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CIS-A2K

by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:42 AM
The key mandate of the Access to Knowledge project at CIS (CIS-A2K) is to work towards catalysing the growth of the open knowledge movement in south Asia and in Indic languages. From September 2012, CIS has been actively involved in growing the open knowledge movement in India through a grant received from the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). The current focus of the CIS-A2K team spans over 5 language areas (Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu), 2 community strengthening initiatives, and 6 stand-alone Wikimedia projects.
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Mission

The mission of CIS-A2K is to catalyze the growth of open knowledge movement in South Asia and in Indic languages. Within the Wikimedia universe CIS-A2K specifically strives to further grow the Indic and English Wikimedia projects and communities by:

  • supporting and serving the Indian Wikimedia communities in all possible ways;
  • building institutional partnerships;
  • bringing more content under free license;
  • designing and executing projects with community participation;
  • strengthening the Wikimedia volunteers; and
  • fostering and enabling an appropriate legal and technological ecosystem.

 

Work Plans

Work plans and other programme documents can be accessed here:

 

Activities and Feedback

If you have a general proposal/suggestion for Access to Knowledge team you can write on the requests page. If you have appreciations or feedback on our work, please share it on feedback page.

 

Recent Posts

Blog Entry WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1 — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Feb 27, 2017 01:42 AM
The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikisource & Digitisation Workshop — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Mar 05, 2017 02:34 AM
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) team on February 17 and 18, 2017. Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited and Jnana Prabhodini were the co-organizers. The discussions were held at Jnana Prabodhini, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on February 17 and C Trade Tower, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune on February 18, 2017.
Blog Entry Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists in Satara on 13th February 2017 — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 16, 2017 02:43 PM
A Marathi Wikipedia Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists was held in Satara on 13 February, 2017
Blog Entry Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Apr 16, 2017 08:08 PM
The digitisation of temple manuscripts at the Dadhivamana Temple, Bargarh in Western Odisha followed by a workshop for the students of Imperial College took place between 11- 12 February, 2017.
Blog Entry Imperial College Orientation Program, Bargarh — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Apr 16, 2017 07:51 PM
An Odia Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Imperial College, Bargarh on 12 February, 2017.
Blog Entry Only 8.5pc of Wikipedia Editors are Women. How do we fix the Gender Gap on the Internet? — by Ting-Yi Chang — last modified Feb 09, 2017 02:49 AM
Women-related articles are generally shorter, more prone to deletion, and more likely to be peripheral pieces under male-centric articles.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Mar 05, 2017 01:31 AM
A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted by the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) on February 5, 2017 at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal in Pune.
Blog Entry "Free-license Wings To Your Books" in Vijayawada — by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Apr 16, 2017 10:38 AM
"Free-license Wings To Your Books" event held at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada
Blog Entry Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: February iteration — by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Apr 18, 2017 05:02 AM
The February iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 16, 2017 02:31 PM
A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune on 7th February 2017
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