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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Greetings! <br /></span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;">Welcome to the October 2012 Wikipedia newsletter from the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan"><span style="color: #000000;">Access to Knowledge</span></a> team of the Centre for Internet & Society!</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"># Education Program Updates</span></p>

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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-program"><span style="color: #000000;">Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University</span></a> (by Nitika Tandon, October 22, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-august-october-update"><span style="color: #000000;">Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates</span></a> (by Shiju Alex, October 29, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-education-program-rajkot"><span style="color: #000000;">Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot</span></a> (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-article-competition"><span style="color: #000000;">Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia</span></a> (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012).</span></li>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"># Workshop Reports</span></p>

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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bengaluru-a-hub-for-kannada-and-sanskrit-wikipedia"><span style="color: #000000;">Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!</span></a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 16, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad"><span style="color: #000000;">Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad</span></a> (by Nitika Tandon, October 19, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wiki-women-day-2012-pune"><span style="color: #000000;">Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!</span></a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus, Pune, October 28, 2012).</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-pune-odia-wikipedia-organized"><span style="color: #000000;">First Pune Odia Wikipedia Organized!</span></a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 31, 2012).</span></li>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"># Event Organised</span></p>

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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-hackathon-bits-hyderabad"><span style="color: #000000;">Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS</span></a> Hyderabad (organized by CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, October 26 – 27, 2012).</span></li>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"># Press Coverage</span></p>

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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=37463"><span style="color: #000000;">Odisha: Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in Pune to promote Odia language</span></a> (OdishaDiary.com, October 31, 2012).</span></li>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"># Team Updates</span></p>

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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;">The <a title="Access To Knowledge/Team" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team"><span style="color: #000000;">A2K team</span></a> consists of three members based in Delhi: <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: #000000;">Nitika Tandon</span></a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: #000000;">Subhashish Panigrahi</span></a> and <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: #000000;">Noopur Raval</span></a>.</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;">We are seeking applications for the post of <a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director"><span style="color: #000000;">Programme Director</span></a> (Access to Knowledge) for New Delhi office.</span></li>

<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: #000000;">Shiju Alex</span></a>, Programme Manager, Access to Knowledge is leaving the organisation. November 16, 2012 will be his last working day. We wish him success in all his future endeavours.</span></li>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/"><span style="color: #000000;">About CIS</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility"><span style="color: #000000;">Accessibility</span></a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k"><span style="color: #000000;">Access to Knowledge</span></a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness"><span style="color: #000000;">Openness</span></a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance"><span style="color: #000000;">Internet Governance</span></a>, and <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom"><span style="color: #000000;">Telecom</span></a>.</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;"><em>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</em></span></p>

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<p>Best,</p>

<p>Noopur Raval</p>

<p>Programme Officer,</p>

<p>Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore</p>

<p>http://cis-india.org/</p>

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