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Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014
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Prasad Krishna
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Oct 13, 2014
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Edit-a-thon,
Openness
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at Urban Solace on October 14, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. CIS-A2K will conduct the first three edit-a-thons.
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Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 13, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on October 11, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 13, 2014
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last modified
Oct 13, 2014 05:19 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
I authored an editorial in today's Samaja (Odia daily). It talks about the hurdles Odia language has been facing and potential aspects of the language including it being used massively on the Internet in Wikipedia and other platforms.
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Barcamp Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 13, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team participated in a Barcamp at SAP Labs, Bangalore on October 12, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in the event.
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Sangeet Baithak: A Hindustani Music Resource Donation Event in Mumbai
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 07, 2014
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last modified
Oct 07, 2014 04:27 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) and Khayal Trust is organizing a music event on October 7, 2014 in Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai. T.Vishnu Vardhan and Tejaswini Niranjana will be participating.
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Big Data and Positive Social Change in the Developing World: A White Paper for Practitioners and Researchers
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Oct 01, 2014
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filed under:
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
I was a part of a working group writing a white paper on big data and social change, over the last six months. This white paper was produced by a group of activists, researchers and data experts who met at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre to discuss the question of whether, and how, big data is becoming a resource for positive social change in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
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Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan
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Sep 30, 2014
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last modified
Oct 12, 2014 03:52 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A two-day workshop for students was organized by Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune (KSPWSC), Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Access to Knowledge Programme, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore (CIS-A2K) on September 11 and 12, 2014 in Pune. Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan summarize the developments from the workshop in this report.
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State Level Seminar on "Odia alphabet and order teaching in primary education"
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi participated in a state-level seminar on "Number of Odia characters and order teaching in primary education" (ପ୍ରଥମ ଶ୍ରେଣୀରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷର ସଂଖ୍ୟା ଓ କ୍ରମଶିକ୍ଷା) co-organised by Institute of Odia Studies and Research, and Odia Bhasa Pratisthan in Bhubaneswar on September 14, 2014.
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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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Expanding the World of Telugu Wikipedia – CIS-A2K and ALC join hands
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by
T Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik
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published
Sep 17, 2014
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last modified
Sep 30, 2014 05:11 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness,
Homepage
Students and faculty of Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada aim to enhance Telugu Wikipedia through increased contributions to Wikipedia and make it available under free license.
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