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Train the Trainer: Running effective outreach activities in India
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by
Tanveer Hasan
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published
Jun 24, 2015
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last modified
Jul 30, 2015 03:20 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
It is heartening to report that many Wikimedia projects in Indian languages have sustained, and even experienced an upward trend in, editor engagement. However, in terms of content creation, the majority of these projects are still facing grave challenges that put their very existence at risk.
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Openness
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Blog
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Reading Devanagari script based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada Script
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Jul 13, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:14 PM
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filed under:
Konkani Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This is a small hack to read websites with Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Maithili and a few more languages) based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada script.
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Openness
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Blog
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Odia Wikisource has a new Wikisourcer, and he is the youngest in the Odia Wikimedia community!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 20, 2015
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last modified
Aug 21, 2015 05:40 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Access to Knowledge
Prateek Pattanaik (User:Shrijagannatha on Odia Wikisource) is a young researcher of Odia literature and Odissi music. He has not just digitized as many as 54 Odia-language poetry dating early 18th century but has also annotated, both poetic and prosaic translation in his blogs “Sri Jagannatha” and “Utkal Sangeet”. He has also brought a complete book “Kisora chandranana champu” on Odia Wikisource. A recent entrant into the Odia Wikimedia community, Prateek is also the youngest Odia Wikimedian. He has also digitized 18-19th century 54 poem written by various poets.
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Blog
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The Newly Updated Indic Keyboard App Now Supports 22 Asian Languages
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jun 12, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:21 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This blog post was written in my personal capacity.
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Openness
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Blog
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace — CIS’s Upcoming A2K Research Initiative
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Sep 25, 2012
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last modified
Oct 30, 2012 06:23 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Pervasive technologies have flooded the Indian market and are changing the ways in which the average Indian accesses knowledge but very little is understood about these technologies, particularly when it comes to their legality. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) plans to begin a research project that aims to understand how pervasive technologies interact with Intellectual Property laws and what can be done to protect these technologies from being labelled “illegal” and eradicated from the Asian market.
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Access to Knowledge
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Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2012
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Pursuant to the announcement made on July 30, 2012 and as reflected in the FAQ accompanying the announcement, the India Program will become a project of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) an established non-profit organisation working in India whose own goals and objectives are in close alignment with that of the Wikimedia movement.
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Access to Knowledge
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The International Copyright System and Access to Education: Challenges, New Access Models and Prospects for New Principles
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 01, 2012
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last modified
Jun 01, 2012 04:29 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
This event organised by Max Planck Institute was held in Munich, Germany on May 14 and 15, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in this event.
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News & Media
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Project Tiger 2.0
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by
Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill
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published
Nov 24, 2019
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Publishing Next
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
T. Vishnu Vardhan was a speaker at Publishing Next organized by CinnamonTeal Publishing, a Margao (Goa)-based publishing house that provides publishing services to authors and publishers. The event was held in Goa on September 19 and 20.
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Openness
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News & Media
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August 2014 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 31, 2014
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last modified
Oct 04, 2014 06:09 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW
Eighth issue of the newsletter (August 2014) below:
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