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Wikipedia Workshop for Kannada Science Writers
https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-for-kannada-science-writers
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with Wikimedia Chapter India and KRVP, Bangalore, is organizing a workshop for Kannada science writers at Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath Conference Hall in Banashankari, Bangalore on March 17, 2013. The one day workshop shall begin at 10 a.m. in the morning and will conclude at 5.00 p.m. in the evening. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will be participating in the event.</b>
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<p>The information was published in the Kannada wikipedia page <a class="external-link" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%A8/%E0%B3%AE#.E0.B2.AD.E0.B2.BE.E0.B2.97.E0.B2.B5.E0.B2.B9.E0.B2.BF.E0.B2.B8.E0.B2.B2.E0.B3.81_.E0.B2.87.E0.B2.9A.E0.B3.8D.E0.B2.9B.E0.B2.BF.E0.B2.B8.E0.B3.81.E0.B2.B5.E0.B2.B5.E0.B2.B0.E0.B3.81">here</a>.</p>
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<h1 class="firstHeading"><span dir="auto">ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ/೮</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸುವ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೧೭ರಂದು <a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%95_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9E%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81" title="ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು">ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ</a> ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಸೇರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದ ಸಂಪಾದನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಉಳ್ಳವರು, ಬ್ಲಾಗಿಗರು ಕೂಡ ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದು.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B2.B8.E0.B2.AE.E0.B3.8D.E0.B2.AE.E0.B2.BF.E0.B2.B2.E0.B2.A8.E0.B2.A6_.E0.B2.89.E0.B2.A6.E0.B3.8D.E0.B2.A6.E0.B3.87.E0.B2.B6">ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನದ ಉದ್ದೇಶ</span></h2>
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<li>ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಲೇಖಕರನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸುವುದು</li>
<li>ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ/ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕ್ರೂಡೀಕರಣ</li>
<li>ಮೂಲ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕಿ ತೆಗೆದು ಅವನ್ನು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಪಡಿಸುವುದು</li>
<li>ಕನ್ನಡದ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರಲೇ ಬೇಕಾದ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಬಂಧಿ ಪುಟಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ತಯಾರಿಸುವುದು</li>
<li>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುವಾದ ವಿಧಾನದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ-ಸಹಿತ ವಿವರಣೆ</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B2.AF.E0.B2.BE.E0.B2.B0.E0.B3.81_.E0.B2.AD.E0.B2.BE.E0.B2.97.E0.B2.B5.E0.B2.B9.E0.B2.BF.E0.B2.B8.E0.B2.AC.E0.B2.B9.E0.B3.81.E0.B2.A6.E0.B3.81">ಯಾರು ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದು</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಲೇಖಕರು, ಬ್ಲಾಗಿಗರು, ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರು, ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಗರು(ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಉಳ್ಳವರು)</p>
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<li><b>ಸ್ಥಳ</b>: <b>ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು<br /></b>ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಭವನ,<br /> ಕ.ರಾ.ವಿ.ಪ. ಸಭಾಂಗಣ<br /> ನಂ.24/2 ಮತ್ತು 24/3, 21ನೇ ಮುಖ್ಯರಸ್ತೆ,<br /> ಬನಶಂಕರಿ 2ನೇ ಹಂತಬೆಂಗಳೂರು - 560 ೦೭೦<br /> ಟೆಲಿಫ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ : 080 - ೨೬೭೧೮೯೫೯<br /> ದೂರವಾಣಿ : 080 - ೨೬೭೧೮೯೩೯</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>ದಿನಾಂಕ</b>: ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೧೭, ೨೦೧೩, ಭಾನುವಾರ (ಇಡೀ ದಿನ)</li>
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<td style="text-align:center; "><b>ಸಮಯ</b></td>
<td style="text-align:center; "><b>ಕಾರ್ಯಸೂಚಿ</b></td>
<td style="text-align:center; "><b>ಮಾತನಾಡುವವರು</b></td>
<td style="text-align:center; "><b>ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ, ಉಪಯೋಗ</b></td>
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<td>೯:೫೦ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ</td>
<td>ನೊಂದಣಿ</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರು/ಇ-ಅಂಚೆ/ಮೊಬೈಲ್/ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಕೆದಾರರ ಹೆಸರು ಜೊತೆಗೆ,<br /> ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದರ ಉದ್ದೇಶವನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಕಾರರ ಬಳಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿ</td>
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<tr>
<td>೧೦:೦೦</td>
<td>ಸ್ವಾಗತ</td>
<td>ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್/ಪವನಜ</td>
<td>ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಪ್ರತಿಪಲಾಪೇಕ್ಷೆಗಳ ವಿವರಣೆ</td>
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<td>೧೦:೧೫ - ೧೧:೧೫</td>
<td>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ</td>
<td>ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್</td>
<td>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಎಂದರೆ ಏನು?<br /> ಇದನ್ನು ಸಂಪಾದಿಸುವವರು ಯಾರು ಮತ್ತು ಏಕೆ?<br /> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಇತರೆ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು</td>
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<td>೧೧:೧೫ - ೧೧:೩೦</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">ಚಾ</td>
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<td>೧೧:೩೦ - ೧೨:೦೦</td>
<td>ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್</td>
<td>ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್</td>
<td>ಕ್ರಿಯೆಟೀವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ (Creative Commons) ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿವರಣೆ.</td>
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<td>೧೨:೦೦ - ೧೩:೦೦</td>
<td>ಪ್ರಾತ್ಯಕ್ಷಿಕೆ</td>
<td>ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್/ಪವನಜ</td>
<td>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸಂಪಾದಕ ಆಗುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ, ಸಂಪಾದಿಸುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ, ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ</td>
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<td>೧೩:೦೦ - ೧೪:೦೦</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">ಊಟ</td>
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<td>೧೪:೦೦ - ೧೪:೧೫</td>
<td>ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ೧೦೦೦ ಯೋಜನೆ ಪರಿಚಯ</td>
<td>ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್</td>
<td>ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡಿ,<br /> ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಪಾದನೆ, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳ ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆ, ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವಿಕೆ</td>
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<tr>
<td>೧೪:೧೫ - ಕೊನೆಯವರೆಗೆ</td>
<td>ಪ್ರಯೋಗ (hands-on)</td>
<td>ಎಲ್ಲರೂ</td>
<td>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ</td>
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<li>~<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Omshivaprakash" title="ಸದಸ್ಯ:Omshivaprakash">ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್</a><sup>/<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Omshivaprakash" title="ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Omshivaprakash">ಚರ್ಚೆ</a>/<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B7:Contributions/Omshivaprakash" title="ವಿಶೇಷ:Contributions/Omshivaprakash">ಕಾಣಿಕೆಗಳು</a></sup> ೦೬:೩೩, ೧೧ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೧೩ (UTC)</li>
<li><a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Pavanaja" title="ಸದಸ್ಯ:Pavanaja">Pavanaja</a> (<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Pavanaja" title="ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Pavanaja">talk</a>) ೦೭:೩೭, ೧೧ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೧೩ (UTC)</li>
<li><b><a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Sbblr0803" title="ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Sbblr0803"><span>ಅಭಿರಾಮ</span></a></b></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">ನೀವೂ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಲು ಇಚ್ಚಿಸುವುದಾದರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು # ಮುಂದೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಅಥವಾ ~ ಅನ್ನು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಭಾರಿ ಟೈಪಿಸಿ ಸಹಿ ಮಾಡಿ.</p>
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<li>ಟಿ. ಆರ್. ಅನಂತರಾಮು</li>
<li>ನಾಗೇಶ ಹೆಗಡೆ</li>
<li>ಹಾಲ್ದೊಡ್ಡೇರಿ ಸುಧೀಂದ್ರ</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Srimysore&action=edit&redlink=1" title="ಸದಸ್ಯ:Srimysore (ಪುಟವು ಇನ್ನೂ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ)">ಟಿ. ಜಿ. ಶ್ರೀನಿಧಿ</a> (<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Srimysore" title="ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Srimysore">talk</a>) ೦೮:೦೪, ೧೧ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೧೩ (UTC)</li>
<li>ಯಶಸ್ವಿನಿ</li>
<li>ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಎಸ್.</li>
<li>ಕೆ. ಎಸ್. ನಟರಾಜ (ಕರಾವಿಪ)</li>
<li>ಎ.ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ</li>
<li>ಕೊಳ್ಳೇಗಾಲ ಶರ್ಮ</li>
<li>ಜಿ. ವಿ. ನಿರ್ಮಲ</li>
<li><a class="new" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Akashbalakrishna&action=edit&redlink=1" title="ಸದಸ್ಯ:Akashbalakrishna (ಪುಟವು ಇನ್ನೂ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ)">Akashbalakrishna</a> (<a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Akashbalakrishna" title="ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Akashbalakrishna">talk</a>) ೦೯:೧೧, ೧೧ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೧೩ (UTC)</li>
<li>ನಾರಾಯಣ್</li>
<li>ವೈ. ಸಿ. ಕಮಲ</li>
<li>ಟಿ ಎಸ್ ಗೋಪಾಲ್</li>
<li>ಶ್ರೀಧರ ಬಾಣಾವರ</li>
<li>ಸುಮನ ದಿನಕರ್</li>
<li>ಟಿ ಎಸ್ ಶ್ರೀಧರ</li>
<li>ಡಾ| ವಸುಂಧರಾ ಭೂಪತಿ</li>
<li>ಗೀತಾ ಕೃಷ್ಣಮೂರ್ತಿ</li>
<li>ಎನ್.ಎ.ಎಂ. ಇಸ್ಮಾಯಿಲ್</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">ನೀವು ದೂರದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಂದ <b>ಯೂಟ್ಯೂಬ್ ಲೈವ್ ಸ್ಟ್ರೀಮಿಂಗ್</b> ಮೂಲಕ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದು. ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಿವರಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನದ ದಿನ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು # ಮುಂದೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಅಥವಾ ~ ಅನ್ನು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಭಾರಿ ಟೈಪಿಸಿ ಸಹಿ ಮಾಡಿ.</p>
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<li>ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಫಾರ್ ಇಂಟರ್ ನೆಟ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು</li>
<li>ವಿಕಿಮೀಡಿಯ ಇಂಡಿಯ ಚಾಪ್ಟರ್</li>
<li>ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು</li>
