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Train-the-Trainer 2019 at Vishakhapatnam
https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2019-at-vishakhapatnam
<b>Train-the-trainer 2019 (TTT 2019), residential training program to groom leadership among the Indian Wikimedia community members, is going to happen in Visakhapatnam during 31 May, 1 and 2 June 2019 at Fairfield by Marriott Hotel at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">TTT 2019 is the 6th iteration in the earlier iterations happened in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Based on internal needs-assessment conducted annually by CIS-A2K tweaks and improvises the design and expected outcomes of TTT every year. This year, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2018_-_June_2019/Skill_Building_Initiatives#Annual_Train-the-Trainer">A2K planned</a> to involve communities or community members in planning, and organizing the event to be more transparent. This year A2K has two major changes in organising the TTT.</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span>Indic communities were asked to take part in the bidding process in order to </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2019/Bids">express interest </a><span>to host this iteration of TTT. Based on the bidding process, this year A2K is going to collaborate with </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VVIT_WikiConnect">VVIT Wikiconnect</a><span> to host TTT 2019 in Visakhapatnam.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Wikimedians from various language and project communities showed interest to attend TTT 2019. The jury considered these applications and selected 24 participants from 13 language and project communities. A2K involved Experienced Indian Wikimedians who are not part of CIS-A2K in the jury. Apart from the details provided by applicants over application form jury members made attempts to know more about participants and reached out some of them over brief telephone calls. Based on set parameters and analysis jury made decisions. Find the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2019#Participants">selected participants’ list</a><span> here.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e1a35ed5-7fff-8fd6-c765-2b6b3e8cb367"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Please find </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2019"><span>the event page</span></a><span> for further details.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2019-at-vishakhapatnam'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2019-at-vishakhapatnam</a>
</p>
No publisherpavanCIS-A2KEventAccess to Knowledge2019-05-24T02:21:19ZEventYouths come forward to augment Assamese Wikisource project
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/northeast-now-may-17-2019-youths-come-forward-to-augment-assamese-wikisource-project
<b>Assamese Wikisource is a sister-project of Assamese Wikipedia, where Assamese books with expired copyrights are available.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The blog post was published in <a class="external-link" href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/youths-come-forward-to-augment-assamese-wikisource-project.html">NE NOW NEWS</a> on May 17, 2019.</p>
<hr style="text-align: justify; " />
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In order to take the <a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-decision-to-include-assamese-language-in-kvs.html">Assamese</a> Wikisource project forward, few young men and women of the state involving in different fields, recently gathered in Guwahati to attend a workshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Assamese Wikisource is a sister-project of Assamese <a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/tripura/tripura-cm.html">Wikipedia</a>, where Assamese books with expired copyrights are available. The project owned by Wikimedia Foundation was launched in 2013.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 14 volunteers from across the state participated in the workshop hosted by Centre for Internet and Society-Access to knowledge (CIS-A2K) in a city hotel.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Two experts–Jayanta Nath from Kolkata and Tito Dutta from Bangalore–were present as trainers for the workshop, say organisers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The two-day event was coordinated by Gitartha Bordoloi, a physician based in Silchar and the administrator of Assamese Wikipedia and Wikisource.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Wikisource sources hosts books, plays, lyrics, letters etc which are available in open source,” says an organiser.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">PDF or similar files are added to Wikisource which are then converted to unicode form so that every information becomes searchable on the internet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In addition to books that are hitherto copyright free, new books can also be donated by authors and can be added to the field.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Everyone can access and contribute to this collaborative project. Presently, Assamese Wikisource stands at ninth position out of eleven Indic languages. This can be due to less Wikisource projects and also lack of contributors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In addition to the basic navigation on Wikisource, the participants learnt searching and uploading public domain works, using OCR to get the texts, correcting errors and creating final product for the readers, he says.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As a part of the workshop, the participants fully digitised three old Assamese books within a few hours. They also discussed the future aims, perspectives and goals of Assamese Wikipedia and Wikisource.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As a result of their persistent efforts, works of <a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/satriya-exponent-basistha-dev-sarma-gets-srimanta-sankardev-award.html">Srimanta Sankardev</a> and Madhabdev, <a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-renovation-for-assamese-writer-lakshminath-bezbaroas-house-begins.html">Lakshminath Bezbaroa</a>, Jyotiprasad Agarwala, Rajanikanta Bordoloi, Hiteshwar Barbarua and some others are now available on Assamese Wikisource.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">With the target of digitizing the books by an author in every one or two months, the volunteers have mulled to digitize the works of Padmanath Gohain Baruah, a luminary of Assamese literature.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/northeast-now-may-17-2019-youths-come-forward-to-augment-assamese-wikisource-project'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/northeast-now-may-17-2019-youths-come-forward-to-augment-assamese-wikisource-project</a>
</p>
No publisherNE NOW NEWSWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2019-05-21T16:03:43ZNews ItemProject Tiger 2019 Coordinator position open
https://cis-india.org/jobs/project-tiger-2019-co-ordinator-position-open
<b>To contribute to support, and coordinate of the work of the Project Tiger, we are looking for a creative, dedicated individual to join the team as a coordinator. Please note that women, especially those from socioeconomically marginalized communities, and women who are returning to work after a hiatus will be given preference.</b>
<h2 id="docs-internal-guid-01812897-7fff-d2bd-9fd3-137f0bc1811c" style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Project Background</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">In India, Wikipedia exists in<a href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects"> 23 Indian languages</a>. All of these Wikipedias are in the early growth phase having a range of articles from few thousands to 100,000+ articles. The typical size of an Indian language community is only to have around or less than 100 people making 5+ edits every month. While there are many social economic and technical reasons for the size and activity of the Indian language communities, learnings from successful projects in the past have demonstrated that we can provide specific interventions to support these communities.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Many active Indian language Wikipedia editors tend to contribute more actively when they are provided support for contributing equipment and internet expenses. This was evident from the success of the pilot program<a href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Equipment_Lending_and_Community_Support"> initiated by the Wikimedia India chapter</a>. The recently launched<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program"> hardware donation program</a> also had a lot of interest from the Indian region.</p>
