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कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वर
News about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.
OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"
National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist/speaker at the National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India.
FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing Countries
This workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.
GFM 2013
Nishant Shah participated in a panel discussion with Wendy Chun, Tom Levine and Geert Lovink , around 'The End of Bibliographies: New Media and Research'. Nishant also participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on 'Open Up: Pragmatism and Politics of Open Access'. The programme was held at the University of Luneberg in Germany from October 3 to 5, 2013.
Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference
Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.
Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, Dhenkanal
Wikipedia workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by Head of IIMC, Dhenkanal, Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.
Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia
The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.
Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months
Thick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.
Konkani Wikipedia in the making
Process of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.
For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language
With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia
The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – so as to build the Konkani Wikipedia.
Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months
Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.
Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.
Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet
T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.
Indian Languages Mela 2013 in Mumbai
Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education is organizing The Indian Languages Mela in Mumbai. Tejaswini Niranjana will participate in the event.
'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation'
The functioning of the free online encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia,’ is like a true democracy. It is for the people and by the people, said The Centre for Internet and Society Programme Officer (Indian Languages) Pavanaja U B.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SDM
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire is holding a wiki workshop on September 15, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from CIS-A2K team is participating in this workshop.
Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College
St. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.
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