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<dl style="text-align: justify; "><dt style="text-align: justify; ">ಉಪಯುಕ್ತ ಕೊಂಡಿಗಳು</dt></dl><ol style="text-align: justify; "> </ol><ol style="text-align: justify; "> </ol>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-for-kannada-science-writers'>https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-for-kannada-science-writers</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2013-03-14T11:41:41ZEventSummary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-of-cis-workshop-on-dna-profiling-bill-2012
<b>On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.</b>
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<p><i>This research was undertaken as part of the 'SAFEGUARDS' project that CIS is undertaking with Privacy International and IDRC</i>.</p>
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<p>Think you control who has access to your DNA data? That might just be a myth of the past. Today, clearly things have changed, as draft Bills with the objective of creating state, regional, and national DNA databases in India have been leaked over the last years. Plans of profiling certain residents in India are being unravelled as, apparently, the new policy when collecting, handling, analysing, sharing and storing DNA data is that all personal information is welcome; the more, the merrier!<span> </span></p>
<p>Who is behind all of this? The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in India created the 2007 draft DNA Profiling Bill<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a>, with the aim of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was leaked which was created by the Department of Biotechnology. The most recent version of the Bill was drafted in April 2012 and seeks to create DNA databases at the state, regional and national level in India<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a>. According to the latest 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill, each DNA database will contain profiles of victims, offenders, suspects, missing persons and volunteers for the purpose of identification in criminal and civil proceedings. The Bill also establishes a process for certifying DNA laboratories, and a DNA Profiling Board for overseeing the carrying out of the Act.</p>
<p>However, the 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill lacks adequate safeguards and its various loopholes and overreaching provisions could create a potential for abuse. The creation of DNA databases is currently unregulated in India and although regulations should be enacted to prevent data breaches, the current Bill raises major concerns in regards to the collection, use, analysis and retention of DNA samples, DNA data and DNA profiles. In other words, the proposed DNA databases would not only be restricted to criminals…</p>
<h2><b>DNA databases...and Justice for All?</b></h2>
<p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6959954129_fefd0f928a.jpg" /></p>
<p class="italized">Source: <span> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertasacademica/">Libertas Academica</a> on flickr</p>
<p class="italized"><a class="external-link" href="http://dnaphenomena.blogspot.in/2011/05/dna-profiling.html"></a>Du<span>ring the workshop </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a><span>on the 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill, DNA</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a><span> was defined as a material that determines a persons´ hereditary traits, whilst DNA profiling</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn5">[5]</a><span> was defined as the processing and analysis of unique sequences of parts of DNA. Thus the uniqueness of DNA data is clear and the implications that could potentially occur through its profiling could be tremendous. The 2007 DNA Profiling Bill has been amended, yet its current 2012 version appears not only to be more intrusive, but to also be extremely vague in terms of protecting data, whilst very deterministic in regards to the DNA Profiling Board´s power. A central question in the meeting was:</span></p>
<blockquote class="italized"><i>Should DNA databases be created at all? </i></blockquote>
<p><i> </i></p>
<p>The following concerns were raised and discussed during the workshop:</p>
<h3>● The myth of the infallibility of DNA evidence</h3>
<p>The Innocence Project<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn6">[6]</a>, which was presented at the workshop, appears to provide an appeal towards the storage of DNA samples and profiles, as it represents clients seeking post-conviction DNA testing to prove their innocence. According to statistics presented at the workshop, there have been 303 post-conviction exonerations in the United States, as a result of individuals proving their innocence through DNA testing. Though post-conviction exonerations can be useful, they cannot be the basis and main justification for creating DNA databases. Although DNA testing could enable post-conviction exonerations, errors in matching data remain a high probability and could result in innocent people being accused, arrested and prosecuted for crimes they did not commit. Thus, arguments towards the necessity and utility of the creation of DNA databases in India appear to be weak, especially since DNA evidence is <i>not </i>infallible<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn7">[7]</a>.</p>
<p>False matches can occur based on the type of profiling system used, and errors can take place in the chain of custody of the DNA sample, all of which indicate the weakness of DNA evidence being used. DNA data only provides<i> probabilities</i> of potential matches between DNA profiles and the larger the amount of DNA data collected, the larger the probability of an error in matching profiles<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn8">[8]</a>.</p>
<h3>● <b>The non-criteria of DNA data collection</b></h3>
<p>How and when can DNA data be collected? The amended draft 2012 Bill remains extremely vague and broad. In particular, the Bill states that <i>all</i> offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws, such as the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, are applicable instances of human DNA profiling. Section B(viii) of the Schedule states that human DNA profiling will be applicable for offences under <i>´any other law as may be specified by the regulations made by the Board´</i>. This incredibly vague section empowers the DNA Profiling Board with the ultimate power to decide upon the offences under which DNA data will be collected. The issue is this: most laws have loopholes. A Bill which lists applicable instances of human DNA profiling, under the umbrella of a potentially indefinite number of laws, exposes individuals to the collection of their DNA data, which could lead to potential abuse.</p>
<h3>● <b>The DNA Profiling Board´s power</b></h3>
<p>The DNA Profiling Board has ´absolute´ power, especially according to the 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill. Some of the Board´s functions include providing recommendations for provision of privacy protection laws, regulations and practices relating to access to, or use of, stored DNA samples or DNA analyses<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn9">[9]</a>. The Board is also required to advise on all ethical and human rights issues, as well as to take ´necessary steps´ to protect privacy. However, it remains unclear how a Board which lacks human rights expertise will carry out such tasks.</p>
<p><b>No human rights experts</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p>Despite the various amendments<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn10">[10]</a> to the section on the composition of the Board, no privacy or human rights experts have been included. According to the Bill, the Board will be comprised of many molecular biologists and other scientists, while human rights experts have not been included to the list. This can potentially be problematic as a lack of expertise on privacy and human rights laws can lead to the regulation of DNA databases without taking civil liberties into consideration.</p>
<p><b>Vague authorisation for communication of DNA profiles</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p>The Bill also empowers the Board to ´authorise procedures for communication of DNA profiles for<i> civil proceedings</i> and for crime investigation by law enforcement and <i>other agencies</i>´<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn11">[11]</a>. Although the 2007 Bill <a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn12">[12]</a>restricted the Boards´ authorisation to crime investigation by law enforcement agencies, its 2012 amendment extends such authorisation to ´civil proceedings´ which can also be carried out by so-called ´other agencies´.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn13">[13]</a> This amendment raises concerns, as the ´other agencies´ and the term ´civil proceedings´ remain vague.</p>
<p><b>Protecting the public</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p>The Board is also authorised to ´assist law enforcement agencies in using DNA techniques to protect the public´<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn14">[14]</a>. Over the last years, laws are being enacted that enable law enforcement agencies to use technologies for surveillance purposes in the name of ´public security´, and the 2012 draft Bill is no exception. Many security measures have been applied to ´protect the public´, such as CCTV cameras and other technologies, but their actual contribution to public safety still remains a controversial debate<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn15">[15]</a>. DNA techniques which would effectively protect the public have not been adequately proven, thus it remains unclear how the Board would assist law enforcement agencies.</p>
<p><b>Sharing data with international agencies…and regulating DNA laboratories</b></p>
<p>In addition to the above, the Board would also encourage cooperation between Indian investigation agencies and international agencies<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn16">[16]</a>. This would potentially enable the sharing of DNA data between third parties and would enhance the probability of data being leaked to unauthorised third parties.</p>
<p>The Board would <i>also </i>be authorised to regulate the standards, quality control and quality assurance obligations of the DNA laboratories<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn17">[17]</a>. The draft 2012 Bill ultimately gives <i>monopolistic control</i> to the DNA Profiling Board over<i> all</i> the procedures related to the handling of DNA data!</p>
<h3>● <b>The DNA Data Bank Manager</b></h3>