</li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Wikipedia communities usually show interest participating in contests and edit-a-thons. Well known examples are<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month"> Wikipedia Asian Month</a>,<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Punjab_Edit-a-thon"> Punjab edit-a-thon</a>,<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month-2016"> Women’s history month</a>.</p>
</li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">More than 80% edits of all Wikipedias are made by around 2% editors of the community. While many editing promotion activities aspire to attract new editors who are hard to retain, we can sustain more editing activity by empowering existing active editors.</p>
</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Combining these insights, we propose to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages by launching this pilot program which will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Responsibilities</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The CIS-A2K team is primarily based in the Bangalore office of CIS, and the Project Tiger coordinator, henceforth PTC, will be expected to work out of the same office.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To support and drive outreach of the work being done by the CIS-A2K team, the PTC will be responsible includes but not limited to:</p>
<ol style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting Project tiger related communication, documentation and coordination</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting Project Tiger Chromebook disbursal.</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting internet stipend distribution and reimbursement.</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting creation and updation of statistics.</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Feedback collection and surveys.</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Logistics coordination of offline events.</p>
</li></ol>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Characteristics of a coordinator</h2>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Accountability</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Awareness and sensitivity regarding issues of gender and sexuality</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Critical appreciation of open knowledge initiatives</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Effective communication</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Inclusive collaboration</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Intellectual curiosity and openness</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Respect for diversity</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Strong cross-cultural competency</p>
</li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Ability to learn-at-work, especially about the Wikimedia ecosystem</p>
</li></ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Eligibility criteria</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">These are the eligibility criteria</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Basic criteria</h3>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>Graduate in any discipline</li>
<li>Fluent in English and excellent communication skills in English and working knowledge (or better) of at least one other Indian language </li></ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Technical</h3>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Basic understanding of functioning of Wikipedia, and ideally of other Wikimedia projects too</p>
</li></ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Location and Remuneration</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The position is based out of the Bangalore office of CIS.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Monthly remuneration will be decided after selection. Expected monthly remuneration is around INR 28,000. As this is a consultant position, no other benefit is available</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Application Process</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">We invite interested (and eligible) candidates to apply for the position before 7 June 2019 sending us the following documents to tito+ptc2019@cis-india.org (do not miss +ptc2019 part from the email id, it is a filter for us) with “Application for Project Tiger (Coordinator)” as the subject:</p>
<ol style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Cover letter (2 pages): This should introduce your relevant academic, professional, and other experiences, and describe the kind of work you look forward to do as part of the CIS-A2K team. We strongly recommend reading the Supporting Indian Language Wikipedia Project page[<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program">1</a>] on Meta while writing this cover letter, as well as for preparation for the interview to follow (if you are shortlisted for interview).</p>
</li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">CV: This should provide details of your academic, professional, and other achievements</p>
</li></ol>
<hr />
<h3 style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Footnotes:</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">[1] - <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/jobs/project-tiger-2019-co-ordinator-position-open'>https://cis-india.org/jobs/project-tiger-2019-co-ordinator-position-open</a>
</p>
No publishergopalaJobsAccess to Knowledge2019-05-27T06:28:38ZPageProject Tiger 2019 Coordinator position open
https://cis-india.org/a2k/project-tiger-2019-coordinator-position-open
<b>To contribute to support, and coordinate of the work of the Project Tiger, we are looking for a creative, dedicated individual to join the team as a coordinator. Please note that women, especially those from socioeconomically marginalized communities, and women who are returning to work after a hiatus will be given preference.</b>
<h2 id="docs-internal-guid-01812897-7fff-d2bd-9fd3-137f0bc1811c" dir="ltr">Project Background</h2>
<p dir="ltr">In India, Wikipedia exists in<a href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects"> 23 Indian languages</a>. All of these Wikipedias are in the early growth phase having a range of articles from few thousands to 100,000+ articles. The typical size of an Indian language community is only to have around or less than 100 people making 5+ edits every month. While there are many social economic and technical reasons for the size and activity of the Indian language communities, learnings from successful projects in the past have demonstrated that we can provide specific interventions to support these communities.</p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Many active Indian language Wikipedia editors tend to contribute more actively when they are provided support for contributing equipment and internet expenses. This was evident from the success of the pilot program<a href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Equipment_Lending_and_Community_Support"> initiated by the Wikimedia India chapter</a>. The recently launched<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program"> hardware donation program</a> also had a lot of interest from the Indian region.</p>
</li></ul>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Wikipedia communities usually show interest participating in contests and edit-a-thons. Well known examples are<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month"> Wikipedia Asian Month</a>,<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Punjab_Edit-a-thon"> Punjab edit-a-thon</a>,<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month-2016"> Women’s history month</a>.</p>
</li></ul>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">More than 80% edits of all Wikipedias are made by around 2% editors of the community. While many editing promotion activities aspire to attract new editors who are hard to retain, we can sustain more editing activity by empowering existing active editors.</p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">Combining these insights, we propose to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages by launching this pilot program which will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Responsibilities</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The CIS-A2K team is primarily based in the Bangalore office of CIS, and the Project Tiger coordinator, henceforth PTC, will be expected to work out of the same office.</p>
<p> To support and drive outreach of the work being done by the CIS-A2K team, the PTC will be responsible includes but not limited to:</p>
<ol><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting Project tiger related communication, documentation and coordination</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting Project Tiger Chromebook disbursal.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting internet stipend distribution and reimbursement.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Supporting creation and updation of statistics.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Feedback collection and surveys.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Logistics coordination of offline events.</p>
