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Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License Concerns
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:37 PMThis is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of privacy and license concerns identified and voiced during the hackathon by DataMeet members. Sumandro Chattapadhyay co-authored and co-signed the letter. The blog post is written by Nisha Thompson.
OER16: Open Culture
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2016 06:53 AMThe 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on April 19 and 20, 2016 at the University of Edinburgh. The event is organized by Association for Learning Technology.
Approaching Open Research via Open Data - Presentation at TERI, December 22, 2015
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 12, 2016 02:37 PMThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, organised a seminar on 'Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach' on December 22, 2015. We supported the seminar as a knowledge partner. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to deliver a special address. Here are the notes and slides from the presentation.
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PMThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
Seminar on Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach
Dec 22, 2015 from 01:45 PM to 05:30 PM — Seminar Hall, TERI, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, — by Sumandro ChattapadhyayThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, is organising a seminar on open access in research on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. The seminar will focus on: 1) wider access to scientific publications and research data, 2) access to scientific information, and 3) challenges and opportunities of research data. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting the event as a Knowledge Partner.
30 Books of Odia Author and Historian Jagannath Prasad Das to Come Online on Odia Wikisource
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jan 03, 2016 11:19 AM
Open access in the Marathi language expands by a thousand books
— by Subhashish Panigrahi and Abhinav Garule — last modified Jan 03, 2016 11:26 AMAs the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS) celebrated its 121st anniversary recently, the organization re-licensed 1000 books under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be made available on the Marathi Wikisource for millions of Marathi readers.
Design!Public (6th Edition)
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2015 02:11 AMThe sixth edition of Design Public conceptualized and hosted by CivicLabs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Societies was held at Vihara Innovation Campus, New Delhi. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was a panelist.
Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-way
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 16, 2015 03:09 AMI have been working on a concept called the Guerrilla GLAM. Here is a very quick summary about the concept that was published in the GLAM-wiki newsletter for November.
Design Public Conclave, 6th Edition
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:45 PMThe 6th edition of the Design Public Conclave was hosted by Civic Labs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Studies, and part of the Vihara Innovation Network, in partnership with Social Innovation Exchange, Okapi, Business World, Business World for Smart Cities, and the Delhi Jal Board.
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