<p>According to the 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn18">[18]</a>, it is the DNA Data Bank Manager who would carry out ´all operations of and concerning the National DNA Data Bank´. All such operations are not clearly specified. The powers and duties that the DNA Data Bank Manager would be expected to have are not specified in the Bill, which merely states that they would be specified by regulations made by the DNA Profiling Board.</p>
<p>The Bill also empowers the Manager to determine appropriate instances for the communication of information<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn19">[19]</a>. In other words, law enforcement agencies and DNA laboratories can request the disclosure of information from the DNA Data Bank Manager, without prior authorisation. The DNA Data Bank Manager is empowered to decide the requested data.</p>
<p><span> </span></p>
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<li><span>DNA access restrictions</span></li>
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<p> </p>
<p><span> </span><span>Are you a victim or a cleared suspect? You better be, if you want access to your data to be restricted! The 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn20">[20]</a><span>states that access to information will be restricted in cases when a DNA profile derives from a victim or a person who has been excluded as a suspect. The Bill is unclear as to how access to the data of non-victims or suspects is regulated.</span></p>
<h3>● Availability of DNA profiles and DNA samples</h3>
<p>According to the amended draft 2012 Bill<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftn21">[21]</a>, DNA profiles and samples can be made available in criminal cases, judicial proceedings and for defence purposes among others. However, ´criminal cases´ are loosely defined and could enable the availability of DNA data in low profile cases. Furthermore, the availability of DNA data is also enabled for the ´creation and maintenance of a<i> population statistics database</i>´. This is controversial because it remains unclear how such a database would be used.</p>
<h3>● Data destruction</h3>
<p>According to an amendment to section 37, DNA data will be kept on a ´permanent basis´ and the DNA Data Bank Manager will expunge a DNA profile only once the court has certified that an individual is no longer a suspect. This raises major concerns, as it does not clarify under what conditions individuals can have access to their data during its retention, nor does it give volunteers and missing persons the opportunity to have their data deleted from the data bank.</p>
<h2>Workshop conclusions</h2>
<p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3235/3080247531_bf04a5cbe5.jpg" /></p>
<p>Source: <span> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahb37/">micahb37</a> on flickr</p>
<p>The various loopholes in the Bill which can create a potential for abuse were discussed throughout the workshop, as well as various issues revolving around DNA data retention, as previously mentioned.<span> </span></p>
<p>During the workshop, some participants questioned the creation of DNA databases to begin with, while others argued that they are inevitable and that it is not a question of whether they should exist, but rather a question of how they should be regulated. All participants agreed upon the need for further safeguards to protect individuals´ right to privacy and other human rights. Further research on the necessity and utility of the creation of DNA databases in regards to human rights was recommended. In addition to all the above, the Ministry of Law and Justice was recommended to pilot the draft DNA Profiling Bill to ensure better provisions in regards to privacy and data protection.</p>
<p>A debate on the use of DNA data in civil cases versus criminal cases was largely discussed in the workshop, with concerns raised in regards to DNA sampling being enabled in civil cases. The fact that the terms ´civil cases´ and ´criminal cases´ remain broad, vague and not legally-specified, raised huge concerns in the workshop as this could enable the misuse of DNA data by authorities. Thus, the members attending the workshop recommended the creation of two separate Bills regulating the use of DNA data: a DNA Profiling Bill for Criminal Investigation and a DNA Profiling Bill for Research. The creation of such Bills would restrict the access to, collection, analysis, sharing of and retention of DNA data to strictly criminal investigation and research purposes.</p>
<p>However, even if separate Bills were created, who is to say that when implemented DNA in the database would not be abused? Criminal investigations can be loosely defined and research purposes can potentially cover anything and everything. So the question remains:</p>
<blockquote class="italized"><i>Should DNA databases be created at all? </i></blockquote>
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<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007, <a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/DNA_Bill.pdf">http://dbtindia.nic.in/DNA_Bill.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: Working draft versión – 29th April 2012,</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Centre for Internet and Society, <i>Analyzing the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012, </i>25 February 2013, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/analyzing-draft-human-dna-profiling-bill">http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/analyzing-draft-human-dna-profiling-bill</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> Genetics Home Reference: Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions, <i>What is DNA?, </i><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/dna"><i>http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/dna</i></a><i> </i></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref5">[5]</a> Shanna Freeman, <i>How DNA profiling Works, </i><a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/dna-profiling.htm"><i>http://science.howstuffworks.com/dna-profiling.htm</i></a><i> </i></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref6">[6]</a> Innocence Project, <i>DNA exoneree case profiles, </i><a href="http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/"><i>http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/</i></a><i> </i></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref7">[7]</a> Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), <i>Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (ALRC Report 96), </i>´Criminal Proceedings: Reliability of DNA evidence´, Chapter 44, <a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/44-criminal-proceedings/reliability-dna-evidence">http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/44-criminal-proceedings/reliability-dna-evidence</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref8">[8]</a> Ibid.</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref9">[9]</a> Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: Working draft version – 29th April 2012, Section 12(o, p, t), <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf">http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref10">[10]</a> Ibid: Section 4(q)</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref11">[11]</a> Ibid: Section 12(j)</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref12">[12]</a> Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007, Section 13, <a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/DNA_Bill.pdf">http://dbtindia.nic.in/DNA_Bill.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref13">[13]</a> : Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: Working draft version – 29<sup>th</sup> April 2012, Sections 12(j), <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf">http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref14">[14]</a> Ibid: Section 12(l)</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref15">[15]</a> Schneier, B.(2008), <i>Schneier on Security, </i>´CCTV cameras´, <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/cctv_cameras.html">http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/cctv_cameras.html</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref16">[16]</a> Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: Working draft version – 29<sup>th</sup> April 2012, Sections 12(u) and 12(v), <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf">http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/draft-dna-profiling-bill-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref17">[17]</a> Ibid: Section on the ´Standards, Quality Control and Quality Assurance Obligations of DNA Laboratories´</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref18">[18]</a> Ibid: Section 33</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref19">[19]</a> Ibid: Section 35</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref20">[20]</a> Ibid: Section 43</p>
<p><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/Documents/CIS%20blog%20on%20DNA%20Bills.docx#_ftnref21">[21]</a> Ibid: Section 40</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-of-cis-workshop-on-dna-profiling-bill-2012'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-of-cis-workshop-on-dna-profiling-bill-2012</a>
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No publishermariaWorkshopInternet GovernanceSAFEGUARDS2013-07-12T15:33:25ZBlog EntryA workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates
https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates
<b>Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates.</b>
<p>Spanned for three days—from August 16 through 18—54 students from the department of Telugu, Botany, Statistics and Physics edited articles related to Nobel laureates, improved the content quality and inserted images that were already there in Wikimedia Commons. There was a great balance of equal participation in the number of female and male students. During this sprint 124 existing articles on Telugu Wikipedia were improved and 118 of them saw images being added. Though it was challenging for me to manage so many participants, I was partly successful in mentoring some of the students who in turn helped their friends with basic editing.</p>
<p>Apart from educating the students about editing Wikipedia, I demonstrated about digitising “Kavitvatattva Vicharam”, a book authored by by Kattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy in 1913 and is considered as the first modern literary criticism in Telugu literature, on Telugu Wikisource. Some of the students tried to proof-read the book for the first time.</p>
There is a plan laid out to work with a small subset of these participating students again for different kind of academic-centric projects like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia">QRpedia</a> project. To keep the activity more regular, the students are are creating the missing Botany-related articles. We are hoping to work with remaining students at least once in every quarter.
