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कोंकणी विश्‍वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वर

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 23, 2013 05:11 AM

News about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.

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OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 22, 2013 11:02 AM

Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"

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National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India

by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 08, 2013 09:57 AM

Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist/speaker at the National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India.

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FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing Countries

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 21, 2013 05:28 AM

This workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.

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GFM 2013

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 06, 2013 07:58 AM

Nishant Shah participated in a panel discussion with Wendy Chun, Tom Levine and Geert Lovink , around 'The End of Bibliographies: New Media and Research'. Nishant also participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on 'Open Up: Pragmatism and Politics of Open Access'. The programme was held at the University of Luneberg in Germany from October 3 to 5, 2013.

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Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 14, 2013 01:36 AM

Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.

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Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, Dhenkanal

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 03, 2013 10:15 AM

Wikipedia workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by Head of IIMC, Dhenkanal, Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.

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Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:44 AM

The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.

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Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:35 AM

Thick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.

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Konkani Wikipedia in the making

Konkani Wikipedia in the making

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 30, 2013 09:11 AM

Process of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.

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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language

For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 30, 2013 05:13 AM

With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.

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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:14 AM

The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – so as to build the Konkani Wikipedia.

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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 27, 2013 11:53 AM

Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.

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Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 25, 2013 05:59 AM

The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).

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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 25, 2013 05:53 AM

The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.

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Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 14, 2013 01:44 AM

T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.

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Indian Languages Mela 2013 in Mumbai

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 17, 2013 05:04 AM

Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education is organizing The Indian Languages Mela in Mumbai. Tejaswini Niranjana will participate in the event.

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'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation'

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 17, 2013 10:10 AM

The functioning of the free online encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia,’ is like a true democracy. It is for the people and by the people, said The Centre for Internet and Society Programme Officer (Indian Languages) Pavanaja U B.

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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SDM

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:16 AM

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire is holding a wiki workshop on September 15, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from CIS-A2K team is participating in this workshop.

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Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:09 AM

St. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.

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