</li></ol>
<h2> Characteristics of a coordinator</h2>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Accountability</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Awareness and sensitivity regarding issues of gender and sexuality</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Critical appreciation of open knowledge initiatives</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Effective communication</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Inclusive collaboration</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Intellectual curiosity and openness</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Respect for diversity</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Strong cross-cultural competency</p>
</li></ul>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Ability to learn-at-work, especially about the Wikimedia ecosystem</p>
</li></ul>
<h2 dir="ltr">Eligibility criteria</h2>
<p dir="ltr">These are the eligibility criteria</p>
<h3 dir="ltr"> Basic criteria</h3>
<ul><li>Graduate in any discipline<br /></li><li>Fluent in English and excellent communication skills in English and working knowledge (or better) of at least one other Indian language
</li></ul>
<h3> Technical</h3>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Basic understanding of functioning of Wikipedia, and ideally of other Wikimedia projects too</p>
</li></ul>
<h2 dir="ltr">Location and Remuneration</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The position is based out of the Bangalore office of CIS.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Monthly remuneration will be decided after selection. Expected monthly remuneration is around INR 28,000. As this is a consultant position, no other benefit is available</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Application Process</h2>
<p dir="ltr">We invite interested (and eligible) candidates to apply for the position before 10 June 2019 sending us the following documents to tito+ptc2019@cis-india.org (do not miss +ptc2019 part from the email id, it is a filter for us) with “Application for Project Tiger (Coordinator)” as the subject:</p>
<ol><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Cover letter (2 pages): This should introduce your relevant academic, professional, and other experiences, and describe the kind of work you look forward to do as part of the CIS-A2K team. We strongly recommend reading the Supporting Indian Language Wikipedia Project page[<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program">1</a>] on Meta while writing this cover letter, as well as for preparation for the interview to follow (if you are shortlisted for interview).</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">CV: This should provide details of your academic, professional, and other achievements</p>
</li></ol>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Footnotes:</h3>
[1] - <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program</a>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/project-tiger-2019-coordinator-position-open'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/project-tiger-2019-coordinator-position-open</a>
</p>
No publishergopalaJobsAccess to Knowledge2019-06-10T15:29:58ZBlog EntryCIS-A2K Communication Officer position
https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k-communication-officer-position
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications only from prospective candidates who identify themselves as women, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications, the position is also known as Communication Officer), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team.</b>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Context of the CIS-A2K programme</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">As an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s sister project, we design and implement different projects with an aim to create high quality content and cultivate new contributors to Wikimedia projects. The projects will be premised on themes and seek to create a multilingual repository of knowledge using Wikimedia projects as a knowledge platform. You are encouraged to deeply engage with the CIS-A2K work plan before making the application. You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will be a part of a small team of 5 to 10 doing high visibility and high impact work. Please learn more about CIS-A2K <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K">here</a>. </p>
<h2>Position summary</h2>
<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e872459b-7fff-84b8-c620-88d7bf2f0d83">As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals -- growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates -- that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside.</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e1fd20a7-7fff-39c5-20f7-8e9f6d9d7042">The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team.</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-be5f9d88-7fff-7637-6768-87a401727f45">
<h3 dir="ltr">Characteristics of the Programme Officer</h3>
<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-12a50210-7fff-dea5-baaa-ba732c04ecea">
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent commitment to Wikimedia movement’s community-led nature.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, universities, philanthropic and private sector.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Responsibilities</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English media, and anything beyond.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge repositories.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in particular.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the team better work collaboratively with the community.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter">monthly newsletters</a> and other places.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own languages.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.).</p>
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Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikipediansSpeak">WikipediansSpeak</a> [1] project and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in the media</span></div>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Required skills</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">Graduate with a strong track record of success in high performance organisations, preferably in non-profits.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Experience could be during studies or after, primarily in blogging, writing organisation reports, managing social media for organisations, interviewing and covering people’s stories in mainstream media.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Prior experience of working in a collaborative community, preferably and open one like Wikipedia and in online.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Good understanding of the basics of organisational programme design and management.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin the success of Wikipedia. Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of how Wikipedia works in interviews).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Experience working in a global, multicultural and diverse team environment will be preferred.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Must be fluent in English and at least in one Indian language.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A good understanding of the cultural and knowledge universe of the Indian language communities.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Location: The position is based out of the CIS’s Bangalore office.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Remuneration: Compensation structure will be determined by the level of expertise, experience and current remuneration.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">To apply, please send your resume to Tito Dutta (tito+po2019@cis-india.org) by 4 June 2019. Please do not miss the +po2019 part in the email, that is an email filter for us)</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k-communication-officer-position'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k-communication-officer-position</a>
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No publishertitoJobsAccess to Knowledge2019-06-04T06:45:28ZBlog EntryWikidata Advisor (Consultant) position open
https://cis-india.org/a2k/wikidata-advisor-consultant-position-open
<b>The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society is seeking applications for the position of Wikidata Advisor (consultant), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme.