A few recommendations for bettering the students’ understanding of Wikipedia and the community that Telugu Wikipedian <a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chaduvari">User:Chaduvari</a> had shared earlier came quite useful during this event. Based on his inputs I did my best elaborating the [Wikipedia] project structure and community dynamics to the new editors. Another long time Wikimedian <a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rajasekhar1961">Rajasekhar</a> followed up on the Wikisource activity remotely. B. Manikantha, a students from the Arts department shares, “Until now I always had a notion that Wikipedia might be some sort of entertainment website where we can listen to music and play games. But after attending this workshop I could understand how great it is as a learning platform. Also I learnt about one of our professors<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81"> Dr. Gumma Sambashivarao</a> who is a noted author, and how the articles about more such authors could be made available online in our language.” “It was fun translating articles in my favourite subject—war. I’m hoping to continue my contributions further”, he adds.
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More details in the <a href="http://goo.gl/8EjA1C">event page</a> on Telugu Wikipedia.
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates'>https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshTelugu WikisourceCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopTelugu Wikipedia2016-09-12T15:01:15ZBlog EntryFree Arduino Workshop (For Beginners)
https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore invites you to a hands-on-free Arduino workshop in its office on 3 March 2012. The workshop will be held from 11.00 a.m. to 3 p.m.</b>
<h2>What is Arduino?</h2>
<p>Arduino, an Italian name meaning "strong friend", is a popular "open-source electronics prototyping platform based around a microcontroller. It accepts inputs, such as signals from sensors (light, temperature, moisture, etc.) or data from the Internet or wireless devices, and sends output signals to devices, such as LEDS, motors, speakers, MIDI sequencers, computers, and so on."</p>
<p>In simpler terms: It is a ready-to-use creative platform, designed to provide interactivity between humans, smartphones, PCs, sensors and the physical world. It is especially a boon for creative people who don't have a technical background and want to translate their wildest techno-ideas to reality in a snap.</p>
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<p><a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/YrflS">A comic by Jody Culkin, introducing Arduino</a></p>
<h2>What can Arduino Do?</h2>
<p>Applications of Arduino could include anything under the sun, from making your LED lights glow in reaction to the weather to interactive punching bags: your imagination is the limit (besides the sensors).</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/lF1s8">Check what some folk did with a bunch of cameras for an amazing music video all in one day</a></p>
<p>For other examples, <a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/tkvJz">check out the Boing Boing listing</a></p>
<h2>Who can Attend?</h2>
<p>The workshop is especially meant for interaction designers, artists or anyone else enthusiastic to get started with creative projects and don't have prior experience with electronics, interfacing and all that hack talk. It would help to have a general understanding of instructional programming languages, but this shouldn't be a problem for starts as you will pick it up as we go along. Besides, we are super-friendly and patient folk who will assist participants to demystify geek code.</p>
<h2>Apply Now</h2>
<p>We have only 20 seats for this free workshop. Participants will work in groups of two. The workshop will last 4 hours, over a lunch break. All materials will be provided, and it would be great if you could get your laptop. </p>
<p>To apply please send a brief intro about yourself and why you think you will benefit from this to yelena@cis-india.org. Selected participants will be notified shortly.</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/2DM2j">A map, showing the location of CIS</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent TypeWorkshopVideo2012-04-28T04:07:50ZEventOpen Standards Workshop at IGF '09
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dcos-workshop-09
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh. The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the panellists were Sir Tim Berners-Lee of W3C, Renu Budhiraja of India's DIT, Sunil Abraham of CIS, Steve Mutkoski of Microsoft, and Rishab Ghosh of UNU-MERIT.</b>
<p>Sir Tim Berners-Lee started the session with an address on various rights. Rights, he noted can range from being things like the rights to air and water to the right not to have the data carrier you use determine which movie you watch. Then, there are tensions between rights: the right to anonymity can clash with the right to know who posted information on making a bomb. Berners-Lee stated that for 2009, he has chosen to pursue one particular right: the right to government-held data. This data can include everything from where schools are to emergency services such as locations of hospitals. Today, we are talking about standards. </p>
<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is a fifteen-year old body in which all kinds of people come together for purposes of setting standards around the World Wide Web. Thus, everything from HTML, which is used to write Web pages to WCAG, which are guidelines to enable people with disabilities access websites through assistive technologies. W3C conducts its discussions openly: anybody who has a good idea has a right to participate in its discussions -- it does not matter who one works for, who one represents -- what does matter are the ideas one brings to the table. The kinds of standards that W3C deals with are of interest to an immensely wide-ranging group of people. Even ten-year olds have actually expressed their opinions about standards like HTML. All this openness of participation must be guaranteed while ensuring that the processes move forward.</p>
<p>Next spoke Renu Budhiraja of the Department of Information and Technology, which is a part of the Indian government. She started off by hoping that this workshop would be not only a platform to share knowledge, but also to reach consensus on a few matters. Next, she laid out why open standards are extremely important for the Indian government. What citizens want in their interactions with the government are ease of interaction and efficiency. For them it is immaterial whether a certain service is provided by Department A or Department B. Thus we need to move towards a single-window government service for citizens, enabling them to interact easily with the government's various departments. While such an initiative must be centralized for it to be effective, it is crucial that its implementation be decentralized and suited to each district or localities' needs.</p>
<p>There is, understandably, a huge institutional mechanism behind ensuring that these systems are based on open standards. We have expert committees, consisting of academics and knowledgeable bureaucrats, and working groups, which include industry groups. Through these, we have evolved a National Policy on Open Standards, which is currently in a draft stage, but shall be notified soon. This policy outlines the principles based on which particular standards required for governmental functioning are to be chosen or evolved. This document will ensure long-term accessibility to public documents and information, and seamless interoperability of various governmental services and departments. It will also reduce the risk of vendor lock-in and reduce costs, and thus ensure long-term, sustainable, scalable and cost-effective solutions.</p>
<p>Ms. Budhiraja noted that there are a few aspects of the policy that bear discussion in a forum such as the IGF. First is the issue of whether royalty-free is the only choice for innovation. All other things equal, between royalty-free and reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) standards, of course royalty-free is to be preferred. But what if a superior technology (JPEG200 vs. JPEG) is RAND? What should the government's position be in such a case? Further, what should the government's position be when in a particular domain a RAND standard is the only option? </p>
<p>Next is the issue of single vs. multiple open standards. When interoperability is what we are aiming at, can multiple standards be recommended as some in the industry are asking us to do? And then is the issue of market maturity. The government sometimes finds itself in a situation where a standard is available, but well-developed products around that standard aren't and there aren't sufficient vendors using that standard. All these issues are of great practical importance when a government works on a policy document on standards.</p>
<p>Next up was Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of the Centre for Internet and Society. His presentation was on open standards as citizens' and consumers' rights. He started off by citing the example of the Smart Card Operating System for Transport Application (SCOSTA) standard, and the implications that the SCOSTA story has on large-scale projects such as the National Unique ID project currently under way in India. SCOSTA, an open standard, was being written off as unimplementable by all the MNC smart card vendors who wished to push RAND standards. IIT Kanpur helped the government develop a working implementation. Within twenty days, the card manufacturers submitted modified cards for compliance testing by NIC. Because of SCOSTA being an open standard, local companies also joined the tender. The cost went down from Rs. 600 per card to Rs. 30 per card. This shows the benefits of open standards as a means of curbing oligopolistic pricing, and working for the benefit of consumers.</p>
<p>From a rights-based perspective, access to the state machinery is a primary right. Citizens should not be required to pirate or purchase software to interact with the state. If e-governance solutions are based on proprietary standards, not all citizens would be equal. The South African example or requiring a particular browser to access the election commission's website shows that in a rather drastic fashion. When intellectual property interferes with governmental needs, governments have not been shy of issuing compulsory licences. This was seen when during the Great War the United States government pooled various flight-related patents and compulsorily licensed them, as well as what we are currently seeing with many Aids-related drugs being compulsorily licensed in developing countries. Thus, there are precedents for such licensing, and governments should explore them in the realm of e-governance. Many countries now have statutes that guarantee the right to government-held information. Government Interoperability Frameworks should take these into account, and mandate all government-to-citizen (G2C) information be transacted via open standards. This must be backed up by a strong accessibility policy to ensure that the governments don't discriminate between their citizens.</p>
