the MoU. As part of the MoU CIS will convert and upload the encyclopaedia into Kannada Wikisource and then it will be moved to Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Articles</h3>
<ol> </ol>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/openaccessweek-april-3-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-vachana-sanchaya" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Vachana Sanchaya: Bringing Access to 11th century Kannada Literature</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, April 3, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/subhashish-panigrahi-article-in-amalekha" class="text external" rel="nofollow">୭୯ ବର୍ଷରେ ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା: ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଏହାର ବ୍ୟବହାର</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Amalekha, April 4, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kadambini-april-8-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-odia-language-and-development-in-digital-era" class="text external" rel="nofollow">ଓଡ଼ିଅା ଭାଷାର ବିକାଶ ଓ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟର</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, The Kadambini, April 8, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-subhashish-panigrahi-april-18-2014-report-from-india-relicensing-books-under-creative-commons" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Report from India: Relicensing books under CC</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Creative Commons Blog, April 19, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/dna-rohini-lakshane-april-26-2014-14-books-re-released-under-creative-commons-license" class="text external" rel="nofollow">14 Odia books re-released under Creative Commons license</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, April 26, 2014). The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Events Organized</h3>
<ol> </ol>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/tulu-wikipedia-workshop" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Tulu Wikipedia Workshop</a> (organized by CIS-A2K, Balmatta Computer Centre, Mangalore, April 5, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.</li>
</ul>
<ol> </ol>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/daijiworld-april-6-2014-mangalore-wikipedia-workshop-held-for-konkani-writers" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Konkani Wikipedia Workshop</a> (co-organized by All India Konkani Writers Organization and CIS-A2K, Kalaangann Shaktinagar, April 6, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/tulu-wikipedia-editathon" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Tulu Wikipedia Editathon</a> (co-organized by Karnataka Theological College and CIS-A2K, Mangalore, April 19, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.</li>
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<h3>Participation in Events</h3>
<ol> </ol>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wiki-session-for-prajavani-journalists" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia Session for Trainee Journos</a> (organized by Prajavani, Bangalore, April 28, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja took a session for the trainee journalists of Prajavani Kannada daily on Wikipedia.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/world-book-day" class="text external" rel="nofollow">World Book Day</a> (organized by Karnataka Publishers’ Association, Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, April 23, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was a speaker.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/relevance-of-bhagabat-tungi-in-evolution-of-odia-language" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Relevance of Bhagabat Tungi in the evolution of Odia language from Buddha era to digital age</a> (organized by The Intellects, Shree Jagannath Mandir and Odisha Art and Cultural Center, New Delhi, April 24, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
<p>CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ol> </ol>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/daijiworld-april-6-2014-mangalore-wikipedia-workshop-held-for-konkani-writers" class="text external" rel="nofollow">M'lore: Wikipedia Workshop held for Konkani writers</a> (Daijiworld, April 6, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="text external" href="http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2014/04/10/odia-loves-wikipedia/" rel="nofollow">Odia Loves Wikipedia</a> (Rising Voices, April 10, 2014). This was also published in <a class="text external" href="http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/04/12/el-idioma-oriya-ama-a-wikipedia/" rel="nofollow">Spanish</a> and in <a class="text external" href="http://ru.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/04/13/28775/" rel="nofollow">Russian</a>.</li>
<li><a class="text external" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/international-book-day/article5932673.ece" rel="nofollow">International Book Day</a> (The Hindu, April 21, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-april-23-2014-books-are-a-bridge-between-generations" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Books are a bridge between generations</a> (The Deccan Herald, April 23, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-april-23-2014-world-book-day" class="text external" rel="nofollow">World Book Day Report</a> (Vijaywani, April 23, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/eodishasamacharseminar-on-odia-language-in-new-delhi-by-the-intellects" class="text external" rel="nofollow">Seminar on Odia Language in New Delhi by the Intellects</a> (Odisha Samachar, April 24, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="text external" href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/delhi-meet-focuses-on-bhagabat-tungi-revival.html" rel="nofollow">Delhi meet focuses on Bhagabat Tungi revival</a> (The Pionee</li>
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<p>Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of six members, four based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Subhashish Panigrahi and Muzammiluddin Syed, one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi and one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (<a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</span></a>). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at<a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId"> </a><a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</span></a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>About CIS</b></h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Support Us</b><br />Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Request for Collaboration:</b><br />We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org">vishnu@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</p>