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<p><span style="text-align: justify;">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from prospective candidates for the position of Wikidata Advisor, to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. </span></p>
<p><span style="text-align: justify;">The position will be either based in CIS’ Bangalore office No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071, or the advisor may be remotely located (must be in India) also. </span></p>
<h2><span style="text-align: justify;">Position summary</span></h2>
<p><span style="text-align: justify;">As a Wikidata advisor you will </span><span style="text-align: justify;">work closely with the CIS-A2K Team on the work-plan to improve and support Wikidata community in India.</span></p>
<h2><span style="text-align: justify;">Characteristics of a Project Advisor</span></h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">High level of commitment: The person should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Willing to travel: The advisor must regularly travel within India to conduct and support Wikidata workshops and events. This also includes meetings with different institutions, and CIS team meetings.</p>
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Responsibilities</h2>
<div>A Wikidata advisor's responsibility includes but not limited to:<br />
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Supporting Indic Wikidata communities in all possible wiki-ways such as helping in community-planned Wikidata activities, </li><li>
Conducting national-level/zonal workshops in India </li><li>Creating movement resources (such as handbooks, help videos, manuals) based on community needs-assessment </li><li>Sharing Wikidata's global best practices among Indian communities, </li><li>Wikidata India IRC conducting
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<h2> Eligibility criteria</h2>
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<ul><li>The person must have knowledge about Wikidata project, Wikidata activities in India, different Wikimedia projects such as Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia etc</li><li>The person must have active involvement on Wikidata and experience</li><li>The person must have knowledge at least intermediate level knowledge about Sparql/query creation (required for workshops, and on-Wiki query support</li><li>The person must know about/have experience of working with tools like QuickStatement, Mix'n'Match, Tabernacle, OpenRefine and other important tools frequently used on Wikidata</li></ul>
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<h3>Plus</h3>
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<ul><li>prior experience of conducting Wikidata-related event (such as data-thon) will be considered a plus.</li><li>prior experience of working with database will be considered as a plus</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Location: The position is based out of the CIS’s Bangalore office or remote (applicant must be residing in India during the working period)</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Remuneration</h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Remuneration will be decided after selection. Expected monthly remuneration is around INR 32,000. As this is a consultant position, no other benefit is available</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Apply</h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">If you want to apply for this position, please send your CV and a letter to tito+wikidata2019@cis-india.org (do not miss +wikidata2019 part from the email id, it is a filter for us). </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Your letter/document should narrate your experience and works in details. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Please also write, what makes you interested to apply for the position, and some of your ideas to improve Wikidata projects in India. The last date apply for this position is 31 May 2019. Appointment will be based on expert opinion, and review.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/wikidata-advisor-consultant-position-open'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/wikidata-advisor-consultant-position-open</a>
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No publishertitoJobsAccess to Knowledge2019-05-19T15:32:55ZBlog EntryAhmedabad Wikisource Workshop
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/vishwavihar-may-13-2019-ahmedabad-wikisource-workshop
<b>Report of the Ahmedabad Wikisource workshop published in Vishwavihar. </b>
<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Meetupaheval.jpg/@@images/ec22eb98-eb9e-4b9b-9ab4-47ee17baf395.jpeg" alt="Ahmedabad Workshop" class="image-inline" title="Ahmedabad Workshop" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center; ">Above: Report of the Ahmedabad Wikisource workshop published in Vishwavihar, a mouthpiece of Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/vishwavihar-may-13-2019-ahmedabad-wikisource-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/vishwavihar-may-13-2019-ahmedabad-wikisource-workshop</a>
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No publisherAdminWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2019-05-13T01:38:31ZNews ItemWikipedia assignments workshop for Post Graduate students in PAH Solapur University
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-3-2019-wikipedia-assignments-workshop-for-pg-students-pah-solapur-university
<b>On May 3, 2019, Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) along with PAH Solapur University conducted a Wikipedia workshop for students from the post-graduate stream in PAH Solapur University. Ten students from Mass Communication department and three faculty members participated in the workshop. Prof. Ravindra Chincholkar and Subodh Kulkarni were the facilitators for the workshop.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K is working in collaboration with PAH Solapur University, Solapur in Maharashtra on Wikimedia projects. The Mass Communication and Journalism departments are involved in content generation on Marathi Wikipedia & Commons for the last two years. In 2019, the department has given assignment in the form of Wikipedia articles for Post graduate course. The primary objectives of the workshop were:</p>
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<li>To review the articles by students. The articles are given as assignment by Mass Communication department.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Mass Communication department has involved students in Marathi Day and Independence Struggle edit-a-thons conducted by Marathi Wiki community. After this experience of Wikimedia projects, the faculty decided to give assignments on the theme - Newspapers & notable editors in pre-independence era. The students explored offline & online references for the content. They first prepared the articles in Word document, which were verified by faculty and A2K representative. The manual of style, using citoid for references and Wikipedia pillars were explained. After the verification of content, the articles were uploaded on Marathi Wikipedia. About 40 articles were created by 10 students and two faculty members. As the stories of editors and journalists in the British period were full of sacrifice & adventure, the students got inspiration also. The faculty reviewed the assignment completion process with the stakeholders in the last session. The department has decided to plan the process more systematically in the next academic year. It has also decided to replicate this methodology for other departments in the university.</p>
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<p><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wikipedia_assignments_workshop_for_Post_Graduate_students_in_PAH_Solapur_University">This was originally published on Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-3-2019-wikipedia-assignments-workshop-for-pg-students-pah-solapur-university'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-3-2019-wikipedia-assignments-workshop-for-pg-students-pah-solapur-university</a>
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No publishersubodhWikimediaWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia Education2019-06-22T03:21:39ZBlog EntryWIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions-1
<b>Anubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore.
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<p>For more info about the event, <a class="external-link" href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=433213">click here</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions-1'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions-1</a>
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No publisherAdminCopyrightAccess to KnowledgeWIPO2019-06-05T13:34:54ZNews ItemWIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions
<b>Anubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore. The event was co-organized by Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore Cooperation Programme and WIPO. </b>
<p>More info on the programme <a class="external-link" href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=433213">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/wipo-regional-seminar-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions</a>
