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Blog Entry National IPR Policy Series : RTI Requests to DIPP seeking Details on the IPR Think Tank and the National IPR Policy
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 12:48 PM — filed under:
In an earlier blog post titled " National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy", we discussed the formation of an IPR Think Tank to draft the first National IPR Policy. Since many details about the constitution and working of this Think Tank were unavailable, we decided to send out RTI requests to find out more.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry A Wikipedia Presentation at BITS, Goa
by Radhakrishna Arvapally — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 09, 2015 01:21 AM — filed under: , , ,
Quark is one of India's largest science, technology and management festivals, held every February at BITS Pilani - K.K. Birla Goa Campus. This year in 2015, the event was held from February 6 to 8, 2015. This blog post captures the key moments. About 12 delegates attended the event.
Located in Openness / Blog
An International Conclave of Odia Language
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 08, 2015 05:06 AM — filed under: , , ,
Subhashish Panigrahi is participating in this event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 04, 2015 — last modified Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
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Blog Entry Telugu Wikimedia Hackathon 2014
by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Jan 31, 2015 — last modified Feb 10, 2015 05:17 PM — filed under: , ,
Telugu Wikimedia (including their projects Telugu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikisource etc.) is one of the largest and most powerful Indian language Wikimedia projects, and it is growing and expanding everyday. In the last half of 2014, Telugu Wikimedia community members contacted CIS-A2K team with a request to organize a MediaWiki tutorial workshop for them. Following their request, on 28 December 2014, CIS-A2K team organized a MediaWiki hackathon event for Telugu Wikimedia community members to enhance their skills and understanding of technical matters related to MediaWiki usage. The theme of the workshop was “Mediawiki, its extensions and tools to work around” and it aimed at allowing Wikipedians to use MediaWiki tools more effectively.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry RTI Responses - MHRD IP Chairs: Details of Funding & Expenditure
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 31, 2015 — last modified Feb 02, 2015 01:28 PM — filed under: ,
In an earlier blog post titled "MHRD IPR Chairs — Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures", we discussed the lack of information regarding the expenditure by various MHRD Chairs in the country. We sent out RTI requests to find out more. This blog post discusses the responses that we have received so far. (Many thanks to CIS intern Varnika Chawla for her assistance)
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Blog Entry ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 31, 2015 — filed under: , , , ,
This is an op-ed I authored for Odia newspaper the "Samaja" that got published on January 30, 2015. Through this post I intend to highlight the needs for taking the Odia language to international fora instead of keeping it confined within the books. I have covered the focus area of 3 free and open source projects: Odia Wikipedia, Odia Wikisource and Global Voices Odia in the column highlighting the need for more people to contribute.
Located in Openness / Blog
Poesis in the Information Age: Language and its Limit[ation]s
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2015 — last modified Jan 26, 2015 01:57 PM — filed under: , ,
Alec Schachner, an independent scholar, translator, multi-genre musician and sound artist will give a talk on the limits/limitations of languages at the Centre for Internet & Society's office on January 30, 2015 at 5 p.m.
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Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-library
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 22, 2015 — filed under: , , ,
A few years ago, Mumbai-based musician Neela Bhagwat realized that her old notebooks filled with lyrics and notations of age-old 'bandishes' were in tatters. Afraid that she might lose them forever, Bhagwat decided to make fresh copies.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 22, 2015 — filed under: ,
This is the first blog post in a series of posts on India's National IPR Policy. In this post, CIS intern, Varnika Chawla traces the evolution of the National IPR Policy.
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