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<b>In the third issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are pleased to bring you updates from the Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project, reports of events organised in Kolkata, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan" target="_blank">Access to Knowledge (A2K) program</a> of CIS. In the third issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are pleased to bring you updates from the Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project, reports of events organised in Goa, and press coverage of the Kannada Wikipedia Workshop held in Mysore.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" target="_blank" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of three members based in Delhi: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team" target="_blank">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team" target="_blank">Nitika Tandon</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team" target="_blank">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and one member <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team" target="_blank">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> who is working from Bangalore office. <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team" target="_blank">Noopur Raval</a>, Programme Officer (Access to Knowledge) has resigned. April 24, 2013 was her last working day. Archives of our newsletters are <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at <a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</a>.</p>
<p><b>Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indic-wikipedia-visualisation-project-visualising-page-views-and-project-pages">Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #2: Visualising Page Views and Project Pages</a>.</li>
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<p><b>Guest Blog</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indian-wiki-women-history-month">Indian WikiWomen celebrate Women’s History Month</a> (by Netha Hussain, April 29, 2013).</li>
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<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-udupi-april-29-2013">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop</a> (April 29, 2013, Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the workshop and gave a talk on Kannada Wikipedia.</li>
</ul>
<p>Events Co-organised</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following events were organised in the month of March but reports were written during the month of April. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi held meetings with wikipedians:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wiki-meet-up-kolkata">Kolkata Wiki Community Meetup</a> (organised by CIS and Kolkata Wiki Community, March 14, 2013). </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-cuttack-community-meetup-march-16-2013">Odia Wikipedia - Cuttack Community Meetup</a> (organised by CIS and Odia Wiki Community, Cuttack, March 16, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-meet-up-bhubaneswar-march-17-2013">Odia Wikipedia – Bhubaneswar Community Meetup</a> (organised by CIS and Odia Wiki Community, Bhubaneswar, March 17, 2013). </li>
</ul>
<p>The following event was organised in the month of April. We will be publishing the report soon:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telegu-wiki-mahotsavam-2013">Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</a> (organised by Telugu Wikipedia Community and CIS, Hyderabad, April 9 – 11, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan was one of the trainers at the Wikipedia Academy at Centre for Good Governance on April 9, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan spoke about the Access to Knowledge work in one of the sessions of Wikimedia Meeting with Media Heads on April 10, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on A2K’s plans for the growth of Telegu Wikipedia in 2013-14 at the Telegu Wikipedia general meeting on April 11, 2013. Vishnu Vardhan also gave a talk about Access to Knowledge in the digital era at the Wiki Chaitanya Vedika on April 11, 2013.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Request for Collaboration</b><br />We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-april-2013'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-april-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-05-29T10:57:49ZPageAccess to Knowledge — September 2012 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-september-2012-bulletin
<b>This is the first newsletter from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. The issue introduces you to the CIS Access to Knowledge program, the team members in Delhi and reports from Workshops conducted by the Wikipedia community.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has awarded CIS a two-year grant of upto INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India:</p>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">Access to Knowledge Programme</a></h3>
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<li>The Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program has become the Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme of CIS. </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">CIS Office in Delhi</h3>
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<li>The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of four members: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Shiju Alex</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Noopur Raval</a>.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Statistical Report</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/indic-language-wikipedias-statistical-report-jan-june-2012">Indic Language Wikipedias – Statistical Report</a> (January – June 2012) (by Shiju Alex). The data for this report and analysis are based on the statistical data published at <a href="http://stats.wikimedia.org">http://stats.wikimedia.org</a>.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia Workshops</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="visualHighlight"><b>Note</b>: Although most of these workshops were conducted prior to the grant period, the reports for all of these were written during September, hence we are featuring these:</span></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/first-punjabi-wikipedia-workshop">The First Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop</a> (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 27, 2012). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-university-patiala">Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala</a> (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 28, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-amritsar">Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar</a> (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 30, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/report-of-the-wikipedia-workshop-in-british-library">Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, September 27, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-tumkur-university">Kannada Wiki Workshop at Tumkur University</a> (Tumkur, Karnataka, September 15, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-hyderabad-report">Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!</a> (by Noopur Raval, September 30, 2012). There was coverage in the <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/drumming-session/article3943855.ece">Hindu</a> on September 28, 2012.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entry</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/editor-growth-and-contribution-on-telegu-wikipedia">Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telugu Wikipedia</a> (by Nitika Tandon, September 29, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a>, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i> </i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Follow us elsewhere</h3>
