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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem
— by Admin — last modified Aug 19, 2019 01:58 PMB Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work
— by Admin — last modified Jul 21, 2019 03:19 PMOn July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.
Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in Firefox
— by Catalin Cimpanu — last modified Jul 10, 2019 01:33 AMMozilla is funding a project for bringing the Julia programming language to Firefox and the general browser environment.
Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
Jun 20, 2019 from 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM — The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, — by AdminRootconf organised a discussion on open standards at CIS Bangalore office. Zainab Bawa, Karan Saini and Anwesha Das coordinated and organised the event.
Rootconf 2019
— by Admin — last modified Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AMKaran Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
Open Data and Land Ownership
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified May 22, 2019 11:32 AMIn this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of politically aware interventions when creating open data standards, infrastructure, and ecosystems. State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini, is published by African Minds and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified May 04, 2019 03:34 AMThe Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
— by Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Apr 01, 2019 12:13 PMWith the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September 28-30, 2018 in New Delhi. The event was held at the School of Design at Ambedkar University Delhi. As part of the bootcamp, a panel discussion was held in order to bring together design practitioners, educators, open knowledge contributors, and design students to explore how design and open knowledge communities can engage with each other. In this post, Saumyaa Naidu shares the learnings from the panel discussion aimed at exploring the potential collaborations between design and the open knowledge movement.
Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
Mar 04, 2019 from 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM — Centre for Internet and Society, No. 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (near to Domlur Club and TERI complex), — by AdminThe Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AMMaharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
