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September 2014 Bulletin
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<b>Welcome you to the ninth issue of the newsletter (September 2014).</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the ninth issue of the newsletter (September 2014). Archives of our newsletters can be accessed at: <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Highlights</h2>
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<li>Nishant Shah was part of a working group writing a white paper on big data and social change, over the last six months. This <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-and-positive-social-change-in-developing-world">white paper</a> produced by a group of activists, researchers and data experts was published by Oxford.</li>
<li>As part of the Pervasive Technologies project Maggie Huang interviewed Semiconductor Industry Professionals in Taiwan on the <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/interviews-with-semi-conductor-industry-professionals-in-taiwan-1">trends and changes in technology</a> and <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/interviews-with-semi-conductor-industry-professionals-in-taiwan-2"> understanding mobile chip manufacturing</a>. </li>
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<li> CIS entered into a <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/expanding-the-world-of-telugu-wikipedia-cis-and-alc-join-hands">memorandum of understanding</a> with the Andhra Loyola College for a period of 5 years to enhance Telugu Wikipedia through increased contributions to Wikipedia and make it available under free license. </li>
<li> CIS-A2K <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/nie-steps-in-to-grow-konkani-wikipedia">signed a memorandum of understanding</a> with Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa to enhance digital literacy in Konkani in the education sector across Goa.</li>
<li>Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan wrote a report on the workshop <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/report-on-developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages"> Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages </a> for which CIS-A2K was one of the organizers. </li>
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<li> CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-joins-dynamic-coalition-for-platform-responsibility"> joined the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility </a> towards creating due diligence recommendations for online platforms. </li>
<li> CIS organized a <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/report-on-cis-workshop-at-igf"> workshop on an evidence-based framework for intermediary liability </a> at the IGF held in Istanbul on September 3, 2014. Jyoti Panday coordinated the workshop in collaboration with Stanford Centre for Internet & Society. </li>
<li> Elonnai Hickok contributed a thematic chapter on <a href="http://www.giswatch.org/en/communications-surveillance/intermediary-liability-and-state-surveillance"> Intermediary Liability and Surveillance </a> in the GISWatch Report.</li>
<li>The Supreme Court of India revised the law on electronic evidence in the case of <i>Anvar v. P. K. Basheer</i>. Bhairav Acharya has <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anvar-v-basheer-new-old-law-of-electronic-evidence">done an analysis on this</a>. It was published by Law and Policy in India and subsequently mirrored on our website.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing two projects. The first project is on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. CIS in partnership with CLPR (Centre for Law and Policy Research) compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). The updated draft is being reviewed by the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. The draft chapters and the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/national-resource-kit-project">project page</a>. The second project is on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">NVDA and eSpeak</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Monthly Update</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/september-2014-nvda-report.pdf">Work Report for September</a> (Suman Dogra; August 31, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/study-on-budget-allocation-and-expenditure-by-states-on-schemes-for-persons-with-disabilities"> Study on Budget Allocation and Expenditure by States on Schemes for Persons with Disabilities </a> (Anandhi Viswanathan; September 29, 2014). </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Pervasive Technologies</h3>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/interviews-with-semi-conductor-industry-professionals-in-taiwan-1"> Interviews with Semiconductor Industry Professionals in Taiwan: Trends and Changes in Technology </a> (Maggie Huang; September 26, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/interviews-with-semi-conductor-industry-professionals-in-taiwan-2"> Interviews with Semiconductor Industry Professionals in Taiwan: Understanding Mobile Chip Manufacturing </a> (Maggie Huang; September 30, 2014). </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Report</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/report-on-developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages"> Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages </a> (Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan; September 30, 2014). The workshop 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 CIS-A2K. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/nie-steps-in-to-grow-konkani-wikipedia">NIE Steps in to Grow Konkani Wikipedia</a> (T. Vishnu Vardhan; September 6, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/expanding-the-world-of-telugu-wikipedia-cis-and-alc-join-hands"> Expanding the World of Telugu Wikipedia - CIS-A2K and ALC join hands </a> (T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik; September 17, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following were published in August and mirrored on our website in September:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014"> OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014 </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; OpenGLAM; August 27, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/we-are-wikipedia">We are Wikipedia</a> (By Subhashish Panigrahi; Wikimedia Deutschland; August 25, 2014). Wikimedia Deutchland has included a paragraph about WeAreWikipedia on their blog. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Tumkur_%28Sep_27_2014%29">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop for Students</a> (Tumkur University; Tumkur; September 27, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop. Fifty people participated in the event. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Co-organized</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Bagalkot">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop</a> (Organized by Basaveshwara Science College and CIS-A2K; September 20, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>News and Media Coverage</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bagalkot">Implementation of IT in Kannada</a> (Prajavani; September 21, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/bangalore-mirror-shyam-prasad-105-kannada-books-released-under-creative-commons"> 105 Kannada books released under Creative Commons </a> (Shyam Prasad S; Bangalore Mirror; September 29, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/odia-alphabet-and-order-teaching-in-primary-education"> State Level Seminar on "Odia alphabet and order teaching in primary education" </a> (Co-organized by Institute of Odia Studies and Research and Odia Bhasa Pratisthan, Bhubaneswar; September 14, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event and discussed about the applied aspects of Odia language in the context of primary education and need for reforms in the total number and order in the character-set citing problems with computer and internet. </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/publishing-next">Publishing Next</a> (Organized by CinnamonTeal Publishing; Goa; September 19 - 20, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan was a panelist at the 5th edition of Publishing Next the annual conference on the future of publishing. He spoke on Open Access, Copyright and Copyleft. </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Privacy</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our Surveillance and Freedom: Global Understandings and Rights Development (SAFEGUARD) project with Privacy International we are engaged in enhancing respect for the right to privacy in developing countries. We have produced the following outputs during the month:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>Note: The White Paper below is not a part of the SAFEGUARD project</i> .</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>White Paper</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-and-positive-social-change-in-developing-world"> Big Data and Positive Social Change in the Developing World: A White Paper for Practitioners and Researchers </a> (Nishant Shah; Oxford: Oxford Internet Institute; September 30, 2014). Nishant Shah was part of a group of activists, researchers and data experts in producing this white paper. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Analysis</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anvar-v-basheer-new-old-law-of-electronic-evidence"> Anvar v. Basheer and the New (Old) Law of Electronic Evidence </a> (Bhairav Acharya; September 30, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Announcement</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-joins-dynamic-coalition-for-platform-responsibility"> CIS joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility </a> (Jyoti Panday; September 23, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-aadhaar-case">The Aadhaar Case</a> (Vipul Kharbanda; September 5, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uid-a-data-subjects-registration-tale">UID: A Data Subject's Registration Tale</a> (Mukta Batra; September 11, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/biometrics-an-angootha-chaap-nation">Biometrics: An 'Angootha Chaap' nation?</a> (Mukta Batra; September 19, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uid-npr-towards-common-ground">UID and NPR: Towards Common Ground</a> (September 19, 2014): <i>This is an anonymous post</i>. </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">CIS @ IGF</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The ninth Internet Governance Forum ("IGF2014") was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul from September 2 to 5, 2014. A BestBits pre-event, which saw robust discussions on renewal of the IGF mandate, the NETmundial Initiative and other live Internet governance processes, flagged off a week of many meetings and sessions. CIS participated in multiple workshops and panels:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu3GycFBLoo">WS112: Implications of post-Snowden Internet localization proposals</a> (Organized by Center for Democracy and Technology, Istanbul, September 2, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this IGF workshop. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/preserving-a-universal-internet"> WS63: Preserving a universal Internet: Costs of fragmentation </a> (Organized by OECD and Centre for International Governance Innovation; September 3, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this IGF workshop. </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwtQ18KzeiY">WS2 Mobile, Trust and Privacy</a> (Organized by GSM Association; September 4, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker. </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4BW1Sw4Vo">Transparency reporting as a tool for Internet governance</a> (Organized by Global Network Initiative; September 3, 2014). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5tx-TBMm8E&list=PLediVl9G3xdMoSTKB3sFw0aszfwLgsqoV&index=105"> WS149: Aligning ICANN policy with the privacy rights of users </a> (Organized by Yale ISP; September 5, 2014). Pranesh Prakash was a moderator. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Other Participation</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-at-igf-2014">Launch of the GISWatch Report</a> (Association for Progressive Communications and the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos). Elonnai Hickok contributed a thematic chapter on Intermediary Liability and Surveillance to this report. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/re-wiring-women-rights-debates-in-digital-age"> Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the Digital Age </a> (Organized by IT for Change in partnership with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan and ANANDI; September 13 - 14, 2014). Rohini Lakshane was a speaker. </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/workshop-on-enabling-information-systems-for-local-governance"> Workshop on Enabling Information Systems for Local Governance </a> (Organized by Jamia Milla Islamia, Tagore Hall; New Delhi; September 18, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a participant. </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/national-consultation-on-media-law">National Consultation on Media Law</a> (Organized by Law Commission of India and the National University, Delhi; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; September 27 - 28, 2014). Nehaa Chaudhari, Jyoti Panday and Anubha Sinha participated in the event. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cpdp-2015">CPDP 2015</a> : The eighth international conference on computers, privacy and data protection will be held in Brussels from January 21 to 23, 2015. CIS is a moral supporter of CPDP. </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-nikhil-varma-september-2-2014-fighting-battles-online"> Fighting battles online </a> (Nikhil Varma; The Hindu; September 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/vidya-venkat-the-hindu-september-7-2014-colonial-yoke-or-bureaucratic-insouciance"> Colonial yoke or bureaucratic insouciance? </a> (Vidya Venkat with additional reporting by K.T. Sangameswaran in Chennai; The Hindu; September 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/voice-of-america-september-10-2014-anjana-pasricha-kashmir-flood-social-media-aids-rescue"> Social Media Aids Rescue Efforts in Flood-Hit Kashmir </a> (Anjana Pasricha, September 10, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-economic-times-varun-aggarwal-september-11-2014-google-aims-to-win-india-with-android-one"> Google aims to win 40% of India with Android One </a> (Varun Aggarwal; Economic Times; September 11, 2014). </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/events/consultation-on-new-figures-of-learning-in-digital-context"> Consultation on New Figures of Learning in the Digital Context </a> (CIS, Bangalore, September 22, 2014). P.P. Sneha <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/consultation-new-figures-of-learning-in-digital-context">wrote a report</a> on the event. </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceOpenness2015-01-02T01:26:03ZPageNIE Steps in to Grow Konkani Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/nie-steps-in-to-grow-konkani-wikipedia
