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Second Draft of Open Access Policy of the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science released
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Oct 30, 2014 12:33 AMThe Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India drafted an Open Access Policy (“Policy”) in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. The second draft of the Policy released last week and is open for comments till 17th November, 2014.
More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 04, 2014 01:58 PMSpeakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make accessible many rare books that have entered the public domain.
Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PMBefore the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014
Oct 14, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM — Urban Solace, — by Prasad KrishnaA 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.
Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon
Oct 11, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM — Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, — by Prasad KrishnaA 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.
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Oct 13, 2014 05:19 AMI 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.
Barcamp Bangalore
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 13, 2014 04:43 AMThe 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.
Sangeet Baithak: A Hindustani Music Resource Donation Event in Mumbai
Oct 07, 2014 from 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM — Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai, — by Prasad KrishnaThe 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.
Big Data and Positive Social Change in the Developing World: A White Paper for Practitioners and Researchers
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 01, 2014 03:52 AMI 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).
Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
— by Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan — last modified Oct 12, 2014 03:52 AMA 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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