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Wikimedia Foundation awards grant to Centre for Internet and Society to expand Access to Knowledge in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 02, 2012 — filed under: Openness
We are pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore to expand their Access to Knowledge program in India.
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Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2015 03:30 PM
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Wikipedia Articles: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 28, 2014 12:14 PM
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Wikipedia Articles: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 08, 2014 05:40 AM
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Wikipedia at Avenir: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — last modified Aug 12, 2013 04:29 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months
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Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 24, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Tulu Wikipedia
In his predential address after inaugurating the three-day workshop on ‘The use of internet for promotion of Tulu language,’ organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Janki M Brahmavar opined that internet media, especially Wikipedia, can contribute to a large extent towards the promotion of Tulu language. The president said there was a need for the effective use of Unicode for the digital interpretation of Tulu.
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Wikipedia Digital Centre now at Andhra Loyola College: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:49 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Telugu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) of the Centre for Internet and Society has opened up a Wikipedia Digital Centre at Andhra Loyola College in the city on Wednesday. The centre, which has trained a couple of students in contributing to Wikipedia earlier, has now set up a lab called ‘Wikipedia Digital Centre’ to continue the activity.
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