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No publisherAdminAccess to KnowledgeWIPO2019-05-04T02:23:57ZNews ItemApril 2019 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/april-2019-newsletter
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for April 2019.</b>
<h3><span>Highlights for March 2019</span></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">The unprecedented growth of the fintech space in India has concomitantly come with regulatory challenges around inter alia privacy and security concerns. Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/aayush-rathi-and-shweta-mohandas-april-30-2019-fintech-in-india-a-study-of-privacy-and-security-commitments">have co-authored a report</a> which has analysed the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies operating in India to better understand some of these concerns.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">In today’s increasingly digitized world where an increasing volume of information is being stored in the digital format, access to data generated by digital technologies and on digital platforms is important in solving crimes online and offline. One such mechanism for international cooperation is the Convention on Cybercrime adopted in Budapest (“Budapest Convention”). Vipul Kharbanda <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/vipul-kharbanda-april-29-2019-international-cooperation-in-cybercrime-the-budapest-convention">has provided a deeper analysis</a> on this in his research paper.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS has responded to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry. CIS has found severe issues with the proposed agreement. These centre around the removal of price caps and imposing obligations being currently deliberated in an ongoing Policy Development Process. Akriti Bopanna <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/akriti-bopanna-april-28-2019-cis-response-to-icanns-proposed-renewal-of-org-registry">drafted the response</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion released a draft e-commerce policy in February for which stakeholder comments were sought. CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-response-to-call-for-stakeholder-comments-draft-e-commerce-policy">responded to the request for comments</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ananth-subray-april-15-2019-cis-a2k-proposal-to-wikimedia-foundation-for-2019-2020">has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020</a> to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for drafting this proposal.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: justify; ">In 2017–2018, the </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" style="text-align: justify; " title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a><span style="text-align: justify; "> (WMF) and Google collaborated to start a pilot project in India, working closely with the </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K" style="text-align: justify; " title="CIS-A2K">Centre for Internet and Society</a><span style="text-align: justify; "> (CIS) and the </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India" style="text-align: justify; " title="Wikimedia India">Wikimedia India</a><span style="text-align: justify; ">chapter (WMIN). <span style="text-align: justify; ">This project, titled Project Tiger was aimed at encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. </span>CIS-A2K team submitted Project Tiger final report.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: justify; ">The <a href="https://medium.com/rawblog">r@w blog </a>features works by researchers and practitioners working in India and elsewhere at the intersections of internet, digital media and society, and highlights and materials from ongoing research and events at the researchers@work programme at CIS. On the r@w blog we featured an essay titled <a href="https://medium.com/rawblog/the-internet-in-the-indian-judicial-imagination-4b7434bd2353">'The Internet in the Indian Judicial Imagination'</a> by Divij Joshi, as part of a series on <a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/call-for-essays-studying-internet-in-india">Studying Internet in India (2015)</a>; and audio recording of a session titled <a href="https://medium.com/rawblog/objectsofdigitalgovernance-ec4194a24bb">#ObjectsofDigitalGovernance </a>by Khetrimayum Monish Singh, Rajiv K. Mishra, and Vidya Subramanian which was part of the <a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/irc17">Internet Researchers Conference, 2017.</a><br /></span></li>
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<h3>Jobs</h3>
<p>CIS is hiring:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cis-a2k-finance-officer-call-for-application">CIS-A2K Finance Officer: Call for application</a> (Only women candidates).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/internship">Internship</a><span> - applications accepted throughout the year.</span></li>
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<h3><br />CIS and the News</h3>
<p>The following news pieces were authored by CIS and published on its website in January:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-april-3-2019-shyam-ponappa-delayed-cash-flows-and-npas">Delayed Cash Flows and NPAs</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; April 3, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-april-16-2019-gurshabad-grover-to-preserve-freedoms-online-amend-it-act">To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act</a> (Gurshabad Grover; April 16, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-april-21-2019-nishant-shah-getting-through-an-election-made-for-social-media-gaze">Digital Native: Getting through an election made for the social media gaze</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; April 21, 2019).</li>
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<h3><br />CIS in the News</h3>
<p>CIS was quoted in these news articles published elsewhere:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-sai-sachin-ravikumar-april-3-2019-reddit-telegram-among-websites-blocked-in-india">Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India, say internet groups</a> (Sai Sachin Ravikumar; Business Standard; April 3, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/quartz-india-aria-thaker-april-4-2019-data-leaks-and-cybersecurity-should-be-an-election-issue-in-india">Data leaks could wreak havoc in India, so why aren’t they an issue this election?</a> (Aria Thaker; Quartz India; April 4, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-sweta-akundi-april-8-2019-microchips-cookies-and-the-internet-privacy-authentication">Cookies, not the monster you may think</a> (Sweta Akundi; Hindu; April 8, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/india-today-april-17-2019-gulam-jeelani-tik-tok-craze-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-city">TikTok craze a ticking time bomb for city</a> (Gulam Jeelani with inputs from Priyanka Sharma and Ajay Kumar; India Today; April 17, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ananya-bhattacharya-quartz-india-april-19-2019-india-bans-tiktok-over-porn-but-not-facebook-twitter-instagram">Almost every social network has a porn problem—so why is India banning only TikTok?</a> (Ananya Bhattacharya; Quartz India; April 19, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/leon-kaiser-netzpolitik-april-24-2019-jugendschutz-und-cyber-grooming-indisches-gericht-hebt-eigenen-tiktok-bann-wieder-auf">Child protection and cyber-grooming: Indian court rescinds its own Tiktok ban</a> (Leon Kaiser; Netzpolitik.org; April 24, 2019).</li>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipdedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p><strong>Project Proposal / Reports</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/supporting-indian-language-wikipedias-program-report">Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program/Report </a><span>(Gopala Krishna A; April 5, 2019).</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ananth-subray-april-15-2019-cis-a2k-proposal-to-wikimedia-foundation-for-2019-2020">CIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020</a> (Ananth Subray; April 15, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<p><span><br /><strong>Blog Entries</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-april-9-2019-wikimedia-projects-session-at-tata-trust-vikas-anvesh-foundation">Wikimedia projects orientation session at Tata Trust's Vikas Anvesh Foundation</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; April 9, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-sushant-savla">Indic Wikisource Speak: Sushant Savla</a> (Jayanta Nath; April 10, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-april-10-2019-svg-translation-workshop-at-kbc-north-maharashtra-university">SVG Translation Workshop at KBC North Maharashtra University </a>(Subodh Kulkarni; April 10, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/content-donation-sessions-with-authors">Content Donation Sessions with Authors</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; April 10, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-ajit-kumar-tiwari">Indic Wikisource speak : Ajit Kumar Tiwari</a> (Jayanta Nath; April 11, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance"><br />Internet Governance</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Cyber Security</h3>