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa to enhance digital literacy in Konkani in the education sector across Goa.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme of CIS, in its sustained efforts to enhance the content and reach of <a class="external-link" href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/Mukhel_Pan">Kokani Wikepedia </a>(which is in incubation), has signed an MoU for a period of five years with <a class="external-link" href="http://dhe.goa.gov.in/nongovtnirmalainstitute.html">Nirmala Insitute of Education</a> (NIE), a Secondary Teacher Education College established in 1963 by the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary in response to the then urgent need for trained teachers in post liberation Goa. The key objectives of this partnership are: a) to design, develop and execute a certificate course titled "Teaching in the Age of Wikipedia", which is aimed at middle and high school teacher-trainees and teachers; and b) to introduce Wikimedia projects into the pedagogic curriculum of NIE.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Both CIS and NIE share a mutual interest in conserving, developing and disseminating knowledge free of cost in Konkani, which incidentally is Goa’s official language. Konkani as a language faces several challenges — it has no official script. The population who speak it are dispersed across the world and have little motivation to further the cause of Konkani, and there are few educational venues that offer a formal course to study Konkani or offer Konkani based curriculum. NIE Principal Dr. Denzil Martins welcomed this MoU and said that "it will guide our teacher-trainees to upload relevant information in Konkani that can be freely accessed by the local population" and "provide the volunteer-trainees with skills that they will be able to use to contribute and enhance the free knowledge in Konkani". The MoU was signed by Dr. Denzil Martins from NIE and T. Vishnu Vardhan (Programme Director, Access to Knowledge, CIS) in the presence of staff and students of NIE and volunteers Harriet Vidyasagar and Gayathri Rao Konkar. Dr. Rita Paes, ex-Principal of NIE who worked to forge this MoU sent her best wishes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K since 2013, has worked to develop partnerships with key educational institutions to promote and grow Konkani Wikipedia. It has previously worked with NIE to design and implement a program to enroll 100 B.Ed. students to increase the amount of information available in <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Goan_Towns_%26_Villages_@_Nirmala_Institute_of_Education"> Goan villages and towns </a> on Konkani Wikipedia. A2K has also been instrumental in convincing Goa University to <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/re-release-konkani-vishwakosh-under-cc-by-sa-3.0"> re-release Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopedia) under CC-BY-SA 3.0 </a> , making it freely available to public, giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The course ‘Teaching in the Age of Wikipedia’ will enable the teacher participant to have a) a comprehensive understanding of changes due to digital technology to the knowledge domain; b) an introduction to various openness movements that inform the discourse on Open Educational Resources; c) exposure and training to participate on open knowledge platforms like Wikipedia; and d) practical examples and best practices of using Wikipedia and sister projects within the classroom context. The parties will also co-design and jointly implement programmes to introduce Wikipedia in the NIE curriculum. The curriculum for this workshop is positioned within the context of indian languages (particularly Konkani) and school education to ensure that any learning is practical and can be applied within the teachers immediate pedagogic environment. Speaking about the relevance of this course Gayathri and Harriet (who have been associated with NIE as volunteers) mentioned that "the Goa government has handed out tablets to all school going children in Goa. In order to use them effectively in the classroom will require teachers to rethink their role and teaching methodologies and this course is an important step towards that". Agreeing with this Denzil Martins feels that this course "will provide the teacher-trainees with ideas and inputs for using Wikipedia in creative ways in the classroom".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This partnership could bring huge momentum and scale for the growth of Konkani as participants who graduate from this course will as teachers act as anchors and mentors to teach and assign Wikipedia editing assignments in their respective schools and classrooms.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As Gayathri feels "such courses once fine tuned should be made available to teachers from all over the country and should be part of the package for introducing the digital technology in the school system. Today it ends with setting up computer labls in schools or distribution of hardware to students - they may have a 'computer teacher' but the class and subject teachers never become part of these new initiatives. Only when this happens can we move away from 'teaching computers' to using computers as tools to learn and teach, which is the primary objective of digital technology in schools".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS will develop this open course and welcomes anyone to partner in this effort, which will be made available for anyone to use it within their context. The efforts to build free and open knowledge platforms like Konkani Wikipedia will continue and partnerships like NIE will play a crucial role in building a robust knowledge society in India.<b> </b></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/nie-steps-in-to-grow-konkani-wikipedia'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/nie-steps-in-to-grow-konkani-wikipedia</a>
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No publishervishnuAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaFeaturedKonkani WikipediaOpennessHomepage2014-10-10T11:26:26ZBlog EntryAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — August 2014
http://editors.cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-august-2014
<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of August 2014: </b>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Andhra_Loyola_College_and_the_Centre_for_Internet_.26_Society_sign_MoU_for_Better_Net_Access"><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/alc-cis-sign-mou-better-net-access" rel="nofollow">Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access</a></span></h2>
<p>Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in Telugu to all Telugus across the globe.<br /> <b>Highlights</b></p>
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<li>Ten theosophical books authored by Rev. Fr. P. Jojaiah, SJ released under free license (CC-BY-SA-4.0)</li>
<li>For the first time an educational institution in the state of Andhra Pradesh is signing an MoU with CIS-A2K to work collaboratively to qualitatively improve Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li>ALC faculty and students to create free e-content in Telugu on Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li>Digital content from the fields of Botany, Physics, Chemistry, Telugu, Statistics, Ethics and Religion, Music and Dance to be produced on Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/we-are-wikipedia" rel="nofollow">We are Wikipedia</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices Online, June 18, 2014)</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014" rel="nofollow">OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, OpenGlam, August 27, 2014)</li>
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<p>CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-shruthi-august-5-2014-now-christ-students-will-contribute-to-wikipedia" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Now, Christ students will contribute to Wikipedia</a> (by H.M.Shruthi, Deccan Herald, August 5, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cis-mou-with-alc-coverage-in-eenadu" class="external text" rel="nofollow">CIS-A2K Signs MoU with Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada</a> (Eenadu, August 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-august-15-2014-alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access" class="external text" rel="nofollow">ALC signs MoU for better net access</a> (The Hindu, August 15, 2014).</li>
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<p>Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of six members, four based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Subhashish Panigrahi and Rahmanuddin Shaikh. One team member Nitika Tandon has left from the organisation -- We wish Nitika all the best for her career. We also have one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana working with us. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed <a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests">here</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="About_CIS">About CIS</span></h2>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
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<li>Twitter: <a class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/CISA2K" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/CISA2K</a></li>
<li>CIS group on Facebook: <a class="external free" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india</a></li>
<li>Visit us at: <a class="external free" href="https://cis-india.org" rel="nofollow">https://cis-india.org</a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Request_for_Collaboration:">Request for Collaboration:</span></h2>
<p>We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant@cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at vishnu@cis-india.org.</p>
<p>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-10-04T15:51:15ZPageOpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014
<b>GLAM activities in the last two months have been quite happening! </b>
<p id="stcpDiv" style="text-align: justify; ">Subhashish Panigrahi's blog post was <a class="external-link" href="http://openglam.org/2014/08/27/openglam-at-wikimania-2014/">published on OpenGLAM</a> website on August 27, 2014.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">After <a href="http://2014.okfestival.org/">Open Knowledge Festival</a> in Berlin, OpenGLAM members and other GLAM contributors met again during <a href="http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/">Wikimania London</a>, the official annual event of the Wikimedia movement focused on what people are making with wikis and open content. There were GLAM talks, workshops, discussions and brown bag talks: in this blog I’ll go into some of the highlights, but you can find <b>an overview of all GLAM & Free culture submissions <a href="https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_%26_Free_Culture_submissions">here</a>. <br /></b></p>
<h3>Best practices for the evaluation of GLAM-Wiki cooperation</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A GLAM-Wiki evaluation workshop was organized by Beat Estermann, Maarten Brinkerink and Wikimedia Foundation’s Program Evaluation specialist Jaime Anstee to assess the impact of the past GLAM projects and to create a road map by placing evaluation parameters in place for institutional collaboration. From the GLAM wiki residency project at <a href="https://wikimedia.org.uk/">Wikimedia UK</a>, Jonathan Cardy presented the <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/beatestermann/wikimania-2014-glam-uk-evaluation">evaluation process</a> needed in place for <a href="http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence">Wikipedia-in-Residence</a> programs. <a href="https://www.wikimedia.de/">Wikimedia Deutschland</a> (WMDE)’s Lilli Iliev shared information about the evaluation practices WMDE has put in place in order to implement small to large scale GLAM projects in Germany. While working with various cultural institutions in Germany, they focused on qualitative aspects of the content acquired, on goal oriented programs like “GLAM on Tour”, and on mass outreach by popular media and post campaign impact measuring. Four groups were then formed to work on particular GLAM projects, how they plan to evaluate tangible output and measure return on investments.</p>