<p>Proprietary standards act like pseudo-intellectual property rights, just as DRMs do. They add a layer on top of rights such as copyright, and can prevent the exercise of fair use and fair dealing rights because of an inability to legally negotiate the standards in which the content is encoded in a cost-free manner. In guaranteeing this balance between copyrights and fair dealing rights, free software and alternative IP models play a crucial role. Because of software patents being recognized in a few countries, development of free software which allows citizens to exercise their fair use rights is harmed in all countries.</p>
<p>Steve Mutkoski of Microsoft spoke next and placed the standards debate in a large context. He noted that standards are a technicality that are only a small part of the large issue which is interoperability in e-governance and delivery to citizens. The real challenges are organizational and semantic interoperability. Frequently interoperability is not harmed by technical issues, but by legal and organizational issues. Governments used to work on paper; during the shift to electronic data, they didn't engage in any organizational changes. Thus they continue to function with electronic data the same way that they did with paper-based data. Governments often lack strong privacy policies regarding the data that each of their departments holds. This harms governmental functioning. Additionally, legacy hardware and software have to be catered to by the standards we are talking about: sometimes an open standard just will not work. </p>
<p>Standards don't guarantee interoperability, and there is significant work done on this by noted academics ("Why Standards Are Not Enough To Guarantee End-to-End Interoperability" Lewis et al.; "Difficulties Implementing Standards" Egyedi & Dahanayake; "Standards Compliant, But Incompatible?" Egyedi et al.). Mandated standards lists will not help address interoperability issues between different implementations of the same standard. What would help? Transparency of implementations; collaboration with community; active participation in maintenance of standards, etc., would help. There is a need for continued public sector reform, with a focus on citizen-centric e-governance, and a need to engage with the question of whether government-mandated standards lists lead the market or follow the market.</p>
<p>Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, a senior researcher at UN University, Maastricht, spoke next. He started by noting that technical standards are left to technical experts. That needs to change, which is why discussing open standards at the IGF is important. He next set off a hypothetical: imagine you go to the city council office in Sharm el Sheik, and at the parking lot there it says that your car has to be a Ford if you are to park there; or if the Dutch government insists that you have a Philips TV if you are to receive the national broadcaster's signal. While these might seem absurd, situations like this arise all the time when it comes to the realm of software. Thus, the social effects of open standards are of utmost importance, and not just their technical qualities. Analysing the social effects of open standards takes us back to the economics of technology and technological standards. Technological standards exhibit network externalities: their inherent value is less than the value of others using them. Being the only person in the world with a telephone won't be very useful. Technological standards also exhibit path dependence: once you go with one technological format, it is difficult to change over to another even if that other format is superior to the first. Thus, clearly, standards benefit when there is a 'natural monopoly'. The challenge really arises when faced with the question of how to ensure a monopoly in a technology without the supplier of that technology exhibiting monopolistic tendencies. This can only be done when the technology is open and developed openly, of which the web standards and the W3C are excellent examples. If the technology or the process are semi-open, then because of the few intellectual property rights attached to the technology, some would be better off than others. Just as governments cannot insist on driving a particular make of cars as a prerequisite for access to them, they cannot insist on using a particular proprietary standard as a means of accessing them.</p>
<p>Many interesting questions arose when the floor was thrown open to the audience. "Should governments only mandate a particular standard when it is certain that market maturity exists?" Not really, since governmental decisions also give signals to the market and help direct attention to those standards. It would be best if roadmaps were provided, with particular under-mature standards being designated as "preferred standards", thus helping push industry in a particular direction. Examples where this strategy has borne fruit abound. This is also the strategy found in the Australian GIF. On the issue of multiplicity of standards, Sir Tim was very clear that they have to be avoided at all costs. He gave the example of XSLT and CSS, which are both stylesheet formats. He noted that their domain of operation was very different (with one being for servers and the other for clients), so having two standards with similar functions but different domains of operation does not make them multiple standards. Multiple standards defeat the purpose of the standardization process.</p>
<p>It was noted that governmental choices are of practical importance to citizens. During the Hurricane Katrina emergency, the federal emergency website only worked properly if Internet Explorer was used. How do we move forward? We must move forward by having policies that strike a balance between allowing for the natural evolution of standards and stability. The Government Interoperability Frameworks must be dynamic documents, allowing for categorization between standards and having clear roadmaps to enable industry to provide solutions to the government in a timely fashion. Governments must be strong in order to push industry towards openness, for the sake of its citizens, and not let industry dictate proprietary standards as the solution. Some opined that since there are dozens of domains that governments function in, maintaining lists of standards is a time-consuming process that is not justified, but others rebutted that by noting that for enterprise architectures to work, governments have to maintain such lists internally. Opening up that list to citizens and service providers would not entail greater overheads.</p>
<p><strong>Sunil Abraham talking Open Standards at IGF09</strong></p>
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No publisherpraneshOpen StandardsConsumer RightsDigital GovernanceFair DealingsFLOSSWorkshopOpenness2011-08-23T02:54:03ZBlog EntryOpen Video Summit
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-video-summit
<b>The Open Video Summit: A one-day workshop to explore issues of intellectual property and telecom policy for video is being organized by The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video Alliance and Magic Lantern on December 15, 2009 at TERI, Bangalore, from 9am to 6pm.</b>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video
Alliance and Magic Lantern are organizing a workshop on December 15,
2009.</p>
<p>This workshop in Bangalore—modelled after a similar <a href="http://openvideoalliance.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Video_Meeting_at_Yale_Law_School_%2810/31/08%29">meeting</a>
in October 2008 at Yale University—draws together experts from tech,
art, film, NGOs and business to explore the future of online video.</p>
<p><strong>When</strong>: December 15th, 2009</p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: The Energy and Resources Institute- Southern Regional Centre</p>
<p>(TERI-SRC)<br />4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage<br />Bangalore- 560071</p>
<p><strong>What</strong>: The Open Video Summit is a one-day workshop
to explore issues of intellectual property and telecom policy for
video. By inviting experts from different fields to participate in the
workshop, we aim to create a <a href="http://openvideoalliance.org/issues">framework</a> for
open video in India and to better understand how the online video
medium is developing. We also hope to expand the network of researchers
who have open video on the radar and to foster international
collaborations. We expect between 30-40 participants to attend.</p>
<p>Participants should bring some specialized knowledge or insight
about the state of online video to the event. The workshop is highly
interactive and its success will depend on the quality and dynamism of
our discussions. This workshop will in turn direct iCommons research
efforts in the area of online video policy.</p>
<p><strong>Why</strong>: We’re now surrounded by cameras in cellphones,
laptops, and everywhere else. Software and storage advances have made
video remix an emergent art form. For the first time, huge numbers of
people are communicating through video. Video is almost like a new
language, a new toolkit for self-expression. This has some pretty
profound implications.</p>
<p>But while sites like YouTube have enabled millions of people to
broadcast themselves, it offers just a glimpse into the future of the
online video medium. Heading into this future, the tools for creating,
manipulating, and sharing video must be available to everyone. And
while having community-developed, open source versions of these tools
is a critical charge, it’s only one part of a larger puzzle. Open video
requires that networks and technical, legal and business structures
support the ability of huge numbers of individuals to use video in ways
that go beyond just watching.</p>
<p>The Open Video Alliance was created to support industry coordination toward an <a href="http://openvideoalliance.org/wiki/index.php?title=Some_principles_for_open_video">open video ecosystem</a>.
OVA members develop free and open source software and conduct policy
research to support a more participatory video medium. The OVA also
coordinates the <a href="http://openvideoalliance.org/open-video-conference/">Open Video Conference</a>,
a multi-day summit of thought leaders in business, academia, art, and
activism to explore the future of online video. The first OVC was host
to over 800 guests, including 150 workshop leaders, panelists and
speakers. Over 8,000 viewers tuned in from home to watch the live
broadcast.</p>
<p><strong>Meeting Organizers:</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="http://openvideoalliance.org/"><em>Open Video Alliance </em></a>is a coalition of organizations devoted to creating and promoting</p>
<p>free and open technologies, policies, and practices in online video.