<p><strong>Research Paper</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/vipul-kharbanda-april-29-2019-international-cooperation-in-cybercrime-the-budapest-convention">International Cooperation in Cybercrime: The Budapest Convention</a> (Vipul Kharbanda; April 29, 2019).</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p><strong>Research Paper</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/aayush-rathi-and-shweta-mohandas-april-30-2019-fintech-in-india-a-study-of-privacy-and-security-commitments">FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments</a> (Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas; April 30, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Submission</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-response-to-call-for-stakeholder-comments-draft-e-commerce-policy">CIS Response to Call for Stakeholder Comments: Draft E-Commerce Policy</a> (Arindrajit Basu, Vipul Kharbanda, Elonnai Hickok and Amber Sinha; April 10, 2019).</li>
</ul>
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<div></div>
<div><strong>Participation in Events</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://http//cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ietf-104-prague">IETF 104 Prague</a> (Organized by IETF; Prague; March 23 - 29, 2019). Karan Saini and Gurshabad Grover participated in the event.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-phantom-public-the-role-of-social-media-in-democracy">The Phantom Public: The Role of Social Media in Democracy</a> (Organized by Ambedkar University; New Delhi; April 3, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/crea-reconference">(re) conference</a> (Organized by CREA; New Delhi; April 10 - 12, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/data-for-development-mapping-key-considerations-for-policy-and-practice-in-india">Data for Development: Mapping key considerations for policy and practice in India</a><span> (Organized by Azim Premchand University; April 24, 2019). Arindrajit Basu delivered a talk. </span></li>
</ul>
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<h3>Artificial Intelligence</h3>
<p>Participation in Event</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/news/policy-lab-on-artificial-intelligence-democracy">Policy Lab on Artificial Intelligence & Democracy</a> (Organized by Tandem Research, in partnership with Microsoft Research and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Bangalore; April 2-3, 2019). Shweta Mohandas participated in the event. </li>
</ul>
<h3>Free Speech and Expression</h3>
<p><strong>Submission</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/akriti-bopanna-april-28-2019-cis-response-to-icanns-proposed-renewal-of-org-registry">CIS Response to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry</a> (Akriti Bopanna; April 28, 2019).</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/internet-speech-perspectives-on-regulation-and-policy">Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy</a> ( Organized by CIS; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; April 5, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Blog Entry</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/akriti-bopanna-april-4-2019-didp-33-on-icann-s-2012-gtld-round-auction-fund">DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund</a> (Akriti Bopanna; April 4, 2019).</li>
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<ul>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work (RAW)</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Announcement</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/call-for-essays-studying-internet-in-india">Call for Essays: Studying Internet in India</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; April 6, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/the-internet-in-the-indian-judicial-imagination-4b7434bd2353">The Internet in the Indian Judicial Imagination</a> (Divij Joshi; April 21, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/objectsofdigitalgovernance-ec4194a24bb">#ObjectsOfDigitalGovernance</a> (Khetrimayum Monish Singh, Rajiv K. Mishra, and Vidya Subramanian; April 21, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<p><span>Telecom</span></p>
<p><strong>Article</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-april-3-2019-shyam-ponappa-delayed-cash-flows-and-npas">Delayed Cash Flows and NPAs </a>(Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; April 3, 2019 and Organizing India Blogspot; April 4, 2019).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/news/bif-conference-on-201csubstitutability-of-ott-services-with-telecom-services-regulation-of-ott-services">BIF conference on “Substitutability of OTT Services with Telecom Services & Regulation of OTT Services</a> (Organized by Broadband India Forum; Taj Mahal Hotel, Mansingh Road, New Delhi; April 5, 2019). Anubha Sinha was a panellist at a BIF conference on “Substitutability of OTT Services with Telecom Services & Regulation of OTT Services”.</li>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, at <a>tanveer@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects</i>.</div>
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No publisherpraskrishnaTelecomResearchers at WorkInternet GovernanceAccess to Knowledge2019-09-04T14:36:41ZPageWikimedia Education SAARC conference
https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikimedia-education-saarc-conference
<b>Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) happy to announce that, Wikimedia Education SAARC conference 2019 programme submissions (proposals) are open from today, 25 April 2019. Deadline for applying for scholarship is 20 May 2019. The conference organized by Christ University in association with CIS-A2K will be held from 20 - 22 June 2019 at Christ University in Bengaluru. The event is being co-organized by Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia & Education User Group.</b>
<p id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: justify;">Education is a core function of the Wikipedia project. Many Wiki chapters, the Wikimedia movement, user groups and affiliates are developing education programs across the globe. Wiki has been used as a teaching resource by many teachers. Students are doing assignments on Wiki and adopting modern technologies. The Wikimedia and Education movements have the same goal - to ensure that knowledge is made accessible to every person across the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The CIS-A2K team, for instance, is working with the language department of Christ University and other educational institutions to enrich the content of Indic Wikimedia projects with the help of students. Globally many students and educators are involved in the Wikimedia movement and the Education movement working towards democratising education and increasing accessibility of education materials. We believe that students should not only consume knowledge available on the internet but also be a part of the larger Open Internet movement, and help in creating open knowledge resources. The Wikimedia Education SAARC conference will be the first of its kind conference involving SAARC countries, engaging students, education program leaders, educators and researchers working with the Open Education and free knowledge movement.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This conference will allow us to understand the different efforts made by the communities involved in the Wikimedia Education movement. This will help us to create models, templates and documents that can be replicated in by other institutions or programs. We at CIS A2K were inspired to host such a conference through the course of our work with Christ University. This will be one of the many projects that will be able to use the conference as a platform to showcase their work among the global Wikimedia movement.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Conference Goals</h3>
<ul>
<li>To generate awareness of Wikipedian Education programs and activities happening in Asia by different community members/languages.</li>
<li>Sharing the knowledge and best practices of how to build "trust relationship" with new partners/teachers and how to improve trust in Wikipedia.</li>
<li>Challenges on student retention and how to engage students in the broader Wikimedia movement.</li>
<li>The best method to evaluate and measure the quality of the work done by students.</li>
<li>To introduce tools like the dashboard, across diverse languages, and other tools which will be useful for tracking, assessment, allocation of the topics and others.</li>
<li>Integration of Wiki activities with academic assignments, regular course syllabus.</li>
<li>To bridge the gap and develop a mutually beneficial liaison between Wiki communities and Wikimedia Education stakeholders.</li></ul>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikimedia-education-saarc-conference'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikimedia-education-saarc-conference</a>
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No publisherAdminCIS-A2KEventAccess to Knowledge2019-06-22T09:30:46ZEventCIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ananth-subray-april-15-2019-cis-a2k-proposal-to-wikimedia-foundation-for-2019-2020