<h3 id="stcpDiv">Have you heard?</h3>
<p id="stcpDiv" style="text-align: justify; ">In the scope of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Voice_intro_project">Wikipedia Voice Intro Project</a> that he founded, Andy Marbett (<a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>) spoke about the beauty of having recordings of notable people where they not just pronounce their names in their native languages, but introduce themselves with their dates and places of birth. With BBC’s collaboration, this project has grew to an avenue on Wikipedia to enrich biography-articles. This is indeed a project that has run absolutely in zero cost and aims at making Wikimedians meet their stars and document their voices for ever on the Internet. The full video of the talk is available below.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-glam-august-27-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-open-glam-at-wikimania-2014</a>
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No publishersubhaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-10-06T05:09:19ZBlog EntryWe are Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/we-are-wikipedia
<b>Wikimedia Deutchland has included a paragraph about WeAreWikipedia on their blog.</b>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id=".40WeAreWikipedia_auf_Global_Voices">@WeAreWikipedia auf Global Voices</span></h3>
<p>Subhashish Panigrahi hat einen Beitrag über das Twitter-Projekt „We Are Wikipedia“ auf der Bloggerplattform GlobalVoices veröffentlicht. Subhashish erklärt unter anderem wo die Idee für das Projekt herkommt und greift einiger der unterschiedlichste Beiträge auf, die über den Twitter-Account in den letzten Wochen liefen. Inzwischen gibt es auch schon eine deutschsprachige Version des Beitrags</p>
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<li>English: <a class="free external" href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/06/18/this-twitter-account-puts-a-face-to-the-unsung-volunteer-editors-behind-wikipedia/" rel="nofollow">http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/06/18/this-twitter-account-puts-a-face-to-the-unsung-volunteer-editors-behind-wikipedia/</a></li>
<li>Deutsch: <a class="free external" href="http://de.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/06/19/dieser-twitter-account-gibt-den-unbekannten-freiwilligen-von-wikipedia-ein-gesicht/" rel="nofollow">http://de.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/06/19/dieser-twitter-account-gibt-den-unbekannten-freiwilligen-von-wikipedia-ein-gesicht/</a></li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/we-are-wikipedia'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/we-are-wikipedia</a>
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No publishersubhaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-09-06T03:19:29ZBlog EntryDigital Publishing Meeting
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/c-dac-august-22-2014-digital-publishing-meeting
<b>As an initiative towards building a community, a meeting on digital publishing was conducted by C-DAC GIST Pune on August 22, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja attended the meeting.</b>
<p>See the Facebook page of the event <a class="external-link" href="https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA/posts/698923223511927">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/c-dac-august-22-2014-digital-publishing-meeting'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/c-dac-august-22-2014-digital-publishing-meeting</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-09-09T08:25:32ZNews ItemCIS' Comments on the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access Policy
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/cis-comments-to-the-department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-open-access-policy
<b>In July 2014, the Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India released a draft Open Access Policy. CIS participated in discussions along with experts brought on board by the Drafting Committee to develop and review the open access policy. As a follow-up, CIS prepared comments to the draft Policy. This post makes available CIS' comments to the draft Policy. </b>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">The
Policy was drafted after multiple rounds of consultation with
Ministry officials, eminent academics and experts with prior
experience of drafting open-access policies, and CIS. Prof. Subbiah
Arunachalam along with the Open Access Policy Committee led the
discussions. The draft Policy may be accessed <a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/DBT-DST_Open_Access_Policy.pdf">here</a>.
You may access CIS' detailed post on its previous work on the draft
Policy <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-ministry-of-science-and-technology-government-of-india-release-open-access-policy">here.
</a>The comments provided by CIS follow. </p>
Click <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/cis-comments-to-the-department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-open-access-policy/at_download/file">here </a>to download a pdf version of the comments.
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<p align="CENTER" class="western"><strong>COMMENTS
ON THE</strong></p>
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<strong>PROPOSED
OPEN ACCESS POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND DEPARTMENT
OF SCIENCE</strong></p>
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<em><strong>by</strong></em></p>
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<strong>THE
CENTRE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY, INDIA</strong></p>
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<strong>I.
PRELIMINARY</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
1.
This submission presents preliminary clause-by-clause comments by the
Centre for Internet and Society (“<strong>CIS</strong>”)
on the Proposed Open Access Policy (“<strong>the
Policy</strong>”)
of the Department of Biotechnology (“<strong>DBT</strong>”)
and Department of Science (“<strong>DST</strong>”).</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
2.
This submission is based on the draft document for an open access
policy by the DBT/DST. The draft document may be accessed on the
website of the DBT.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote1anc" href="#sdfootnote1sym"><sup>1</sup></a></sup></p>
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3.
CIS commends the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of
India for its efforts at seeking inputs from various stakeholders
prior to the release of its open access policy. CIS is thankful for
the opportunity to have been a part of the discussion during the
framing of the Policy; and to provide this clause-by-clause
submission, in furtherance of the feedback process continuing from
the aforesaid draft Policy.</p>
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<strong>II.
OVERVIEW</strong></p>
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4.
The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-governmental
organization engaged in research and policy work in the areas of,
inter alia, access to knowledge and openness.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote2anc" href="#sdfootnote2sym"><sup>2</sup></a></sup>
This clause-by-clause submission is consistent with CIS’ commitment
to safeguarding general public interest, and the interests and rights
of various stakeholders involved. Accordingly, the comments in this
submission aim to further these principles and are limited to those
clauses that most directly have an impact on them.</p>
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<strong>III.
CLAUSE-BY-CLAUSE COMMENTS AND ANALYSIS</strong></p>
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<strong>5. “An</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>important</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>function</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>support</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>basic,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>translational</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>applied</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientific</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>through</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>creation</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>suitable</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>infrastructure,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>providing</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>individual</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientists,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institutions</strong><strong>
and </strong><strong>start-ups,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>through</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>any</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>other</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>means deemed
</strong><strong>necessary.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
5.1. CIS has observed the
superior standard of scientific research and development performed at
DST/DBT<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote3anc" href="#sdfootnote3sym"><sup>3</sup></a></sup>,
and the steps taken to create high quality infrastructure by
providing direct and indirect funding to several individual
scientists, institutions and start-ups.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
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5.2. CIS strongly supports
DBT/DST’s endeavour to extend the benefits of scientific research
to the public produced by the persons in the foregoing comment by
creating an open access policy.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
5.3. CIS believes that the
creation of an open access policy will advance the “creation of
suitable infrastructure” by DBT/DST. Further, academic literature
argues that open access
works have a greater impact than works that are not freely available<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote4anc" href="#sdfootnote4sym"><sup>4</sup></a></sup>
and the public ought to benefit from research funded by the
taxpayers’ money.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote5anc" href="#sdfootnote5sym"><sup>5</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>6.</strong><em><strong>
</strong></em><strong>“</strong><strong>Since
all funds disbursed by DBT/DST are public funds, it is important that
the information and knowledge generated through the use of these
funds are made publicly available</strong><strong>
as soon as possible.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
6.1.
The Policy proposes usage of the phrase “made publicly available.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
6.2.
It is submitted that the phrase “made publicly available” does
not sufficiently convey or establish the specific rights of the
public with regard to the use of the information and knowledge
generated at DBT/DST.</p>
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6.3.
Under Indian Copyright law<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote6anc" href="#sdfootnote6sym"><sup>6</sup></a></sup>,
the
Government is the first owner of research “made or published under
the control or direction” of any of its department or public
undertaking in the absence of a contract to the contrary. Therefore,
the Government is the owner of the knowledge and information
generated at DBT/DST.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote7anc" href="#sdfootnote7sym"><sup>7</sup></a></sup>
The author by virtue of section 57 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957,
however, retains the following rights in the publication:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
a.
Identification right or attribution right;</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
b.
Right to maintain integrity in the work; and</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
c.
Right to prevent destruction of the work.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
These
rights are collectively known as the author’s moral rights. They
remain with the author even after assignment of the copyright or
first ownership vesting with the Government. Whereas, the Policy
permits unfettered access to research, there are limitations on
further use of the work placed on third parties by virtue of the
aforementioned rights.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
6.4.
CIS, therefore, in support of maintaining precision of the Policy
recommends use of the phrase “made publicly available as soon as
possible, subject to limitations prescribed under Indian law.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
6.5.
CIS strongly supports the Policy’s rationale to make all knowledge
openly accessible because it is produced by public funding. The
rationale also aligns with academic literature advocating that the
public ought to benefit from research funded by the taxpayers’
money.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote8anc" href="#sdfootnote8sym"><sup>8</sup></a></sup></p>
<p class="western">
<strong>7.
