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Thematic Edit-a-thon at J.P.Naik Centre for Education & Development, Pune
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Jun 07, 2017 08:59 AMA Marathi Wikipedia workshop was held at the J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development in Pune recently.
SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt Data
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified May 04, 2017 12:19 PMAlthough it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of public sharing of government data using open standards and open license as put forward by the NMP 2005 and NDSAP 2012, says Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society. This interview was published by Geospatial World on May 02, 2017.
Comments on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report
— by Srinivs Kodali and Amber Sinha — last modified May 02, 2017 03:55 AMThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report published on March 30th by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Wiki Loves Mayabazaar
— by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Jun 07, 2017 09:24 AM
Marathi Wikipedia Symposium at Gokhale Institute Of Politics & Economics
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Jun 07, 2017 08:45 AMA strategic symposium on Marathi Wikipedia and its sister projects was conducted on 29 April, 2017
Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 28, 2017 02:03 AMDespite 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.
Comments on the Right to Information Rules, 2017
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 27, 2017 09:25 AMOn 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.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
— by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Apr 23, 2017 05:22 AMCentre 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.
NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017
Apr 22, 2017 from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM — The Centre for Internet & Society, No. 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 560071 (Near to Domlur Club and TERI Complex), — by Prasad KrishnaThe 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.
Continuing community engagement: Communities of interest and Quarrying
— by Manasa Rao — last modified May 19, 2017 03:23 PMIn 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.