OVA founding members include Mozilla, the Participatory Culture
Foundation, Kaltura, iCommons, and the Yale Information Society Project.</p>
<p><a href="http://icommons.org/"><em>iCommons</em> </a>is a project-based incubator organization dedicated to promoting free culture and the global commons.</p>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/../../"><em>The Centre for Internet and Society</em></a>
critically engages with concerns of digital pluralism, public
accountability and pedagogic practices, in the field of Internet and
Society, with particular emphasis on South-South dialogues and exchange.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.magiclanternfoundation.org/"><em>Magic Lantern Foundation</em> </a>is a non-profit group working with media and human rights.</p>
<p><em>This meeting made possible with the support of the Ford Foundation.</em></p>
<p><strong>Working schedule:</strong></p>
<p>Morning: </p>
<ul><li>Keynote talk and brief discussion<span class="apple-tab-span"></span></li><li>Lightning presentations by selected participants<span class="apple-tab-span"></span></li><li><span class="apple-tab-span"></span>Breakout discussion groups</li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="apple-tab-span"></span>Film Screening</li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Space is limited. Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:conference@openvideoalliance.org">conference@openvideoalliance.org</a>, and feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to meeting you in Bangalore.</em></strong></p>
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No publisherradhaOpen ContentWorkshop2011-08-18T05:08:54ZBlog EntryOpenness, Videos, Impressions
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/OVSreport
<b>The one day Open Video Summit organised by the Centre for Internet & Society, iCommons, Open Video Alliance, and Magic Lantern, to bring together a range of stakeholders to discuss the possibilities, potentials, mechanics and politics of Open Video. Nishant Shah, who participated in the conversations, was invited to summarise the impressions and ideas that ensued in the day.</b>
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<p>The notion of free and open is under great debate even under
that, and I think even when you side with a camp, there are going to be further
splinters. There are many ways of defining the free and open, and I think that the
tension, rather than being resolved, needs to be sustained and creatively
perpetrated to keep an internal checks and balances on not getting carried away
with it. All the groups did indeed circle around this in different,
often tangential ways – that there is need to define, variously and almost
endlessly, in defining the context of the free that we are dealing with.</p>
<p>Open video, in that matter, has gone through different
iterations, and I think it is nice that different stakeholders have defined it
variously, and also looked at the problems that it might lead to. However, for
the sake of synthesis, I am going to let you have your own idea of free and
open but instead look at five key words which have emerged, in my selective
hearing, through the day: <strong>Access, Archive,
Share, Remix, Repurpose</strong>. And it is these five that we need to now
imbricate these concepts across different thematic that emerged in the groups
today.</p>
<p><strong>Access</strong> has been one primary question that almost everybody
dealt with; Access has its legacies in the Open and Free culture movements,
where technological access, dealing with questions of open standards and
content, of bandwidth and infrastructure. More interestingly, in an emerging
information society like India, there are other concerns of language, access,
privilege, bandwidth, education etc. To
contextualise access and to put it into different perspectives is something
that different participants have voiced the need for.</p>
<p><strong>Archive</strong> is a preoccupation with most people because
archiving has close relationships with knowledge and subsequently retrieval and
usage. If knowledge is being digitised so that it is made accessible to
different people, there are older questions of representation, voice,
empowerment, participation, ethics, privacy, ownership etc. Crop up. In
education archiving has to do with the curricula building and knowledge
production. In networking, collaboration and film making, it is the kind of
issues that pad.ma is trying to tackle with. It also leads to notions of
access, distribution etc.</p>
<p><strong>Sharing </strong>is what is almost defining the spirit of the Open
and Free culture movements. There is a need to understand and explore what
sharing means. When does it infringe laws and what kind of regulation needs to
be advocated so that sharing becomes possible. How does one overcome questions
of piracy, stealing, IPR etc? More interestingly, what do we share and who do
we share it with? Tools by which sharing
leads to innovation? How does it lead to new participation and learning
practices and pedagogies? What kind of open distribution models and networks
can be built up?</p>
<p><strong>Remix</strong> has been of great value because it means that you are
being converted into some sort of a stakeholder or a contributor to the
process. Networking and nodes, network-actor, collaborator , peer 2 peer – the
possibility of looking at questions of internet and digital traces is
interesting. Or imagine that the act of sharing is also a remix. Sometimes just
putting it into new contexts, making it available to newer constituencies, etc.
can also be looked upon as remixing. Remix as a knowledge production aesthetic
and mechanics seems to have emerged.</p>
<p><strong>Repurpose </strong>is my additional reading of something that perhaps
needs no mention to this group, but nonetheless needs flagging. The fact
remains, that the technology is not a solution in itself. It is a tool that
enables the solutions which one is seeking for. The processes, paradigms,
protocols and practices are indeed shaped and mediated by technologies and
there are new solution possibilities which are produced. However, there still
seem to be anxieties, concerns, questions and problems which are cropping up
and need to be addressed outside of technology but within technology ecologies.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/OVSreport'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/OVSreport</a>
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No publishernishantConferenceOpen StandardsArtWorkshopDigital AccessFLOSSOpen ContentArchivesOpennessOpen InnovationMeetingOpen Access2011-09-22T12:23:13ZBlog EntryDCOS Agreement on Procurement
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dcos-agreement-on-procurement
<b>On December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS), of which the Centre for Internet and Society is a member, released an agreement entitled the "Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards".</b>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dcos-agreement-on-procurement'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dcos-agreement-on-procurement</a>
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No publisherpraneshOpen StandardsInternet Governance ForumWorkshop2011-08-23T02:58:35ZBlog EntryWorkshop on Reforming the International ICT Standardization System
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-reforming-the-international-ict-standardization-system
<b>On Day 4, the last day, of the Internet Governance Forum, a workshop was conducted by the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards on the reforming the international ICT standardisation system. The panellists were Bob Jolliffe of Freedom to Innovate South Africa, Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, Ashish Gautam of IBM India, and Aslam Raffee, Chairperson of the Government IT Officers' Council, OSS Working Group, Republic of South Africa, who moderated the session.</b>
<p>Mr. Rafee, after introducing the panellists, laid out the parameters of the discussion. He noted that the discussion was not about "open standards" per se, but about the standardisation process.</p>
<p>Mr. Jolliffe noted that the main problems revolved around the question of legitimacy of the Standard Setting Organizations, which often arises from "standardisation by corporations" (a phrase coined by Martin Bryan), as shown by the representatives of the individual countries to the international bodies. For the international standardization process to acquire legitimacy, the national bodies need to do so first. A start can be made, Mr. Jolliffe noted, through simple steps like increase in stakeholder participation beyond vendors, full disclosure of institutional affiliations at the standardisation bodies, better streamlining of processes such as the fast-track system, and full and clear disclosures with regard to IP licensing terms would help in increasing accountability and legitimacy of standard setting organizations.</p>
<p>He also indicated that financial transparency, modernisation of processes (including remote participation), regulation of proportional influence of private interests, a code of best practices and innovation in patent searches, full interest disclosures, and clear display of IPR policies of committees would help in increasing the openness of standards.</p>
<p>Mr. Abraham chose to focus on the national standardization processes, and the lessons that can be learnt from those. He highlighted that the discussions around open standards were really discussions about standards followed by public institutions. He analogized the situation to private houses vs. the public road infrastructure, noting how the road infrastructure cannot be private. Ensuring that the public infrastructure was open to all, he said, was the important role played by the standardisation process. He went on to highlight the importance of open standards as a lever in the hands of governments which can be used to fix monopoly situations, as it was in the case of SCOSTA smart card standard, where the use of an open standard led to a drop in price from Rs.600 to Rs.30 and increased the number of vendors from 3 to 12. He then narrated a number of "stories" from India, Pakistan and Malaysia to show the various forms of weaknesses within the national standard setting processes. He further concluded that countries with weak institutions are the ones less likely to support open standards.</p>
<p>Mr. Abraham added the need to adopt common definitions of "open standards" and transparency of processes and encouragement of remote participation as suggestions for the standardization system.</p>
<p>Mr. Gautam from IBM India chose to talk about the standards principles that the company follows, and the need for reform of the standardization processes.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-reforming-the-international-ict-standardization-system'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-reforming-the-international-ict-standardization-system</a>
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No publisherpraneshOpen StandardsWorkshop2011-08-23T02:56:30ZBlog EntryCivic Hacking Workshop
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/civic-hacking-workshop
<b>CIS, with the UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, and Google India, is organizing a workshop on open data (or the lack thereof) and 'civic hacking'.</b>
<p>The UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, Google India and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore are organizing a 'Civic Hacking Workshop' on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, bringing together civic-minded technologists who've been working with governmental data in India and Britain.</p>
<p>The workshop will discuss the problems of obtaining data, especially in India, the technological solutions that these various groups have encountered, the difficulties of technology as a mass-based civic solution, and the visions that these groups have for a more engaged civil society and the contributions they seek to make to the public.</p>
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<p>The people attending are, from India (Bangalore):</p>
<ol><li>Alok Singh (Akshara Foundation)</li><li>Shivangi Desai (Akshara Foundation)</li><li>Arun Ganesh (Geohackers / National Institute of Design)</li><li>A. Pandian (Mapunity)</li><li>Sridhar Raman (Mapunity)</li><li>S. Raghavan Kandala (Mapunity)</li><li>Thejesh GN (Janaagraha / Infosys)</li><li>Sushant Sinha (IndianKanoon.com / Yahoo)</li><li>Vijay Rasquinha (Mahiti)</li><li>P.G. Bhat (SmartVote.in)<br /></li><li>Pranesh Prakash (CIS)</li><li>Raman Jit Singh Chima (Google)</li></ol>
<p><br />And from Britain:</p>
<ol><li>David McCandless (Information Is Beautiful)</li><li>Harry Metcalfe (TellThemWhatYouThink.org / Open Rights Group)</li><li>Tim Green (Democracy Club)</li><li>Edmund von der Burg (YourNextMP)</li><li>Rohan Silva (Special Adviser to the PM)</li></ol>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/civic-hacking-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/civic-hacking-workshop</a>
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No publisherpraneshOpen DataWorkshopDigital GovernanceOpenness2011-08-23T03:14:03ZBlog EntryPunjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-university-patiala
<b>Patiala is the home to the famous Punjabi University. A Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Punjabi University's Punjabi Department on August 16, 2012.