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<li>Get short, timely messages from us on <a href="https://twitter.com/cis_india">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Join the CIS group on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/">Facebook</a></li>
<li>Visit us at <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/">http://cis-india.org</a></li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-september-2012-bulletin'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-september-2012-bulletin</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessNewsletter2012-12-14T06:18:01ZPageA Wikipedia Workshop at NMAIT
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-at-nmait
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi collaborated with Metawings Institute to spread the words about Wikipedia for Indian languages. A one-day workshop was organized to educated the students on contributing to Wikipedia on December 21, 2012. About 170 engineering students took part in this event.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop began with interaction with the students about their understanding. I asked few questions like what is Wikipedia, who edits articles on Wikipedia, is it paid or free, did they ever try to edit Wikipedia, etc. I took them through a presentation to explain basics of Wikipedia, five pillars, notability and copyright issues related to vandalism. One of the students were called to create his user account. Students were showed the simpler sign up process. To explain how articles are edited we introduced errors in the article on Bengaluru and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&diff=529072240&oldid=529071146">made it the capital of India for few minutes</a>! Students were explained how Wikipedia editors correct mistakes like these in real time and correct facts are published in Wikipedia. A majority of the students asked about the authenticity of articles which is open to anyone. So I got a chance to refresh the page and show how the error introduced was reverted within a few minutes.</p>
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<th><img src="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/ParticipantsatKarkala.png" alt="Participants at Karkala" class="image-inline" title="Participants at Karkala" /></th>
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<td style="text-align: center; ">Above is a picture of the participants from the Wikipedia Workshop at Karkala</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The session went on with such interaction and students were explained more about the importance of citing references to add credibility to the facts they can add on Wikipedia articles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We also had Dr. Ashok Kumar, prof, Computer science department, a wikipedian and columnist for Kannada newspaper <a href="http://www.udayavani.com/">Udaya Vani</a>. Dr. Kumar <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Outreach_Document_-_Kannada.pdf">introduced</a> Kannada Wikipedia to the students. At the end of the session I had a discussion with him about organizing more workshops for Kannada Wikipedia and supporting participant students. Special thanks to <a href="http://www.metawinggroups.com/">Metawings</a> for finding the venue and supporting for the event.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-at-nmait'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-at-nmait</a>
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No publishersubhaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-01-04T16:30:28ZBlog EntryA Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad
https://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team organized a Wikipedia workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Metawings on January 17, 2013. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the happenings from the one-day workshop in this blog post.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the soft skill development training program, RKGIT, an engineering college is working on a series of activities to empower the students with practical approach and competence for their professional life. We were invited to conduct a workshop for the students of mechanical engineering and help them understand the real reasons for contributions to Wikipedia as a volunteer.</p>
<p>Some of the focus areas we set for the workshop were:</p>
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<p>Active participation of teachers.</p>
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<p>Arrangement of internet labs with multiple IP addresses for smooth user account creation.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Around 65 mechanical engineering students from second and third year participated in this workshop. We began the workshop with an interactive discussion about their practical relation with Wikipedia as students and the usability and difficulties that they face. I presented about some important facts about Wikipedia and voluntary contribution in different ways. During and after the presentation students asked a lot of questions about the notability and authenticity of articles, collaboration vs. fights among editors, references and its significance, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There was a short break to make way for students to settle in the internet lab for a hands on training session. We faced problems with the LAN and 3G network for mobile broadband which made this session longer than expected. There were problems for creating accounts because of the Internet explorer and X based systems and the students couldn't create their user accounts. So, we had to manage with them contributing anonymously from IP addresses. Despite these unexpected technical problems all of them edited various articles. Some of them tried to vandalize and observe the quick reversal of the vandals.</p>
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<th><img class="image-inline" src="blog/resolveuid/c95b296397b746abae98c8b557344504/@@images/image/preview" /><br />Subhashish presenting about Wikipedia to the participants</th>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">I had a discussion with the director about conducting more such workshops, especially technical workshops where students can code and contribute to MediaWiki.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Quick links:</h3>