“Research funded by DBT/DST results in new ideas and knowledge.
However, DBT/DST will not underwrite article processing charges
levied by some journals.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
7.1. CIS observes that while a
majority of open access publications may not charge subscription or
other access fees, they usually cover their operating expenses
through other sources by levying processing fees paid by or on behalf
of authors for submission to or publication in the journal.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote9anc" href="#sdfootnote9sym"><sup>9</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
7.2. CIS believes that the
Policy should not cause detriment to persons performing research
under DBT/DST, safeguard each person’s interest and career
advancement. DBT/DST must create suitable infrastructure to
accommodate prevalent practices and ensure the best support for its
researchers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
7.3. CIS, therefore, suggests
the need to establish a durable mechanism for underwriting reasonable
publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published
in fee-based open-access journals and for which other institutions
would not be expected to provide funds.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote10anc" href="#sdfootnote10sym"><sup>10</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
7.4. The following methods may
be elected to further the aforementioned comment:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
a. DST/DBT may insert a
provision to factor Article Processing Charges into the researcher’s
grant; or</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
b. DST/DBT may establish an OA
Publishing Fund. Funding may emerge from potential sources such as
the institution al research division responsible with tracking and
managing grant funding.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
c. DST/DBT may purchase an
institutional membership with OA publishers. Several major OA
publishers discount their processing charges if an author is
affiliated with an institution that has a membership.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote11anc" href="#sdfootnote11sym"><sup>11</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>8. “</strong><strong>The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>affirms</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>principle</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>intrinsic</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>merit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>work,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>not</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>title</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>which</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>author’s</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>work</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>published,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>considered</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>making</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>future</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>decisions.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>does</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>not</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>recommend</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>use</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>impact</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>factors,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>surrogate</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>measure</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>quality</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>individual</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>articles,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>assess</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>individual</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientist’s</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>contributions,</strong><strong>
or</strong><strong> </strong><strong>in
</strong><strong>hiring,</strong><strong>
promotion, or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
decisions.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.1. CIS strongly believes that
the policy successfully creates a level playing field for assessment
of quality of publications by making the title of the journal
irrelevant.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.2. CIS observes that the
particular clause uses “title of the journal” to imply that the
title is irrelevant as a factor to judge the merit of the work;
whereas in the following sentence uses “DBT/DST does not recommend
the use of journal impact factors” as a factor to assess quality of
the work. The synonymous use creates an impression that “journal
impact factor” is similar to “title of the journal”, which is a
specious representation.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.3. CIS submits that “journal
impact factor” is a measure reflecting the average number of
citations to recent articles published in the journal, and is only
one of the many methods of calculating quality of a publication.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote12anc" href="#sdfootnote12sym"><sup>12</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.4. CIS suggests that the
clause may be amended as follows, insofar as the preceding comments
are concerned:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“The DBT/DST affirms the
principle that the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of
the journal in which an author’s work is published, should be
considered in making future funding decisions. DBT/DST does not
recommend the use of journal impact factors <em>either</em>,
as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research
articles, to assess an individual scientist’s contributions, or in
hiring, promotion, or funding decisions.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.5. Further, CIS submits that
open access is in a nascent stage in Indian academia, and a person
performing research under DBT/DST may lose external benefits by
adhering to this clause. In reality, open access journals are yet to
cultivate the high quality readership that certain subscription based
journals enjoy. The clause prematurely puts a burden on researchers
to not publish in subscription based journals enjoying a stellar
reputation. Further, mere posting in online repositories will not
ensure that the research will be successfully read and critiqued by
other members of the academia.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
8.6. CIS believes that DBT/DST
should provide sufficient infrastructure and freedom to allow
researchers to publish by a method of their choice, and not put
unnecessary restrictions on the same.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>9. “The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>believe/s</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>maximizing</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>distribution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>these</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>publications</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>providing</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>free</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>online</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>access</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>depositing</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>them</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>gratis</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>open</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>access</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>repository</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>most</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>effective</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>way</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>ensuring</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>it</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funds</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>can</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>accessed,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>read</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>built</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>upon.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>This,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>turn,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>will</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>foster</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
richer</strong><strong> </strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>culture.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
9.1. CIS strongly agrees with
DBT/DST’s method of disseminating research. The method is in
harmony with the principles of open access since it provides free
online access by depositing manuscripts in an open access repository.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
9.2. CIS submits that the clause
may include depositing full-text, metadata and supplementary
materials in addition to the paper, in consonance with Clause 12 of
this submission.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>10. </strong><strong>“Grantees</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>can</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>make</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>their</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>papers</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>open-access</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>publishing</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>open-access</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>if</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>they</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>choose</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>publish</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>subscription</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
posting</strong><strong> </strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>final</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>accepted</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>manuscript</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>online</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>repository.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
10.1. The clause indicates that
papers may be made open access via two routes, <em>firstly,</em>
publishing the paper in an open-access journal, and <em>secondly,
</em>publishing the paper
in a subscription journal. Publishing the paper in a subscription
journal entails the grantee to also post the final manuscript to an
online repository.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
10.2. CIS strongly supports the
Policy’s direction to grantees to deposit “the
final
accepted
manuscript
to
an
online
repository” upon
adoption of the second route.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
10.3. However, CIS believes that
to ensure that ends of open access completely meet; the papers should
be <em>mandatorily</em>
deposited in online repositories which are freely accessible to the
public i.e. following the <em>Green
OA</em> route completely.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
10.4. To strengthen foregoing
comment, CIS strongly suggests establishment of a <em>central</em>
online repository under the aegis of DST/DBT. This will guarantee
open access to the manuscript in the unfortunate case of the
institutional repository failing or delaying in tying up with other
institutional repositories and the central repository.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
10.4. It is submitted that the
clause may be accordingly amended as follows<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote13anc" href="#sdfootnote13sym"><sup>13</sup></a></sup>:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“Grantees
can make their papers open-access by publishing in an open-access
journal and posting the final manuscript to a central online
repository, or by publishing in a subscription journal and posting
the final accepted manuscript <em>i.e.</em>
the pre-print version to the central online repository. A preprint is
any version of the paper prior to peer-review and publication,
usually the version submitted to a journal.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">What
should
be
deposited?</h2>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>11.
“</strong><strong>The
final accepted manuscript (after refereeing, revision, etc.)
resulting from research projects fully or partially funded by DBT/DST
or performed using infrastructure built with the support of DBT/DST
and to appear in peer-reviewed professional journals.</strong>
<strong>This
also includes review articles, both invited and author initiated, for
those who received funding from DBT/DST during that period.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
11.1.
It is submitted that the clause fails to declare the applicability of
the Policy to non-peer reviewed works, <em>inter
alia</em>,
doctoral dissertations.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
11.2.
CIS observed that the DBT offers post-graduate programs, including
the DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship (DBT- PDF) programme and
Post-Graduate programs, <em>inter
alia</em>.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote14anc" href="#sdfootnote14sym"><sup>14</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
11.3.
CIS supports the extension of the policy to works produced under all
programs at DBT/DST (mentioned in the foregoing comment) to increase
the efficacy of the Policy and to fulfil greatest dissemination of
public funded research.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>12. “The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>full-text</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>paper</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>metadata</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposited.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Supplementary</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>materials</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>made</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>available</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>along</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>with</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>publication.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>At</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>end</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>full-text</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>acknowledgement</strong><strong>
should carry</strong><strong> </strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>grant</strong><strong>
number.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
12.1.
CIS strongly supports the deposit of metadata, full-text of the paper
to be made available along with other supplementary materials.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
12.2.
This clause rightly seeks supplementary material to ensure holistic
access to the research.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
12.3.
CIS believes that DST/DBT should ensure that the aforementioned
material is deposited in a machine readable format thereby permitting
accurate search across the open access infrastructure and supporting
interoperability. This will lead to a high degree of openness and
foster a more rigorous academic culture.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
12.4.
In furtherance of the preceding comment, CIS submits that DBT/DST may
use Digital Object Identifiers (“DOI”) to create persistent
citations of publications available online. DOI ensures
interoperability across systems and accurate linking of all material
in relation to a publication. OECD has successfully implemented the
system in its library system, namely, the OECD iLibrary.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote15anc" href="#sdfootnote15sym"><sup>15</sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
12.4.
CIS encourages DBT/DST to develop a more detailed policy on issues
affecting the infrastructure required to successfully implement open
access at it.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>13. “</strong><strong>Papers</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>resulting</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funds</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>received</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>fiscal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>year</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>2012-13</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>onwards</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>are</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>required</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposited.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Authors</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>are</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>strongly urged</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>also</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>final</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>accepted</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>manuscripts</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>received</strong><strong>
in earlier</strong><strong> </strong><strong>years.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
13.1.
CIS strongly agrees with the scheme of depositing papers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
13.2.
It is submitted that this clause will dispel ambiguity for
requirement of depositing papers published prior to 2012.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">Where
to deposit?</h2>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>14.
“The manuscript should be deposited in the grantee’s own
institution’s interoperable institutional repository (IR). If the
institution does not yet have an IR of its own, then the paper should
be deposited in the central repository, which will be created by
DBT/DST.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
14.1.
