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CIS Participated in T20 Mumbai, Regional Consultation Meeting, October 19, 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 19, 2015 — last modified Oct 20, 2015 01:54 PM — filed under: ,
This is the first time that a T20 event, which is a series of preparatory meetings towards G20 summits, is taking place in India. Sumandro Chattapadhyay represented CIS in this consultation, and was a discussant in the session on Technology, Services, and Skills.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry OCR and OER – update
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM — filed under: , ,
We welcome this short posting from Subhashish Panigrahi which updates a 2014 posting of his on Indic Language Wikipedias as Open Educational Resources at http://education.okfn.org/indic-language-wikipedias-as-open-educational-resources/
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Transformaking 2015 : International Summit on Critical and Transformative Making, Yogyakarta
by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Sep 20, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:00 PM — filed under: ,
Transformaking 2015 brought together makers, scientist, hackers, bricoleurs, researchers, artists, designers and other interdisciplinary practitioners from across the globe in a series of Residency and Research Program, Symposium, Exhibition, Fair, and Satellite Projects. It was held from August 10 to September 20, 2015. Transformaking 2015 was organized by HONF Foundation & CATEC (Culture Arts Technoloy Empowerment Community) in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Common Room, Crosslab, and Nicelab.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Software Freedom Day 2015, Bengaluru
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 18, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2020 04:38 PM — filed under:
We are celebrating Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru this 19 September 2015. Time & Date: 3 pm, 19 September 2015 Venue: Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bengaluru 560071
Located in Openness / Events
Mini Unconference on Openness in Development, Bangalore
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 18, 2015 — filed under: ,
Singapore Internet Research Centre and the Centre for Internet & Society are partnering together to hold a mini unconference session on Openness in Development on Day 2 of SIRCA III workshop.
Located in Openness / Events
"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, Mumbai
by Abhinav Garule — published Sep 14, 2015 — last modified Mar 16, 2016 11:31 AM — filed under: , ,
A two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop is being planned to be organised at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai during the 22nd through the 24th August.
Located in Openness / Events
Blog Entry International Open Data Charter: Comments by CIS
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 08, 2015 — filed under: , , , , ,
The second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, 2015, are being re-discussed and finalised by the Stewards. Here we are sharing the comments submitted by us on the first public draft of the Charter published during the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2015. The comments include those submitted by Sumandro and Sharath Chandra Ram.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Workshop on Open Data for Human Development - Sessions Report
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 26, 2015 — last modified Aug 28, 2015 08:16 AM — filed under: , , , ,
CIS facilitated a workshop on open data policy and tools for government officials from Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura, and those from Bhutan and Maldives, in June 2015. The workshop was co-facilitated with Akvo, DataMeet, and Mapbox, and was supported by International Centre for Human Development of UNDP India. Here we share the workshop report and other related documents. The report is written by Sumandro, along with Amitangshu Acharya of Akvo.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Survey of Estimates of Economic Value of Open Government Data
by Ömer Faruk Sarı — published Aug 22, 2015 — last modified Aug 22, 2015 08:42 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This is a survey of estimates of economic value of open government data, and public sector information in general, across regions, countries, and sectors offered by several reports published during the last decade. The survey is undertaken by Ömer Faruk Sarı, a student of Business Administration at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, and research intern with CIS.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Journalism Students of the SDM College Ujire Enrich Karnataka’s Folklore And Folk Art in Kannada Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 18, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 09:09 AM — filed under: , , ,
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujjire, with active support from a few Kannada Wikipedia editors, CIS-A2K began an outreach programme so that the journalism students could help many Kannada readers about Karnataka’s rich folklore and folk art.
Located in Openness / Blog
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