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">When the veteran Punjabi wikipedian G.S. Guglani agreed to come forward to spread the message of Punjabi wikipedia among Punjabi speakers it opened a way to revive and build the Punjabi Wikipedia community. Once Guglani's support was confirmed we looked for suitable places to conduct the introduction workshop for Punjabi Wikipedia. Guglani himself suggested Patiala, Ludhiana, and Amritsar as the probable places to conduct the Punjabi Wikipedia introduction workshops. Prof. Rajinder Brar, Head of the Punjabi Department agreed to provide full support to conduct a workshop at Patiala. <br /><br />About 30 participants including students and teachers attended the workshop. Guglani played a pivotal role in organizing the workshop. Shiju Alex gave ample support. The workshop began with a welcome message by Prof. Rajinder. Guglani then took the participants through a brief presentation (<a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/Rnki2r">http://bit.ly/Rnki2r</a>) and explained the history and current status of Punjabi Wikipedia. To our surprise two of the participants, Satdeep Gill and Paramjeet Singh were already aware about the Punjabi Wikipedia and they had created their accounts sometime back even though they didn't do much editing. The presence of Satdeep and Paramjeet and their previous experience with Punjabi helped us during the course of the workshop. Guglani taught one of the participants to create a user account and do the wiki editing. He showed them Punjabi typing and basic wiki editing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This was followed by a question-answer session where the participants asked about typing, editing, referencing and many other contribution related questions. The workshop ended with a small photo session.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are happy to share that Satdeep has become quite active after this workshop and as of now is one of the very active users in Punjabi Wikipedia. We are sure his presence will attract more Punjabi people from Patiala to Punjabi Wikipedia.</p>
<p>More pictures of this workshop is available at: <a class="external-link" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Punjabi_Wikipedia_Workshop-16Aug2012">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Punjabi_Wikipedia_Workshop-16Aug2012</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Note:</b> Although the workshop was conducted prior to the grant period, the report was written in the month of September, and hence, we are featuring this.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-university-patiala'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-university-patiala</a>
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No publisherShiju Alex and Subhashish PanigrahiOpennessWorkshopAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2012-10-04T12:18:36ZBlog EntryWikipedia comes to Hyderabad!
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-hyderabad-report
<b>This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The city of Hyderabad is not only an IT hub but also home to many English and Indian language Wikipedians. In a recent series of weekend workshops and meet-ups conducted within the city, I had the opportunity to interact with many of them. We conducted a Wikipedia workshop at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, an Odia Wikipedia workshop as well as a general Wikipedia workshop for people interested in contributing to all language Wikipedias. I would like to convey my gratitude to the Computer Science department students at BITS, Hyderabad, Odia Wikipedians Swetapadma and Amaresh and English Wikipedians Tausif and Abhijith for making these events happen despite festivities and protests in the city.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">To provide a brief report on the events, the BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad workshop was organized as a general introduction to Wikipedia. The event was organized with the support of the Computer Science department at the college and saw a presence of more than 60 students. It was 2 hour session where 6 students created their Wikipedia user accounts and entered their names on the BITS project page. They were also shown how Wikis work – live and global.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Students were encouraged to make changes to their college article and they discovered how to view recent changes, page views and other functions. It was a particularly informative session because majority of the group did not know that Wikipedia articles are written by common people from all walks of life! The session ended with a proposal to start a Wiki club for their college. The Odia Wikipedia meetup organized on the same day registered 11 participants while the general meetup on the next day had over 20 participants. In all three workshops, the majority of participants were not aware how one could contribute to Wikipedia articles.</p>
<h3>Next steps:</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It was great to see existing Wikipedians discuss the idea of having a Hyderabad SIG (special interest group) to conduct regular meetings, workshops, photo walks and more! Since the participants have shared their email-IDs, we will stay in touch and inform them about upcoming Telugu and English editing workshops. Students at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad have also requested a Wikipedia workshop and hackathon for their upcoming techfest this month. A Telugu Wikipedia workshop has been proposed for the second week of October.</p>
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<p>For more information on how to conduct a Wikipedia workshop in your city, you could contact <a href="mailto:noopur@cis-india.org">noopur@cis-india.org</a></p>
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<p>There was newspaper coverage about this event:</p>
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<li>Wiki Meetup, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/drumming-session/article3943855.ece">Hindu</a>, September 28, 2012</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-hyderabad-report'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-hyderabad-report</a>
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No publishernoopurAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-02-13T11:40:06ZBlog EntryWikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad
<b>The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society was approached by Gaurav Prashar, Assistant Dean at Inmantec College, Ghaziabad to organize a Wikipedia workshop. Accordingly, a workshop was organized on October 17, 2012.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It was quite overwhelming to see the amount of effort the institution had put in to organize this event. It took place in a large auditorium which was well equipped with all modern facilities like projector, internet, good sound system, each student had a laptop with access to stable internet connection.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Over 120 participants attended the workshop including MCA, BCA, BBA students and faculty members. The workshop included a brief introduction about - what is Wikipedia, who edits Wikipedia, why do they edit Wikipedia, how can one contribute to Wikipedia articles. The presentation was followed by a hands on editing training session where some participants created usernames and tried minor editing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">During the session participants also created a new article, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmantec" target="_blank">Inmantec</a>, and have taken it as a challenge to edit and improve this article over the period of next one month.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Participants listening to the proceedings at the Wikipedia workshop</p>
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<p><br />The session was highly interactive and students asked a lot of queries regarding other projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation, when and who started Wikipedia, the demographics of existing Wikipedia editors, edit wars, collaborative editing, how they can participate in other activities organized by the A2K team and more.</p>
<p>Towards the end of the session many students showed interest to organize a follow up workshop where they could get to know about Wikipedia Clubs and how they could initiate one at Inmantec college.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Overall, the workshop was a huge success. The A2K team will be in regular touch with the participants through mail and Facebook to provide editing support. The participants will also be sent regular invites about Wikipedia events organised in NCR. The follow up session might be organized sometime in the month of November. Please watch out for more updates.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center; ">Presentation being given during Wikipedia workshop held in Ghaziabad</p>
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<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="141" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lOqLqPE-MrE" width="300"></iframe></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad</a>
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No publishernitikaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopVideoOpenness2013-01-07T16:30:36ZBlog EntryLaunch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-program
<b>The Assamese Wikipedia community has shown a rapid growth in the past six months from 20 active editors in January 2012 to 29 active editors in June 2012. The absolute numbers might seem low but in terms of percentages its an overwhelming increment of 45 per cent.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This increment can partly be credited to the photography and article contest, conducting workshops at various educational institutions and organic community growth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Though Assamese Wikipedia is still a small project with about 1600 articles, the Assamese Wikipedians have the drive, willingness and zest to get more editors and multiply their community. Their enthusiasm and determination has led them to start with an Assamese Wikipedia Education Program. The program was launched on October 14, 2012 with 15 masters students (90 per cent of these are women students) under the guidance of Prof. Dulumoni Goswami, Head of the Department of Education, <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati_University">Guwahati University</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The day before the launch some of the Assamese Wikipedia editors including Jyoti and Durbhajyoti met to design and alter the Wikipedia Education Program for Assamese Wikipedia. It was decided that the entire program will be divided in four different stages which are as follows:</p>
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<li>Stage 1: Introduction to Wikipedia + Introduction to Education Program + Assamese typing</li>
<li>Stage 2: Editing Assamese Wikipedia</li>
<li>Stage 3: Advanced editing including adding references, headers, TOC and wiki markups</li>
<li>Stage 4: Concluding the Education Program</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">In accordance with each of these stages there will be set of deliverables expected out of the students which are as follows:</p>
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<li>Deliverable 1: Create Wikipedia user accounts and user pages</li>
<li>Deliverable 2: Submit a two-page typed article in Assamese</li>
<li>Deliverable 3: Students will select one article each and start editing their articles</li>