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<li>Presentation used for this workshop: <a class="external-link" href="http://www.slideshare.net/psubhashish/you-can-also-wikipedia">www.slideshare.net/psubhashish/you-can-also-wikipedia</a></li>
<li>English Wikipedia: <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org">http://en.wikipedia.org</a> (Click <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page&type=signup">here</a> to create an account on Wikipedia)</li>
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<h3>Presentation</h3>
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<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/16067135" width="427"> </iframe></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad'>https://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad</a>
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No publishersubhaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-01-22T03:09:25ZBlog EntryA Seminar on E-publishing of Odia Books
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/seminar-e-publishing-odia-books
<b>A seminar was organized by Molybtech Technology Solutions on November 30, 2014 for the betterment of Odia language and writers at Bhanja Kala Mandap.</b>
<p>Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the seminar as a speaker and shared his knowledge with the audience.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/news/seminar-e-publishing-odia-books'>https://cis-india.org/openness/news/seminar-e-publishing-odia-books</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessOdia WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2014-12-07T02:41:26ZNews Item[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards
<b>It's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions. </b>
<div style="text-align: justify; ">Our esteemed jury comprises of:</div>
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<li>Glen Barnes, Founder/CEO of MyTours and co-founder of Open New Zealand</li>
<li>Dominic McDevitt-Parks, Digital Content Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration</li>
<li>Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer, Centre for Internet and Society</li>
<li>Jane Park, Project Manager, Creative Commons</li>
<li>Lieke Ploeger, Community Manager, Open Knowledge Foundation</li>
<li>Merete Sanderhoff, Curator, National Gallery of Denmark</li>
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<div><b>Submissions are due Feb 23</b>.</div>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please submit your OpenGLAM projects!!! This is a volunteer driven process, and we throw a big award ceremony with lots of champagne at the annual AAM conference.</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://aam-us.org/about-us/grants-awards-and-competitions/muse-awards">More details here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards'>https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2015-05-27T14:08:55ZNews Item‘Entrepreneurship will become a common, respectable profession’ – 25 quotes from Indian startup journeys
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/your-story-madan-mohan-rao-october-23-2016-startup-journeys-quotes-respectable-profession
<b> From success to status, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 25 gems and insights from the week of October 16-22 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights!</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Madanmohan Rao was published by <a class="external-link" href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/startup-journeys-quotes-respectable-profession/">Your Story</a> on October 23, 2016. Subhashish Panigrahi was quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">When it comes to e-commerce, IoT will exceed overall expectations. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/iot-2018/" target="_blank">Avinash K Gautam, Silvan Innovation Labs</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Chat will play an important role in the future of communication for customer service. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/freshdesk-acquires-chatimity/" target="_blank">Girish Mathrubootham, Freshdesk</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The customer experience is important, especially when things go wrong. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/radhika-ghai-aggarwal-shopclues/" target="_blank">Radhika Aggarwal, ShopClues</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Organisations will have to prepare for a digital future and they will have to use technology skills that offer artificial intelligence and design thinking. <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/tcs-infosys-face-business-slowdown/" target="_blank">– Vishal Sikka, Infosys</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Design isn’t only about ‘wow’ features. Learn about user preferences and behaviour. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/five-avoidable-design-mistakes-startups-make/" target="_blank">Jay Dutta, SAIF Partners</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Overall, there are 30–40 million sarkari naukri aspirants in the country. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/sarkari-jobs/" target="_blank">Konark Singhal, Sarkari.Jobs</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The growth of energetic startups is sure to translate into growth for the agriculture sector if channelised appropriately. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/vibrant-agricultural-technological-innovation/" target="_blank">Varun Khurana, Crofarm</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Awareness with respect to organic food is on the rise. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/likhita-bhanu-terra-greens/" target="_blank">Likhita Bhanu, Terra Greens</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Almost 100 percent of adhoc transport still happens through truck stands or ‘nakas’. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/mahindra-smartshift/" target="_blank">Kausalya Nandakumar, SmartShift</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The opportunities to build connected mobility and electric vehicles in India are immense. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/ashok-leyland-dhl-electric-vehicles/" target="_blank">Chetan Maini, Reva</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We foresee a paradigm shift in corporate outlook towards on-site childcare. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/little-big-world/" target="_blank">Chirag Shah, Little Big World</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There is need for collective action towards bolstering growth for our cottage industry. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/parul-mehta/" target="_blank">Parul Mehta, Ishanya Foundation</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India has more than 250 million students enrolled in government and private schools. Unfortunately, more than 70 percent of children never complete their education. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/digital-transformation-in-india/" target="_blank">Anil Bhansali, Microsoft India</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Sales this festive season have probably not changed too much over last festive season. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/diwali-sales-how-much-can-you-take/" target="_blank">K.Vaitheeswaran, retail entrepreneur</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India has become our largest market outside of the Chinese mainland. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/xiaomi-india-diwali/" target="_blank">Lei Jun, Xiaomi</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There is no better time for anyone who can read and write in their native Indian language. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/indian-language-wikipedia/" target="_blank">Subhashish Panigrahi, Centre for Internet and Society</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Both men and women have to balance work and life, however, a woman is at the receiving end of prejudiced approaches more than men. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/shweta-jain/" target="_blank">Shweta Jain, William Grant & Sons</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Mistreating and disrespecting women doesn’t make a man cool, it makes him a monster. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/why-sunny-has-the-last-laugh/" target="_blank">Sunny Leone</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Social crowdfunding is here to change the face of social activism. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/internet-changing-face-social-good-india/" target="_blank">Piyush Jain, Impact Guru</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It’s beneficial that angel investing is considered sexy. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/putting-yourself-in-your-investors-shoes/" target="_blank">Siddhartha Ahluwalia, Babygogo</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Future growth depends on empowering people. Innovation and globalisation have created opportunity the likes of which has never before existed. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/industries-of-the-future/" target="_blank">Alec Ross, ‘The Industries of the Future’</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Live in the present and be grateful for what you have in life. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/only-a-minute-to-show-that-life-cancer/" target="_blank">Anni Sharma, SelfV Survivor</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Follow your dream and passion consistently. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/photosparks-follow-dream-shyamala-ramanand-akanksha/" target="_blank">Shyamala Ramanand, Akanksha</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Life’s not an easy journey. We live only once and we are responsible for own happiness. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/haritha-khandabattu-in-humans-of-amsterdam/" target="_blank">Haritha Khandabattu</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">If you solve a real problem, you will do well. And God knows we have a lot of problems to solve. – <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/suveen-sinha-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/" target="_blank">Suveen Sinha, ‘Tip of the Iceberg’</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Entrepreneurship should be a happy and joyous journey and a journey filled with purpose to be called truly successful. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/ashok-soota-entrepreneurship-simplified/" target="_blank">Ashok Soota, Happiest Minds</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Entrepreneurship will become a common, respectable profession. - <a href="https://yourstory.com/2016/10/bust-the-myth-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank">Sanjay Padode, DaRT</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/your-story-madan-mohan-rao-october-23-2016-startup-journeys-quotes-respectable-profession'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/your-story-madan-mohan-rao-october-23-2016-startup-journeys-quotes-respectable-profession</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-10-25T00:40:09ZNews Item‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’
https://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-way-to-preserve-valuable-literature-for-posterity
<b>Digitization is the only way to ensure preservation of valuable Odia books and old palm-leaf manuscripts for posterity, said eminent linguist Padmashri Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak while inaugurating the two-day Odisha Day celebration organized by the Odia Wikimedia Community at Jayadev Bhawan here today.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article was published in <a class="external-link" href="http://odishasuntimes.com/42293/digitisation-way-preserve-valuable-literature-posterity/">Odisha Sun Times</a> on March 29, 2014. Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Collaborative effort and open access to knowledge repositories can help enrich our language and culture”, Dr. Pattanayak said while taking part in the deliberations. He lamented the fact that the majority of current Odia publications are not available on the net.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Among others, Prof Udayanath Sahu, the editor of Odisha Review Lenin Mohanty, editor, Odisha Bhaskar, Pradosh Pattnaik, language researcher, Subrat Prusty from Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) and principal Dr Madan Mohan Sahu, Allhadmohini Mohanty, chairman, Manik-Biswanath Smrutinyasa along with the Trust’s secretary Brajamohan Patnaik, senior members Sarojkanta Choudhury and Shisira Ranjan Dash took part in the deliberations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">11 volumes of eminent Odia writer Dr Jagannath Mohanty were released in free Creative Commons licenses. Besides, a DVD containing a new Odia Unicode free font designed by <a href="http://www.odialanguage.com/" target="_blank">www.OdiaLanguage.com</a> a new Odia input tool, free software and offline Wikipedia were also released on the occasion.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">KISS will digitize these books by training its students, the organisers said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Odia Wikipedia admin Mrutyunjaya Kar gave the inaugural speech while Subhashish Panigrahi from the Centre for Internet and Society read out the annual report and the vision of Odia Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It was announced that the Odia WikiSource project will be activated soon.</p>
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