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for drafting this proposal.</b>
<h2>Grants:APG/Proposals/2018-2019 round 2/The Centre for Internet and Society/Proposal form</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation registered in India that works in different areas such as <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility" rel="nofollow">accessibility</a>, <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/openness" rel="nofollow">openness</a>, <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance" rel="nofollow">internet governance</a>, <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom" rel="nofollow">telecom</a>, <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/raw" rel="nofollow">research</a>, etc. The organisation's official website may be seen at <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/" rel="nofollow">cis-india.org</a>. Annual reports of the Centre for Internet and Society may be seen <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/about/reports" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The <a class="text external" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k" rel="nofollow">Access to Knowledge (A2K)</a> program of CIS<sup><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2018-2019_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> is dedicated to supporting and serving Indian Wikimedia projects and the communities. In the last few years, CIS-A2K has worked towards creating sustainable programs and building community capacity. The primary objectives of CIS-A2K are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Supporting and serving the Indian Wikimedia communities in all possible ways.</li>
<li>Building institutional partnerships.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Bringing more content under <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_license" title="en:Free license">free license</a></li>
<li>Designing and executing projects with community participation.</li>
<li>Strengthening the Wikimedia volunteers.</li>
<li>Fostering and enabling an appropriate legal and technological ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In 2018–2019 CIS-A2K worked with Kannada, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu communities as Focused Language Area, and Punjabi Wikisource as a Focused Project Area. Some of the major events conducted by CIS-A2K in last 1 year were:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/Train the Trainer Program">Train the Trainer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki_Training" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki Training">MediaWiki Training</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wiki_Advanced_Training/2018" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/Wiki Advanced Training/2018">Advanced Wikidata Training</a></li>
<li><span style="text-align: center; ">Wikisource workshop (</span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians/Punjabi_Wikisource_Training_Workshop,_Patiala" style="text-align: center; " title="Punjabi Wikimedians/Punjabi Wikisource Training Workshop, Patiala">Patiala</a><span style="text-align: center; ">, </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_Wikisource_Workshop,_Ahmedabad" style="text-align: center; " title="Gujarati Wikisource Workshop, Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a><span style="text-align: center; ">, </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wikisource_training_Bengaluru" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/Wikisource training Bengaluru">Bangalore</a><span style="text-align: center; ">)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigraphists_Bootcamp_(2018_India)" style="text-align: center; " title="Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)">Wikigraphists Bootcamp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)" style="text-align: center; " title="TWLCon (2019 India)">TWLCon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Women_TTT_2019" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/Women TTT 2019">Women's TTT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Women_for_Women_Wellbeing_2018" style="text-align: center; " title="Wiki Women for Women Wellbeing 2018">Wiki Women for Women Wellbeing (WWWW)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Women_TTT_2019" style="text-align: center; " title="CIS-A2K/Events/Women TTT 2019"></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K is also working with like-minded organisations and institutions such as <a class="text external" href="https://christuniversity.in/" rel="nofollow">Christ University</a>, Bangalore, <a class="text external" href="https://www.mkcl.org/" rel="nofollow">Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://vigyanashram.com/" rel="nofollow">Vigyan Ashram</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://su.digitaluniversity.ac/" rel="nofollow">Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University</a>, Odisha state government etc to improve content on different Wikimedia projects and to bring more content to the projects.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Proposal overview</h3>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Please provide a brief description of your organisation's work in the upcoming funding period.<strong><br /></strong>The <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K" title="CIS-A2K">Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge</a> is submitting the work-plan for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Our plans and programs may be divided into the following verticals:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">in <strong>Content Enrichment</strong>, we are proposing activities like edit-a-thons, Wikisource proofread and validation campaign, Wikidata label-a-thons and data-thons, photowalks etc. We'll also work with like-minded institutions and organisations to conduct thematic edit-a-thons or similar activities that will help to improve content on different Indic Wikimedia projects;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">in <strong>Skill Development Initiatives</strong>, we are proposing to conduct activities like <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Copyright_workshop:_South_India" title="CIS-A2K/Events/Copyright workshop: South India">Zonal Wiki workshops</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MWT" title="MWT">MediaWiki Training</a>, and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Advanced_Wikidata_Training_2018" title="CIS-A2K/Events/Advanced Wikidata Training 2018">Wikidata workshop</a> etc. We will also conduct zonal and regional workshops on different Wikimedia projects.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">in <strong>Partnership</strong>, we will continue our work with the existing partners, and we'll build new partneships. We are proposing activities like outreach, awareness sessions, and workshops for content donation, increasing awareness about the Wiki movement and bridging gender gap;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">in <strong>Leadership</strong>, we are proposing activities like <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TTT" title="TTT">Train-the-Trainer</a>, Wikisource Conference, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2019/Wikimedia_Summit_India_2019" title="CIS-A2K/Events/2019/Wikimedia Summit India 2019">Wikimedia Summit India</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Intensive_Personalized_Wiki_Training" title="CIS-A2K/Intensive Personalized Wiki Training">Intensive Personal Wiki Training</a>, supporting Indic Wikimedians through <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests" title="Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests">request page</a> etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>In this work-plan year, CIS-A2K will continue its transition from Focused Language Area (FLA) to Focused Project Area (FPA).</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Focused Language Area: Focused Language Area is an approach of CIS-A2K, where we work with a community with all its projects and activities. In other words, CIS-A2K supports all wiki-activities of a particular language community. So far Kannada, Konkani, Odia, Marathi, Tulu, Telugu have been our FLAs.</li>