CIS strongly supports depositing papers in the aforementioned
repositories.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
14.2.
It is submitted that the manuscript may be mandatorily be deposited
in a central online repository (as suggested in the preceding
comments), in addition to the grantee’s own institution’s
interoperable institutional repository.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote16anc" href="#sdfootnote16sym"><sup>16</sup></a></sup>
This will guarantee open access to the manuscript in the unfortunate
case of the institutional repository failing or delaying in tying up
with other institutional repositories and the central online
repository.</p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">When
to
deposit?</h2>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>15. “Deposits</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>made</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>within</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>one</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>week</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>acceptance</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>However,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>if</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>insists</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>on</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>embargo,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>material</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>still</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposited,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>but</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>repository</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>will</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>keep</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposited</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>papers</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>non-OA</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>only</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>make</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>it</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>fully</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>OA</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>at</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>end</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>embargo</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>period.</strong><sup><strong>2</strong></sup><sup><strong>
</strong></sup><strong>Suggest</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that the </strong><strong>period</strong><strong>
of</strong><strong> </strong><strong>embargo
not be </strong><strong>greater</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>than</strong><strong>
one</strong><strong> </strong><strong>year.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
15.1.
CIS strongly supports the time-frame provided for depositing the
paper, and the subsequent clause for keeping the paper “dark OA”
in the case of an embargo placed on the paper by the publisher.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
15.2.
CIS suggests that the sentence “Suggest
that the period of embargo not be greater than one year”
be re-framed to reflect a conclusive position of the DST/DBT.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
15.3.
CIS submits that the clause may be amended as follows:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“Deposits
should be made within one week of acceptance by the journal. However,
if the journal insists on an embargo, the material should still be
deposited, but the repository will keep the deposited papers non-OA
and only make it fully OA at the end of the embargo period. The
embargo should operate for a maximum period of one year.”</p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">Who
should
deposit?</h2>
<p class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>16. “This policy</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>applies</strong><strong>
to individual </strong><strong>scientists/institutions</strong><strong>
who have</strong><strong> </strong><strong>directly</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>received</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>ad-hoc</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>other</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>support/benefits/infrastructure</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>well</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientists</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>working</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>at</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST-aided</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>autonomous</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institutions</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>who</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>benefit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>directly</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>indirectly</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>infrastructure and</strong><strong>
core</strong><strong> </strong><strong>funding</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>provided</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
16.1. CIS strongly supports the
inclusion of scientists and researchers into the scope of the Policy.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
16.2. It is submitted that
extending the scope of the Policy to apply to direct beneficiaries as
well as indirect beneficiaries of DBT/DST funding/infrastructure
shall ensure open access to a large amount of invaluable research.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
16.3. The clause may be amended
as follows:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“This policy
applies
to individual scientists/researchers/institutions
who have directly
received
ad-hoc
funding
or
other
support/benefits/infrastructure
from
DBT/DST
as
well
as
to
scientists/researchers
working
at
DBT/DST-aided
autonomous
institutions
who
benefit
directly
or
indirectly
from
the
infrastructure and
core funding
provided
by
DBT/DST.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>17.</strong>
<strong>“</strong><strong>The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>principal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>investigator</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>(PI)</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>someone</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>authorized</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>PI,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>anyone</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>authorized</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>head</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>where</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>work</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>carried</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>out</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>(such</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>librarian),</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>can</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>papers.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Both</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>PI</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>head</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>will</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>responsible</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>for</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>timely</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>paper.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
17.1. CIS supports the process
chalked out to deposit the papers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
17.2. It is submitted that a
formal procedure shall ensure efficient and timely deposit of the
papers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">Depositing
in a
repository
is mandatory</h2>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>18. “Unless</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>ID</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>quoted</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>project</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>report</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>well</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>future</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>proposals</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>for</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the </strong><strong>proposals</strong><strong>
will not be </strong><strong>considered.</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>Unless</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>ID</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>quoted</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>project</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>report</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>well</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>future</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>proposals</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>for</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funding,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the </strong><strong>proposals</strong><strong>
will not be </strong><strong>considered.</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>In</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>rare</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>case</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>where</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>PI</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>head</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>has</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>some</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>valid</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>reasons</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>for</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>not</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>complying</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>with </strong><strong>these
requirements</strong><strong> they</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>give</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>suitable</strong><strong>
explanation</strong><strong> in the</strong><strong>
final</strong><strong> </strong><strong>report.</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<em><strong>For
</strong></em><em><strong>research
carried</strong></em><em><strong>
out</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>in
</strong></em><em><strong>institutions</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>under</strong></em><em><strong>
the </strong></em><em><strong>administrative
control</strong></em><em><strong>
of</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>DBT/DST</strong></em><strong>:</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>Authors</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>papers</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>will</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>have</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>no</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>such</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>ID</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>shall</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>not</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>considered</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>for</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>promotion/appointment/</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>award/Fellowship/Research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Grant.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
18.1. CIS supports the procedure
to ensure mandatory deposits in a repository.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
18.2. It is submitted that
creating unique deposit IDs shall ensure that the PI or head of the
institution oversees the process of making a paper open access more
efficiently. Further, the clause incentivises authors to gain a
deposit ID by depositing their papers in a repository, thereby
maximizing open access.</p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">How
to
deposit?</h2>
<p class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>19. “In</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>case</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>IRs,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>IR</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>administrator</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>(and</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>his/her</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>team)</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>will</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>material</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>on</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>behalf</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>authors.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>If</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>one</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>wants</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>deposit</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>material</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>central</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>repository,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>author</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>(or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>one</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the </strong><strong>authors</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>case</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>many)</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>forward</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>material</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>administrator</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>central</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>repository.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Those</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>who</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>want</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>self-archive</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>an</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>IR</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>may</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>obtain</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>credentials</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>administrators.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
19.1. The clause prescribes the
methods prescribed in the Policy to deposit a paper.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
19.2. However, CIS believes that
depositing papers in the Central repository should be mandatory,
since tie-ups with the institutional repositories may fail or get
delayed. The Policy should aim at reducing administrative barriers in
interest of making papers open access in the least amount of time.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<h2 align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
Copyright</h2>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>20. “In</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>case</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientist</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>produces</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>as</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>part</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>her</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>employment</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>with</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>government</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>body,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>copyright</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>vests</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>government</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>body,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>unless</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>otherwise</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>agreed</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>upon</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>contrary.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Therefore,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>if</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>copyright</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>continues</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>vest</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Government,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>transfer</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>rights</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>would</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>have</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Government,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>or</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientist</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>after</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>prior</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>permission</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>Government.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>If</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>research</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>has</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>been</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>produced</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>scientist</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>course</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>her</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>employment</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>with</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>any</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution,</strong><strong>
copyrights</strong><strong> vests</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>concerned,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>unless</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>otherwise</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>agreed</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>upon</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>contrary.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>retain</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>right</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>make</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>articles</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>freely</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>available</strong><strong>
</strong><em><strong>gratis</strong></em><strong>,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>whether</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>journal</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>is</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>open-</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>access</strong><strong>
or </strong><strong>subscription-based.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
20.1. CIS strongly supports the
Policy in regard to informing the author about their ownership rights
in the research.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
20.2. CIS strongly supports a
legal arrangement whereby the author is transferred complete
copyright in his/her work; and the Government retains a
non-exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence to disseminate the
work publicly for the purposes of this Policy.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
20.3. In furtherance of the
preceding comment, the clause may be amended as follows:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“In
case
the
scientist/researcher
produces
research
as
part
of
her
employment
with
a
government
body,
the
copyright
legally vests
in
the
government
body,
unless
otherwise
agreed
upon
to
the
contrary.
In the interest of the authors, the Government will transfer
copyright in the work to the author, subject to reservation of
certain rights. The
Government
should
retain
the
right to reproduction of
works, to issue copies of
the works freely
available
<em>gratis</em>,
whether
the
journal
is
open-
access
or subscription-based.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>21. “The</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>recommend/s</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>all</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>authors</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>receiving</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>funds</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>from</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>DBT/DST</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>should,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>at</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>time</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>returning</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>copyright</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>transfer</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>form,</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>inform</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>publisher</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>that</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>they</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>would</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>retain</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>right</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>place</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>full-text</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>final</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>author</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>version</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>institution’s</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>IR</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>and</strong><strong>
</strong><em><strong>DBT/DST</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>Central</strong></em><strong>.</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>This</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>can</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>be</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>achieved</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>by</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>attaching</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>to</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>copyright</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>transfer</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>agreement</strong><strong>
</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>
</strong><em><strong>DBT/DST</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>author</strong></em><em><strong>
</strong></em><em><strong>addendum</strong></em><strong>.”</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
21.1. CIS strongly supports the
pre-condition to be placed by the authors before the publisher before
permitting publication of their papers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
21.2. It is submitted that
retaining the right to deposit papers in the appropriate repositories
shall ensure open access to research produced by the authors, and
place a legal obligation on the publisher to honour the principle of
open access by virtue of the copyright transfer agreement.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western">
<strong>IV.
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
22.
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the opportunity to
comment on the proposed Open Access Policy of the Department of
Biotechnology and Department of Science and commends the Ministry of
Science and Technology, Government of India for its initiative in
seeking inputs from the stakeholders.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
23.
