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Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 28, 2017
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filed under:
Openness
Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.
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News & Media
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Comments on the Right to Information Rules, 2017
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 27, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
RTI,
Call for Comments
On March 31st, 2017, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training released a Circular framing rules under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Rules”). The Ministry invited comments on on the RTI Rules. CIS submitted its comments on April 25, 2017.
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Blog
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Apr 23, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
FOSS,
Homepage
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 20, 2017
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filed under:
Space Apps,
Openness,
Open Science,
Event
The NASA Space Data Challenge (Hillhacks Pre-event) will be hosted at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bengaluru office on Saturday, April 22, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Events
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Continuing community engagement: Communities of interest and Quarrying
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by
Manasa Rao
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published
Apr 18, 2017
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last modified
May 19, 2017 03:23 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
In telling the stories of Indian Wikipedians, we bring to you the story of Dr. Diptanshu Das, a doctor and avid Wikipedian, working with WikiProject Medicine who recently approached CIS-A2K with a technical request.
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Blogs
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Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal, Aurangabad
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Apr 13, 2017
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last modified
Apr 19, 2017 11:44 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted at Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal in Aurangabad
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Digitisation, Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource Orientation Workshop at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, Pune District
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Apr 04, 2017
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last modified
Jun 07, 2017 08:37 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness,
Marathi Wikisource
A digitization workshop was held at Vigyan Ashram, following the success of the introductory workshop in February.
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Blogs
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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
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News & Media
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IDRC - Open Development Book - Authors' Workshop
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Privacy
Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 and 12, 2017.
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National Consultation on OER for Higher Education
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 28, 2017
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filed under:
Open Educational Resources,
Openness
Anubha Sinha attended the National Consultative Meet on OER Policy for Higher Education in India held at New Delhi on March 3, 2017. The event was organized by CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia).
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