<li>Deliverable 4: Students will continue enhancing their articles and will start adding references, wiki markups and pictures, if desired.</li>
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<p>Assamese Wikipedia Education Program initiated in Guwahati University</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">On Oct 14, 2012 at 11 a.m., the program was initiated with an introduction about Assamese Wikipedia and Wikipedia Education Program. Students were completely thrilled with the idea of them contributing to Wikipedia articles and created their usernames during the session. Since students were not familiar with Assamese typing a larger part of the session was dedicated to teach students on how to type in Assamese using Rudali. As a deliverable, students will be submitting two-page article typed in Assamese on paper before the first week of November. Thereafter, a second in-class session will be organized where students will be taught editing Assamese Wikipedia.</td>
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<p style="text-align: center; ">Students learn Assamese typing using typing tool Rudali.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">All the students have willingly enrolled themselves in the program and have not been forced by the faculty members. Indeed, three students were not studying in Guwahati University but still wanted to be a part of the Assamese Education Program. A loud cheer and good wishes to the Assamese Wikipedia community!</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-program'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-program</a>
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No publishernitikaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopVideoOpenness2013-07-26T11:43:37ZBlog EntryMalayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-august-october-update
<b>Three months back, I wrote a blog post (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/) about the inauguration of the Wikipedia education program in Malayalam Wikipedia. This program is the first of its kind in an Indic language, and Malayalam community is doing the program in collaboration with the IT@School, a project of the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala, setup in 2001, to foster the IT education in schools. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Three months have passed since the last report in English (regular updates in Malayalam) about the program have been shared with the Malayalam wiki community during this period. Here is a brief update about this ongoing program. The <a class="external-link" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/">July report</a> was mainly about the inauguration of the project in the Government Higher Secondary School, Anchal West, Kollam, and a few details about the plans of the community regarding this project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Wikipedia education program was inaugurated by the IT@School director, Abdul Nasar Kaipanchery on July 14, 2012. After two weeks, we conducted a Malayalam Wikipedia introduction workshop for the students and teachers of Anchal West School. Almost 150 participants including students and teachers attended this workshop. After the workshop students were asked to write an article (on paper in Malayalam) about any topic related to Anchal and submit it to the education program coordinator, Sateesh R. Veliyam, a teacher in that school. Satheesh is also a Malayalam wikipedian. Students were given three weeks to submit the article on paper. Nearly 100 students submitted the articles and the project coordinator (with inputs from other Malayalam Wikipedia community members) shortlisted 34 students for the Wikipedia education program. The selection of the students for this program was based on their writing skills in Malayalam, the interest in this voluntary project, and other skills needed for this time bound Wikipedia education project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A meeting was conducted with the selected students on August 9 in the school computer lab. As Malayalam Wikipedians knew that the major roadblock for students to start wiki editing in Malayalam would be Malayalam typing (in fact this is the case with all Indic languages) we decided to teach Malayalam typing to students on a priority basis. A printout of the Malayalam Inscript layout was given to the students. The Inscript layout was selected because that is part of the syllabus in Kerala. Students were asked to practice Malayalam typing and learn it within the next two months. From that day onwards students were practising Malayalam typing at school and making a steady progress.</p>
<p>Some recent developments are listed below:</p>
<h3>September 8</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Students are back to school after the Onam vacation. The progress on their Malayalam typing is evaluated. Malayalam Wikipedians, Kannan Shanmugham and Sugeesh visited students and addressed them. They discussed the potential articles that could be created as part of this project. They also helped few students to create their user names in Malayalam Wikipedia. After addressing the students they also visited some famous people in Anchal, other places, and some organizations to collect reference books and other information related to this project. The collection of reference materials from library, personal collections, and from panchayat office is vital for this project as these are the only places from where we can get any reliable information regarding the different topics that students plan to write.</p>
<h3>October 1</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As Malayalam typing and the collection of information and reference materials were in progress we received an important book authored by Dr. P. Vinayachandran which had a lot of information about Anchal. Students who achieved a minimum level of expertise in Malayalam typing and those who had created user accounts started editing in Wikipedia. On October 1, four new articles were created by the students who had learned Malayalam typing.</p>
<h3>October 12</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Shiju Alex visited the school students to see the progress of the project, interacted with them, and welcomed them to Malayalam Wikipedia. Since all of them had acquired a minimum level of expertise in Malayalam typing, we decided to create usernames for all of them. So on that day we created accounts and user pages for all the 34 students who were included in the project.</p>
<h3>October 13</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All the students who were part of the project reached Kollam to participate in a one-day Malayalam Wikipedia editing workshop. The program started at 10 a.m. Malayalam wikipedians Binu, Sugeesh, Kannan Shanmugham, Ajay Balachandran, Akhil, and Shiju Alex participated in this workshop. It was organized to assist students in getting started with Malayalam Wikipedia, introduce them to basic wiki editing and other related stuff. Apart from providing support for all basic needs, students were also introduced to "talk pages" and the basic policies of Wikipedia which would help them to get started with the project. We finished this one-day workshop at 3.30 p.m. by taking a group photo. A detailed report (in Malayalam) regarding this one day workshop can be read from <a class="external-link" href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B5._%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D">here</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://cis-india.org/Itschoolmal_wiki10.JPG/image_preview" alt="Students attending Malayalam wikipedia workshop" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Students attending Malayalam wikipedia workshop" /><br />Students doing Malayalam wiki editing</p>
<h3>October 14</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Malayalam Wikipedians Sateesh, Sugeesh, Shiju, and our new wikipedian Anathu P. Sankar visited the Rehabilitation Plantation Limited [RPL] which is an important institution near Anchal and is one of the article being developed as part of this project. We met a few key people who provided some references about RPL. It was decided that students who were working on the articles related to RPL will visit again to collect more information about the project.</p>
<p>As of today some of the important progress the main progress made on the project are is listed below:</p>
<ul>
<li>All students have created their accounts.</li>
<li>All students have created their user pages.</li>
<li>Most students created or edited articles that they were planning to contribute.</li>
<li>Students with the help of their teacher, Satheesh continue collecting reference materials on topics they plan to write.</li>
<li>Students continue editing in Malayalam whenever they get access to computer and internet.</li></ul>
<p>Some of the things that need to be kept in mind regarding this project are:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The project is done entirely on a voluntary basis. No separate time is allocated for students to participate in this project.</li>
<li>Thirty-four students are part of this and most of them are from ninth standard.</li>
<li>Out of the 34 students, 7 are girl students.</li>
<li>Out of 34 students only 10 students have got computers at home.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Kerala schools are using free software for computers. They use a customized version of Ubuntu in computer labs. It is easy to configure Malayalam typing in that. Technically all 34 students need to depend on the five computers available (computers with internet facility) in the school computer lab to practice Malayalam typing, wiki editing, and do the other tasks related to the project. And the lack of regular access to computer and internet is affecting the smooth progress of the project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As separate time is not allocated for this project, students who are
part of this project are working on it either during intervals, lunch
time, during early hours before the start of the school, or by staying
late after the school working hours. Since we have only around five
computers with internet in the school lab, students need to divide and
share the timing among themselves. Many of them come to the school on
Saturdays and Sundays to participate in the project.</p>
<p>Few important links related to this project:</p>
<ul>
<li>The master project page of this program is available<a class="external-link" href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B5._%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE"> here</a>.</li></ul>
<ul>
<li>The list of students participating in this program is available <a class="external-link" href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B5._%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE">here</a></li>
<li>The list of articles that students started or enhancing as past of this project is available <a class="external-link" href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B5._%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%BE">here</a></li>
<li>The progress report of the project in Malayalam is regularly updated <a class="external-link" href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B5._%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D">here</a></li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>We will keep you posted about the updates from this project as and when it happens. Malayalam community is planning to complete this project (student editing) by the third or fourth week of November</em>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-august-october-update'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-august-october-update</a>
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