To that end, reiterating its commitment to the values of access to
knowledge, openness, freedom of information, protection of general
public interest and safeguarding various stakeholders’ interests
and rights, the Centre for Internet and Society presents the
following concluding observations:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
a.
That the Policy uses the phrase “made publicly available as soon as
possible, subject to limitations prescribed under Indian laws” to
adequately convey its purposes.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
b.
That the Policy may create various mechanisms for underwriting
reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty
and published in fee-based open-access journals and for which the
respective institutions would not be expected to provide funds. The
mechanisms are as follows:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
(i) DST/DBT may insert a
provision to factor Article Processing Charges into the researcher’s
grant; or</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
(ii) DST/DBT may establish an OA
Publishing Fund. Funding may emerge from potential sources such as
the institutional research division responsible with tracking and
managing grant funding.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
(iii) DST/DBT may purchase an
institutional membership with OA publishers.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
c.
That the Policy should clearly distinguish between journal impact
factors and title of the journal in respect of assessing the quality
of the publication</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
d.
That to ensure that ends of open access completely meet; the papers
should be mandatorily deposited in a central online repository
(established by DBT/DST) which is freely accessible to the public
i.e. following the Green OA route <em>in
toto</em>.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
e.
That non- peer reviewed works produced at DBT/DST, in addition to
peer reviewed works also be deposited by the authors and therefore be
included in the appropriate clause.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
f.
That to ensure that the full-text, meta data and supplementary
material is deposited in a machine readable format thereby permitting
accurate search across the open access infrastructure; The policy may
develop a more rigorous plan for creating adequate infrastructure to
ensure interoperability.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
g.
That the Policy may consider using DOI to establish a robust
infrastructure.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
h.
That the manuscript may be mandatorily deposited a central online
repository, in addition to the grantee’s own institution’s
interoperable institutional repository to ensure that ends of open
access are met.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
i.
That the copyright should vest with the author and the Government may
retain rights to reproduction of the work in order to issue free
copies of the work to the public.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
j.
That certain sentences be suitably modified, as discussed in the
preceding sections of these comments.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
k.
That the Policy fails to establish a target timeline to achieve the
objectives and setting up of required infrastructure, thereby
rendering the collaborative obligations and duties of various
stakeholders undefined. The Policy may insert a clause for the same
as follows:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“<strong>Targets
of the DST-DBT Open Access Policy Implementation</strong> (broadly):</p>
<ol><li>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
Conclude
the final terms and conditions of the Policy by <insert date>.</p>
</li><li>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
Create
a central online repository for authors to submit their material by
<insert date>.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" name="sdfootnote17anc" href="#sdfootnote17sym"><sup>17</sup></a></p>
</li><li>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
Encourage
institutions to create respective institutional repositories.</p>
</li><li>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
Create
a website with a user-friendly interface to enable access to the
public by <insert date>”</p>
</li></ol>
<ol>
<ol>
<ol type="i" start="50"><li>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
That
the Policy fails to address the remedies for non-compliance of its
terms and condtitions by any party i.e Government, institution,
researcher/scientist. A clause may be inserted as follows:</p>
</li></ol>
</ol>
</ol>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
“<strong>Compliance</strong></p>
<ol>
<ol>
<ol type="i" start="50">
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<em>Researcher/scientist</em></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
1.
In the event of the researcher/scientist entering into an
agreement with a journal publisher, which stipulates unreasonable
conditions on the accessiblity, thereby being incompatible with
the Policy, the terms of the Policy shall have an overriding
effect with regard to making the material publicly accessible.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<em>Institution</em></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
2.
The insititution shall faciliate and assist the author in
depositing the required material in the central online repository.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<em>Government
</em></p>
</ol>
</ol>
</ol>
<p align="JUSTIFY">
3.
The Government shall enter into a copyright transfer agreement with
the author contemporaneously alongwith the conclusion of the
employment agreement, and agree to transfer the copyright to the
author whilst reserving a non-exclusive, irrevocable and perputal
right of reproduction and dissemination of the material deposited. In
the absence/violation of a copyright transfer
agreement, the Policy grants the researcher/scientist the copyright
in the material so authored.”</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
24.
The Centre for Internet and Society would be willing discuss these
submissions with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government
of India; and supplement these with further submissions if necessary,
and offer any other assistance towards the efforts at developing an
open access policy for the DBT/DST.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>On
behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>Nehaa
Chaudhari</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>Anubha
Sinha</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<strong>August
19, 2014</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western">
<br /><br /></p>
<div id="sdfootnote1">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote1sym" href="#sdfootnote1anc">1</a>See
“DBT-DST Open Access Policy” available at
<<u><a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/DBT-DST_Open_Access_Policy.pdf" target="_top">http://dbt</a><a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/DBT-DST_Open_Access_Policy.pdf" target="_top">india.nic.in/docs/DBT-DST_Open_Access_Policy.pdf</a></u>>
(last
accessed August 11, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote2">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote2sym" href="#sdfootnote2anc">2</a>See
www.cis-india.org (last accessed August 11, 2014) for details about
CIS’ work.</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote3">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote3sym" href="#sdfootnote3anc">3</a>See
“Annual Report 2012-13”, Ministry of Science and Technology,
available at
<a href="http://www.dst.gov.in/about_us/ar12-13/annual-report-2012-13.pdf" target="_top">http://www.dst.gov.in/about_us/ar12-13/annual-report-2012-13.pdf</a>
(last accessed August 11, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote4">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote4sym" href="#sdfootnote4anc">4</a>See
‘Do Open access articles have a greater research impact?’,
Kristine Antelman available at
<http://eprints.rclis.org/5463/1/do_open_access_CRL.pdf> (last
accessed August 5, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote5">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote5sym" href="#sdfootnote5anc">5</a>
See “Academic knowledge, Open access and Democracy”, available
at <a href="http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/5454/open-access.pdf" target="_top">http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/5454/open-access.pdf</a>
(last accessed August 11, 2014)</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote6">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote6sym" href="#sdfootnote6anc">6</a>Copyright
Act, 1957.</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote7">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote7sym" href="#sdfootnote7anc">7</a>Section
2(k) of the Copyright Act, 1957 read with Section 17 of the
Copyright Act, 1957.</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote8">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote8sym" href="#sdfootnote8anc">8</a>See
“Academic knowledge, Open access and Democracy”, available at
<a href="http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/5454/open-access.pdf" target="_top">http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/5454/open-access.pdf</a>
(last accessed August 11, 2014)</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote9">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote9sym" href="#sdfootnote9anc">9</a>See
“Compact for Open access publishing Equity”, available at
<<u><a href="http://www.oacompact.org/compact/" target="_top">http://www.oacompact.org/compact/</a></u>>(last
accessed August 10,2014)</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote10">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote10sym" href="#sdfootnote10anc">10</a><em>ibid</em>.</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote11">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote11sym" href="#sdfootnote11anc">11</a>See
“Funding open access journal publishing”, Christine Fruin, Fred
Rascoe, available at <<a href="http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/5/240" target="_top">http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/5/240</a>>
(last accessed August 10, 2014)</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote12">
<p><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote12sym" href="#sdfootnote12anc">12</a>
See
“Impact factors: arbiter of excellence?”, Martin Frank,
available at <
<u><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC141180/#n102" target="_top">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC141180/#n102</a></u>>
(last accessed August 14, 2014)</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote13">
<p><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote13sym" href="#sdfootnote13anc">13</a>
See
“Open Access Overview”, Peter Suber, available at
<<u><a href="http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm" target="_top">http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm</a></u>>
(last accessed August 14, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote14">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote14sym" href="#sdfootnote14anc">14</a>See
“Human Resource Development: Program”, available at
<<u><a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=16" target="_top">http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=16</a></u>>
(last accessed August 11, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote15">
<p><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote15sym" href="#sdfootnote15anc">15</a>
See "We
Need Publishing Standards for Datasets and Data Tables",
Green
T, available at <
<u><a href="http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/documents/ece/ces/ge.40/2010/wp.8.e.pdf" target="_top">http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/documents/ece/ces/ge.40/2010/wp.8.e.pdf</a></u>>
(last accessed August 11, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote16">
<p class="sdfootnote-western">
<a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote16sym" href="#sdfootnote16anc">16</a>See
“CORE: Three Access Levels to Underpin Open Access”, available
at <<u><a href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november12/knoth/11knoth.html" target="_top">http://www.dlib.org/dli</a><a href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november12/knoth/11knoth.html" target="_top">b/november12/knoth/11knoth.html</a></u>>
(last accessed August 11, 2014).</p>
</div>
<div id="sdfootnote17">
<p class="sdfootnote-western"><a name="title-text"></a><a class="sdfootnotesym" name="sdfootnote17sym" href="#sdfootnote17anc">17</a>See
“<a href="https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/OAPI/Streamlined+Manual+Deposit+Progress">Streamlined
Manual Deposit Progress</a>” available at
<<a href="https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/OAPI/Streamlined+Manual+Deposit+Progress">https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/OAPI/Streamlined+Manual+Deposit+Progress</a>>
(last accessed August 4, 2014)</p>
</div>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/cis-comments-to-the-department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-open-access-policy'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/cis-comments-to-the-department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-open-access-policy</a>
</p>
No publishersinhaOpenness2014-08-22T15:46:45ZBlog EntryDeveloping Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in partnership with the School of Cultural Texts and Records, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is organizing a two-day workshop for students at Jadavpur University on August 25 and 26, 2014. </b>
