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Envisioning the Role of Open Knowledge in the Implementation of the National Education Policy 2020

by Ashwini Lele — last modified Aug 27, 2024 02:53 PM

The National Education Policy 2020 brings a significant change in India's educational landscape, representing a comprehensive overhaul to address the evolving developmental imperatives of the country.

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Commemorating Chandan Chiring (1990-2024)

Commemorating Chandan Chiring (1990-2024)

by Nayan Jyoti Nath and Ajay Das — last modified May 07, 2024 11:51 PM
May 06, 2024

With a heavy heart, I am deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Chandan Chiring Phukan at 11:30 pm on Saturday, April 27th. Chandan Chiring was born on November 14, 1990, in Titabor, Jorhat district of Assam.

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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions

by Soni Wadhwa — last modified Feb 13, 2024 02:57 AM

This report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians and advocates of the Open. The rough outline of the Open initiatives is accompanied by reflections on the nature of the Open here and the need to envision it differently from what it currently is.

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Securing Our Dependence on Code Reuse in Software

Securing Our Dependence on Code Reuse in Software

by Divyank Katira — last modified Apr 13, 2023 05:47 AM
April 13, 2023

Dividing and breaking up a software project into smaller modules with functionality that can be reused to build other software is an increasingly common practice in software development today. We examine our infrastructural dependence on reuse of open-source software (OSS) components, examine the unique security risks posed by the widespread reuse of code, and survey systemic solutions to securing code reuse.

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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949

by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 11, 2022 02:53 PM

The digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in collaboration with Marathi department of Goa University, Bhakti Dnyan Marg Sanstha and Goa Central Library. The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge Programme facilitated the project with technical and financial assistance. Two local students scanned 12000 pages in 8 days. The year wise volumes of O Bharat are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons in the form of archive.

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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949

by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 11, 2022 01:11 PM

It all started like this. During the Wikimedia session at Goa University in October 2021, it was realised that there is very little documentation about the ‘Goa Liberation Struggle’ on Wikimedia projects. So, in the meeting Prof. Vinay Madgaonkar from the Marathi language department took the lead to develop a project around this theme.

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Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners

by Divyansha Sehgal — last modified Nov 30, 2021 05:14 AM
November 29, 2021

Most software projects today contain open source components. Some industry estimates put the number at 500+ OSS components per app. Centre for Internet and Society is studying the security impact of the widespread use of these (often under-maintained) projects.

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Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1

by Admin — last modified Nov 02, 2019 05:17 AM
November 02, 2019

Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.

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React India 2019

by Admin — last modified Oct 14, 2019 02:56 PM
October 14, 2019

Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at an International conference, 'React India 2019" which was the first beach conference and which was hosted at Goa on 26-28, September 2019.

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