<li>Focused Project Area: Focused Project Area or FPA is an approach of CIS-A2K introduced in <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2018_-_June_2019" title="CIS-A2K/Work plan July 2018 - June 2019">2018–2019 work-plan</a> where CIS-A2K mainly focuses on projects. In 2018–2019 CIS-A2K collaborated with <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians" title="Punjabi Wikimedians">Punjabi Wikimedians</a>, and our focused projects for Punjabi Wikimedians were Punjabi mostly Wikisource and Institutional Partnership. In the same year, we increased our support towards Wikisource communities in India, appointed a Wikisource project advisor, and conducted and supported several Wikisource project events. In November 2018, we conducted a national-level <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Indic_Wikisource_Community_Consultation_2018" title="CIS-A2K/Events/Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018">Wikisource consultation</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We'll plan programs and activities accordingly keeping (Wikipedia) and Wikisource and Wikidata in mind. We will focus on these two projects as based on our interaction with Indian Wikimedia community members, we have found several Indic Wikimedia communities want further support and focus on these projects. CIS-A2K earlier put some effort to support these projects, and this work-plan year we will put more effort.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K will continue working towards creating an inclusive Wiki atmosphere in the Indian subcontinent. With an emphasis on creating safe spaces, promoting gender gap bridging activities A2K team would like to work with all the Indian communities, projects and individuals with interesting ideas and for the overall development of Wikimedia movement. Bridging gender gap will remain as a primary focus of CIS-A2K. We'll try to ensure at least 25% of female participants in all the events conducted by CIS-A2K. We'll conduct a quarterly audit, and present the report in our <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter" title="CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter">newsletters</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/ProposalOverview.jpg/@@images/19a87ca1-0e58-47a3-9055-bf2e181221ab.jpeg" alt="Proposal Overview" class="image-inline" title="Proposal Overview" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the full proposal on <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2018-2019_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form">Wikipedia page</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ananth-subray-april-15-2019-cis-a2k-proposal-to-wikimedia-foundation-for-2019-2020'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ananth-subray-april-15-2019-cis-a2k-proposal-to-wikimedia-foundation-for-2019-2020</a>
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No publisherAnanthWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2019-04-15T08:05:23ZBlog EntryIndic Wikisource speak : Ajit Kumar Tiwari
https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-ajit-kumar-tiwari
<b>"Wikisource is going to be as important as Wikipedia because it addresses the issues of citations and references inherently. I will make it as my key pedagogical tool to educate my students and make them a part of this great movement." - Hindi Wiki-librarian Ajit Kumar Tiwari ( अजीत कुमार तिवारी ) share his experience about Hindi Wikisource which approved by Language committee of Wikimedia Foundation Inc , US for separate domain on February 2019.</b>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="m_3295304901219593379gmail-m_6597212628377513338gmail-docs-internal-guid-ee7eba51-7fff-12de-cdc2-69e485e8ff6b"></span><strong>CIS :Tell us about yourself, When did you join Wikimedia movement? And What are the projects you are involved in?</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Ajit : I joined the movement in 2012 as a Wikipedian. I am involved in Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikidata.</strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr">CIS : What are the methods or workflow you follow to contribute on your language Wikisource?</p>
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<div><em><strong><strong>Ajit </strong>:</strong> I usually upload a book and try to indulge as many editors as possible and distribute the works like header & footer and proofreading to concerned editors.</em></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS :How is the awareness about Wikisource in your language Wikimedia community?</strong></p>
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<div><em><strong><strong>Ajit </strong>:</strong> Its still in an early state but awareness is spreading rapidly since November 2018. I hope till the end of this year, wikisource will be the next best project in Hindi after Wikipedia.</em></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS :We see there’s a growth in Indic Wikisource movement (showing Amir’s stats), what kind of help does the community need to grow?</strong></p>
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<div><em><strong><strong>Ajit </strong> :</strong> Better knowledge and understandings of the copyright acts, proofreading tools and lowering technical gap in the community.</em></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS :What are the challenges do you face while contributing to the project? Or social challenges while reaching out to aurtors or publishers.</strong></p>
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<div><em><strong><strong>Ajit </strong>:</strong> Copyright is the key concern, however making authors and publishers understand the ethos of Wikisource or free knowledge access is even bigger challenge.</em> </div>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : How would you describe the future of Wikisource? What are your personal goals for it?</strong></p>
</span><em>Ajit : Wikisource is going to be as important as Wikipedia because it addresses the issues of citations and references inherently. I will make it as my key pedagogical tool to educate my students and make them a part of this great movement.</em>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-ajit-kumar-tiwari'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-ajit-kumar-tiwari</a>
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No publisherjayantaWikisourceCIS-A2KWiki-librarian speakAccess to Knowledge2019-04-17T20:07:20ZBlog EntryIndic Wikisource Speak: Sushant Savla
https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-sushant-savla
<b>Future is bright -- Sushant Savla (User:Sushant_savla) from Gujarati Wikisource community, share his experience & journey.</b>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : Tell us about yourself, When did you join Wikimedia movement? And What are the projects you are involved in?Dr Hrishikesh Sen at IWCC2018</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>:</strong><em> </em><em>Sushant Savla (User Name: Sushant_savla) </em><em>I joined Wikimedia Movement in around 2008. </em><em>I am associated with Gujarati Wikipedia, Gujarati WikiSource, Graphics Lab on Commons (Illustrations SVG)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : What are the methods or workflow you follow to contribute to your language Wikisource?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>:</strong> <em>We take up a book and work on it till it completes. AS we have limited members and all are having good understanding all work on same project and complete it to the level of Validation. A book is chosen, Scanning is done, If not copyright free OTRS is executed, Index is prepared, OCR is done, Page number allotment is kept on Discussion page of Index page and as per the availability of time the Users take up pages and proofreading starts, Experienced Librarians or Manager of the project carries out validation simultaneously. While this work goes on other team parallely stats scanning other book for next project. </em> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : How is the awareness about Wikisource in your language Wikimedia community?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>:</strong> In the small commmunity of ours all knows about wikisource. However among common people awareness is low.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : We see there’s a growth in Indic Wikisource movement (showing Amir’s stats), what kind of help does the community need to grow?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>:</strong> <em>Major challenge now is technical support, in conversion of PDF, mobi etc.</em><em>The Second challenge is Outreach. </em><em>The third challenge is lack of time in arranging Contest etc. More technical , automated result giving systems are required to hold competition on grand level. </em><em>The delay in getting OTRS approved is another challenges. Till the time OTRS is approved the enthusiasm of a doner writter fuses off. Speedy process is required. OTRS approver should have time limit.</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : What are the challenges do you face while contributing to the project? Or social challenges while reaching out to authors or publishers.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>:</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><em>As such nothing. But a letter of appreciation sort of thing to author would help. we can print that in certificate format and give them. </em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>CIS : How would you describe the future of Wikisource? What are your personal goals for it?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Sushant Savla</em><strong>: </strong><em>Future is bright, Person Goals : more books , more material, More contributors, Keeping them live on project. Need to motivate users by some interesting events.In wikiconference please increase the number of participants. </em></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-sushant-savla'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/indic-wikisource-speak-sushant-savla</a>
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