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<p> </p>
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<th><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/DigitalKnowledge.png" alt="Digital Knowledge" class="image-inline" title="Digital Knowledge" /></th>
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</tbody>
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<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2014-08-22T00:51:52ZEventALC signs MoU for better net access
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-august-15-2014-alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access
<b>Andhra Loyola College (ALC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge (CSI-A2K) here on Thursday.</b>
<p>The MoU will enable faculty and students to have more access on internet world, said the ALC management.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the original article <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access/article6320555.ece">published in the Hindu</a> on August 15, 2014.</p>
<hr />
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Institute principal Fr. G.A.P. Kishore, vice-principals Fr. P. Anil Kumar and Fr. Rex Angelo, correspondent Fr. Raju and CSI-A2K programme director T. Vishnu Vardhan signed the papers. Faculty of various departments participated in the programme. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kishore said for the first time in AP, ALC has made the MoU with CSI-A2K to work collaboratively to improve Telugu Wikipedia. Very soon the digital content in botany, physics, Telugu, chemistry, ethics, religion, music and other subjects of the institution would be produced in Telugu Wikipedia, said the principal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“A ten-member core committee has been constituted to train the faculty in each department in the college on A2K, who will teach the students. CSI will train the trainers and upload the material from time to time,” said Mr. Rex Angelo. Mr. Vishnu Vardhan said that CSI is promoting institutional partnerships across the country to promote regional languages. The society has plans to team up with more colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and take up more outreach programmes in the next few days.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Wikipedia has access to over 287 languages and 3.5 crore essays in the world. It is very unfortunate, that it has very few items in Indian languages,” said the programme director.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-august-15-2014-alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-august-15-2014-alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-08-20T06:50:48ZNews ItemAndhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/alc-cis-sign-mou-better-net-access
<b>Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in Telugu to all Telugus across the globe. </b>
<h2>Highlights</h2>
<ol>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Ten theosophical books authored by Rev. Fr. P. Jojaiah, SJ released under free license (CC-BY-SA-4.0)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">For the first time an educational institution in the state of Andhra Pradesh is signing an MoU with CIS-A2K to work collaboratively to qualitatively improve Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">ALC faculty and students to create free e-content in Telugu on Telugu Wikipedia.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Digital content from the fields of Botany, Physics, Chemistry, Telugu, Statistics, Ethics and Religion, Music and Dance to be produced on Telugu Wikipedia</li>
</ol>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This is a big leap for the college in opening up itself to the internet world. The college is planning to train its faculty and students to create free econtent in Telugu. These resources will in turn be dedicated to the society.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The signing of the MoU took place in the college premises on August 14, 2014 at 2.00 p.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ten theosophical books authored by Rev. Fr. P. Jojaiah, SJ was released under free license (CC-BY-SA-4.0) on the same stage.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The event was organized by ALC and CIS.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K has been closely working with ALC. They have organised 4 workshops for students and faculty. CIS-A2K also helped in QR coding of the institute.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Now, this MoU would further enable CISA2K and ALC to collaboratively work on creating free and open knowledge in Telugu across various disciplines on Telugu Wikipedia. This collaboration is set to benefit millions of Telugus to freely access knowledge in Telugu on the internet.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Media Coverage</h3>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/alc-signs-mou-for-better-net-access/article6320555.ece?css=print">ALC signs MoU for better net access</a> (The Hindu, August 15, 2014)</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/alc-cis-sign-mou-better-net-access'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/alc-cis-sign-mou-better-net-access</a>
</p>
No publisherrahimAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2015-01-20T18:47:13ZBlog EntryCIS-A2K Signs MoU with Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada: Coverage in Eenadu
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cis-mou-with-alc-coverage-in-eenadu
<b>This article was published in Enadu on August 15, 2014.</b>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cis-mou-with-alc-coverage-in-eenadu'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cis-mou-with-alc-coverage-in-eenadu</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-09-09T09:22:23ZNews ItemNow, Christ students will contribute to Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-shruthi-august-5-2014-now-christ-students-will-contribute-to-wikipedia
<b>The department of languages at Christ University has set a precedent by including contribution to Wikipedia as a part of the undergraduate course work.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article by H.M.Shruthi was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/423841/archives.php">published in the Deccan Herald</a> on August 5, 2014.</p>
<hr />
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Introduced last year on a pilot basis, the programme is all set to get a new outlook this year.<br /><br />As a part of the initiative, students are required to submit an article to Wikipedia in an Indian language (the second language subject chosen). The languages offered are Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Tamil.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Earlier, much to the chagrin of lecturers, students were most often found rehashing material online for their assignments. On the contrary, the students will now be contributors for online content. But this is just one of the outcomes. Through this, the department has not only set out to enrich the regional language resources online, but has also turned students into knowledge producers.<br /><br />Speaking about the initiative, Kannada Department HoD, Y S Shivaprasad, finds that students have become passionate about digital resources. “There are at least 500 students. In the first two years of the undergraduate degree, students study second language. Even if 10 per cent of them take it forward later, we can enrich our online Kannada resources.”<br /><br />Since it was the first time last year, the faculty made a list of topics for inclusion in Kannada Wiki. “We were able to bring out 25 good quality articles. Interestingly, this turned out to benefit rural students, as they took a lot of interest in it,” Shivaprasad said, adding that RBI, Yakshagana, poet Raghavanka and Kuppalli were some of the topics covered.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Redesign this year</b><br />As per the redesigned format this time, in their first semester, students will digitise one page of an existing piece of literature in the Indian language concerned. This has been included to help them gain typing skills, apart from strengthening vocabulary.<br /><br /> In the second semester, students will be digitising four or five pages of literature. In the III semester, they will have to write one assignment in the second language of their choice and the fourth semester will be dedicated to an article (in Indian language) on the theme of their choice from any core subject.<br /><br />T Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, Access to Knowledge at Centre for Internet and Society (the university is implementing the programme in coordination with this organisation), sees this as an initiative for production of knowledge in Indian languages. “From the past several years, there have been talks about how there is no production of knowledge in Kannada (or other regional languages). This is a step towards it.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Adding fun to the otherwise hectic course work, the Wiki assignments helped us acquire editing skills and strengthen vocabulary in Kannada,” said Tejas N K, a final year science student at Christ University.<br /><br />Having found his love for it, he has decided to contribute articles even in his final year, though it is not part of his course work this time. “It presents a challenge of learning something new and thinking creatively. More over, it is satisfying to know that the information we compile is of use for people seeking online resources in regional language.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Transformation</b><br />Sharing similar enthusiasm is Komal K J, a final year BCom student, who hopes to contribute articles even after completing her degree. She sees a significant transformation: “Earlier, we were collecting information from Wikipedia. Now, we are contributing for it,” the student said.<br /><br />She has submitted an article to Sanskrit Wikipedia. From formatting the article to inserting images and learning to attribute sources to the information uploaded on Wiki, she takes pride in the responsibility. “It is open for people across the globe to read. Hence, it is a huge responsibility. We have to make sure the information is authentic.”</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-shruthi-august-5-2014-now-christ-students-will-contribute-to-wikipedia'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/deccan-herald-shruthi-august-5-2014-now-christ-students-will-contribute-to-wikipedia</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-08-06T05:33:41ZNews ItemConnecting the Next Two Billion: The Role of FOSS
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/apr-igf-delhi-2014-connecting-the-next-two-billion-the-role-of-foss
<b>Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by ICFOSS at the APrIGF in Noida on August 4, 2014.</b>
<h3>Specific Issues of Discussions & Description</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Connecting the next two billion users on the Internet poses unique challenges that must be addressed. The next two billion users will have very different profiles as compared to the first billion in terms of factors such as geography, demography, gender, disability, technology access, language access, and connectivity devices. In addition, with the coming of the Internet of Things, the users of the Internet may also include devices, sensors and sensor networks. Further, the context of the Internet itself may be changing, particularly in relation to efforts by various State and non-State actors to restrict freedom of access to the Internet and freedom of expression on it.Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) has now assumed greater significance in the light of revelations related to arbitrary surveillance conducted by states. This issue highlights the need to use audited technology and infrastructure to prevent the wanton violation of privacy of citizens. FOSS can be used to build shared community infrastructure that will protect users from privacy abuses. As most of the online applications run on top of free software, there is also a need for greater collaboration between the industry and free software community to ensure security and robustness of software to prevent incidents like the heartbleed bug vulnerabilities. As the next two billion comes online, FOSS assumes great significance for building a safe and secure Internet and robust communication platforms.The panel will discuss the following issues:• Relevance of FOSS as an access enabler and source of robust, cost-effective andfreedom-preserving software• The importance of FOSS in preventing arbitrary surveillance• Co-operation among businesses and free software community to develop secure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Building community communication infrastructure using FOSS to restrict the dependence on centralised services.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Moderator and Speakers</h3>
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<li><b>Moderator: </b>Ms. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Mishi" title="Speakers Profile">Mishi Choudhary</a>, Executive Director, SFLC.IN, New Delhi</li>
<li>Dr. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Rahul" title="Speakers Profile">Rahul De</a>, IIM Bangalore <i>(Remote)</i></li>
<li>Dr. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Nagariuna" title="Speakers Profile">G. Nagarjuna</a>, Free Software Foundation of India <i>(Remote)</i></li>
<li>Mr. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Prasanth" title="Speakers Profile">Prasanth Sugathan</a>, Counsel, SFLC.in</li>
<li>Mr. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Satish" title="Speakers Profile">Satish Babu</a>, Director, ICFOSS</li>
