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CISxScholars Delhi - William F. Stafford (Nov 03, 6:30 pm)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 01, 2016
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:30 AM
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CISxScholars,
Data Systems,
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Network Economies,
Homepage,
Event
We are delighted to have William F. Stafford, PhD candidate in UC Berkeley, present on "Public Measurements, Private Measurements, and the Convergence of Units" at the CIS office in Delhi on Thursday, Nov 03, at 6:30 pm. Please RSVP if you are joining us: <
[email protected]>.
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Internet's Core Resources are a Global Public Good - They Cannot Remain Subject to One Country's Jurisdiction
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Vidushi Marda
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published
Nov 09, 2016
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last modified
Nov 14, 2016 06:39 AM
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ICANN,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
This statement was issued by 8 India civil society organizations, supported by 2 key global networks, involved with internet governance issues, to the meeting of ICANN in Hyderabad, India from 3 to 9 November 2016. The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 8 organizations that drafted this statement.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selection of Sessions
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 16, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:37 PM
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Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Learning,
IRC17,
Homepage
We have a wonderful range of session proposals for the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) to take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. From the 23 submitted session proposals, we will now select 10 to be part of the final Conference agenda. The selection will be done through votes casted by the teams that have proposed the sessions. This will take place in December 2016. Before that, we invite the session teams and other contributors to share their comments and suggestions on the submitted sessions. Please share your comments by December 14, either on session pages directly, or via email (sent to raw at cis-india dot org).
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Train the Trainer Program
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Nov 18, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
Wikipedians, about 20 of them, from 10 different cities, speaking 8 different languages, joined together for the first ever four days "Train the Trainer Program" organised by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in Bangalore from October 3 to 6, 2013.
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CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)
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Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi
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Nov 29, 2013
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last modified
Nov 30, 2013 11:18 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
This narrative report captures the work done by the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in the first ten months of the grant. The report also throws some light on the CIS-A2K program strategy in the next one year.
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CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia
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Nitika Tandon
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Dec 31, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Openness,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K team) is pleased to share with you the key accomplishments about the work it accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. In accordance with the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Program’s (CIS-A2K) Konkani Work Plan 2013-14 the program has invested time and effort to build Konkani Wikimedia community and projects.
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University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 24, 2014
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last modified
Jul 24, 2014 07:03 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Homepage,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
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.
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NIE Steps in to Grow Konkani Wikipedia
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by
T. Vishnu Vardhan
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Sep 06, 2014
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last modified
Oct 10, 2014 11:26 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Openness,
Homepage
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.
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Expanding the World of Telugu Wikipedia – CIS-A2K and ALC join hands
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T Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik
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Sep 17, 2014
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last modified
Sep 30, 2014 05:11 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness,
Homepage
Students and faculty of Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada aim to enhance Telugu Wikipedia through increased contributions to Wikipedia and make it available under free license.
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International Open Data Charter: First Public Draft
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 29, 2015
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last modified
Jun 02, 2015 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Homepage,
Openness
The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is being developed by a range of organisations led by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Open Data Working Group (co-chaired by Government of Canada and the Web Foundation), the Government of Mexico, the Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network, and Omidyar Network. CIS has contributed comments to a previous version of the draft, and also took part in the pre-release meeting of potential stewards of the Charter on May 26 in Ottawa. Here is the text of the draft Charter. Please visit opendatacharter.net/charter/ to submit your comments.
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