<li>Mr. <a href="http://2014.rigf.asia/speakers/#Sunil" title="Speakers Profile">Sunil Abraham</a>, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore</li>
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<p class="p1">Mr. S. Ramakrishnan, Media Lab Asia/Govt. of India</p>
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<h3>Workshop Organizer</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This workshop will be jointly organised by International Centre For Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), an autonomous institution under the Government of Keralamandated with the objectives of co-ordinating FOSS initiatives within Kerala, as well as linking up with FOSS initiatives in other parts of the world and SFLC.IN, a donor supported legal services organisation that works to protect freedom in the digital world.The details of the contact person for the workshop is given below:Name: Mr.Satish BabuDesignation: DirectorOrganisation: International Center for Free and Open Source Software (IC-FOSS).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">For more details <a class="external-link" href="http://2014.rigf.asia/agenda/workshop-proposals/workshop-proposal-8/">see the APrIGF website</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/apr-igf-delhi-2014-connecting-the-next-two-billion-the-role-of-foss'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/apr-igf-delhi-2014-connecting-the-next-two-billion-the-role-of-foss</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessFOSSAccess to Knowledge2014-09-10T05:04:58ZNews ItemKannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers
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<b>The following is the media coverage for the Kannada Wikipedia presentation at the Central University at Gulbarga on July 30,2014, in Gulbarga edition of Prajavani Kannada daily, dated July 31.</b>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-prajavani-coverage'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-prajavani-coverage</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2014-08-06T10:15:09ZNews ItemAccess to Knowledge Bulletin — July 2014
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<b>The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of July 2014: </b>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="University_of_Mysore_Re-releases_Kannada_Vishwakosha_.28Encyclopaedia.29_under_Creative_Commons_Free_License"><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/university-of-mysore-releases-kannada-vishwakosha-under-cc-license" rel="nofollow">University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License</a></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The University of Mysore and the Centre for Internet and Society co-organized the Open Knowledge Day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license. Kannada Vishwakosha brought out by the <a class="external text" href="http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/" rel="nofollow">University of Mysore</a> can easily be termed as the best encyclopaedia in Kannada. It has been modelled after the famous Britannica encyclopaedia. Mysore University Vishwakosha has 14 volumes having a total of 13802 pages. The very first volume was brought out in the year 1969 and the final volume was released in 2004. Many famous Kannada authors, scientists, academicians and stalwarts from other fields have worked on creating this encyclopaedia.<br /> <br /> Leading English and Kannada dailies like Andolana Kannada, City Today, Deccan Herald, Hosa Diganta, Kannada Jana Mana, Kannada Prabha, Rajya Dharma, Samyukta Karnataka, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Udayavani, Vijaya Karnataka, and Vijaya Vani published about this. Scanned versions of the published articles can be downloaded <a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-knowledge-day-mysore-media-coverage-zip" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcement">Announcement</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Our grant application to the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) of the Wikimedia Foundation was approved by its board which met in Frankfurt from May 21 to 24, 2014. CIS had requested a grant of Rs. 18,406,454 and were <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2" class="mw-redirect" title="FDC portal/FDC recommendations/2013-2014 round2">awarded Rs. 12,000,000</a> for the next one year.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_.2F_Blog_Entries">Articles / Blog Entries</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/prajavani-july-3-2014-article-on-wikipedia-zero" rel="nofollow">Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero</a> (by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, Prajavani, July 3, 2014). As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia.</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/article-on-akruti-unicode-converter-in-samaja" rel="nofollow">ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷରସଜ୍ଜା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Samaja, July 4, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps" rel="nofollow">State of Odia Language in Computing and Future Steps</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Sovereign for national Level Seminar on "Computer Application and Odia Language", July 7, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/sambad-july-21-2014-paths-for-development-of-odia-language" rel="nofollow">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶର ରାସ୍ତା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, The Sambad, July 23, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimedia-blog-dorothy-howard-wiki-loves-pride-2014-and-adding-diversity-to-wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia</a> (by Dorothy Howard, Wikimedia Blog, July 25, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-subhashish-panigrahi-july-27-2014-doctors-and-translators-are-working-together-to-bridge-wikipedias-medical-language-gap" rel="nofollow">Doctors and Translators Are Working Together to Bridge Wikipedia's Medical Language Gap</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices, July 27, 2014). This was <a class="external text" href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/30/doctors-working-to-bridge-wikipedias-medical-gap/">re-published</a> on the Wikimedia Blog, July 30, 2014.</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odisha-review-june-2014-classical-odia-language-in-digital-age" rel="nofollow">Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Odisha Review, posted on July 28, 2014). The essay was published in the magazine’s June edition.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Event_Organized">Event Organized</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/open-knowledge-day-mysore" rel="nofollow">Open Knowledge Day</a> (co-organized by Mysore University and CIS-A2K, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, July 15, 2014). The event coincided with the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin from July 15 to 17. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the event.</li>
<li>Wikipedia orientation for Christ University UG students, Bangalore</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Participation_in_Events">Participation in Events</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps" rel="nofollow">National Level Seminar on Computer Application and Odia Language</a> (organized by Institute of Odia Studies and Research, July 6, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi was a panelist.</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/ok-festival-2014" rel="nofollow">Open Knowledge Festival 2014</a> (organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., Berlin, July 15 – 17, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local and made a presentation.</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/nama-the-future-of-indic-languages" rel="nofollow"># NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages</a> (organized by Medianama, The Oberoi Hotel, Bangalore, July 24, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.</li>
<li>Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers (organized by Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath at PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga, July 29, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave the presentation and demo. Thirty-two participants attended the workshop.</li>
<li>Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Students and Research Scholars (organized by Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, July 30, 2014). Dr. U. B. Pavanaja gave the presentation and demo. 37 participants attended the presentation.</li>
<li>Talk about Kannada Wikipedia (organized by District Kannada Sahithya Parishath, S.M. Pandit Auditorium, Gulbarga, July 30, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk as inaugurator of the first session of the Jilla Sahithya Sammelana (district literary festival). About 600 people attended this talk.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="News_and_Media_Coverage">News and Media Coverage</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-7-2014-renuka-phadnis-wikipedia-edit-a-thons-to-add-content-on-lgbts" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs</a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 7, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-july-7-2014-bibhuti-barik-font-problem-hits-odia" rel="nofollow">Font problem hits Odia</a> (by Bibhuti Barik, The Telegraph, July 7, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-12-2014-r-krishna-kumar-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised" rel="nofollow">Four volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia digitised</a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 12, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised" rel="nofollow">‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನು ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಹಂಗಿಲ್ಲ</a> (Prajavani, July 14, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-15-2014-r-krishna-kumar-soon-all-14-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-to-be-online" rel="nofollow">Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be online</a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-prabha-july-15-2014-coverage-of-open-knowledge-day" rel="nofollow">ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ</a> (Kannada Prabha, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-july-15-2014-mysore-university-event-coverage-in-udayavani" rel="nofollow">ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ</a> (Udayavani, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/just-kannada-july-15-2014-wikipedia-kannada-vishwakosha-mysore-university-free-internet-kannada-department" rel="nofollow">ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ kannada ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ : ಈಗ ಆನ್ ಲೈನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಮುಕ್ತ…ಮುಕ್ತ……</a>(Just Kannada, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/web-india-123-july-15-2014-six-kannada-encyclopaedias-released" rel="nofollow">Six Kannada encyclopaedias released</a> (Webindia 123, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students" rel="nofollow">150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy Students</a> (by Anila Backer, New Indian Express, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/spicy-ip-swaraj-paul-barooah-july-15-2014-open-access-students-help-revive-and-digitize-rare-books-for-malayalam-wiki-library" rel="nofollow">Open Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki Library</a> (Spicy IP, July 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-narayan-lakshman-july-25-2014-trolled-from-us-congress-wikipedia-bans-edits" rel="nofollow">'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits</a> (by Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu, July 25, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-27-2014-renuka-phadnis-telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat" rel="nofollow">Telugu Wikipedia struggles to stay afloat</a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 27, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-29-2014-svetlana-lasrado" rel="nofollow">The joys of being a Wikipedian</a> (by Svetlana Lasrado, New Indian Express, July 29, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-vijayavani-coverage" rel="nofollow">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation</a> (Vijayavani, July 30, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-prajavani-coverage" rel="nofollow">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers</a> (Prajavani, July 31, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of six members, four based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Subhashish Panigrahi and Rahmanuddin Shaikh. One team member Nitika Tandon is based in Delhi. We also have one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana working with us. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed <a class="external text" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests">here</a>.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="About_CIS">About CIS</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Follow_us_elsewhere">Follow us elsewhere</span></h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><span class="mw-headline" id="Request_for_Collaboration:">Request for Collaboration:</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant@cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at vishnu@cis-india.org.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-july-2014'>http://editors.cis-india.org/about/newsletters/access-to-knowledge-bulletin-july-2014</a>
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