<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>Dear all,</p><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of May, 2013. Apologies for the delay.</span></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><br></span></small></font></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; ">Access to Knowledge (A2K) program</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "> of CIS. In this newsletter, we are pleased to bring you updates about the recently concluded exhibition organised in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi and share with you the feedback to the Access to Knowledge work plan from the wikipedia community.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>T<small><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">he </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team"><span style="color: black; ">A2K team</span></a><span style="color: black; "> consists of three members based in Bangalore: </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: black; ">T. Vishnu Vardhan</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team"><span style="color: black; ">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</span></a><span style="color: black; "> and </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team"><span style="color: black; ">Subhashish Panigrahi</span></a><span style="color: black; "> and one member </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team"><span style="color: black; ">Nitika Tandon</span></a><span style="color: black; "> in Delhi. </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team"><span style="color: black; ">Noopur Raval</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, Programme Officer left the organisation on April 24, 2013.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "> Archives of our newsletters are</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">here</font></span></a><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></small><br><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://bit.ly/TOcXId" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; ">http://bit.ly/TOcXId</span></a><span style="color: black; ">.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br><small><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/celebrating-5-years-of-cis"><b><span style="color: black; ">Celebrating 5 Years of CIS</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">CIS is now 5 years old and we recently celebrated this by holding an open exhibition in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, showcasing our work and accomplishments over the five year period. We had about 170 visitors coming in to our office. Renowned artists like Tara Kelton, Kiran Subbaiah, Navin Thomas, Abhishek Hazra and Sharath Chandra Ram exhibited their work. The four-day event attracted press coverage: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-vandana-kamath-may-18-2013-ngo-invites-public-to-peruse-its-accounts"><span style="color: black; ">Bangalore Mirror</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 18, 2013), </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/dna-india-may-19-2013-subir-ghosh-a-lifetime-of-five-years-on-the-internet"><span style="color: black; ">DNA</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 19, 2013), </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-may-22-2013-cis-highlights-changes-ushered-in-by-the-internet"><span style="color: black; ">Hindu</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 22, 2013), </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-may-24-2013-report-on-pavanaja-talk-at-cis"><span style="color: black; ">Prajavani</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 23, 2013), </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-may-25-2013-report-on-cis-5-years-celebration"><span style="color: black; ">Udayavani</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 25, 2013) and </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-vandana-kamath-may-31-2013-shooting-cyber-cafes-before-they-die"><span style="color: black; ">Bangalore Mirror</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (May 31, 2013). </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/celebrating-5-years-of-cis"><span style="color: black; ">Download all the posters that were part of the exhibition here</span></a><span style="color: black; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/resources/access-to-knowledge-work-plan"><span style="color: black; ">Access to Knowledge Work Plan</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (April 2013 - June 2014): CIS has announced its detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme activities. The document has been made in consultation with various stakeholders and keeping in mind the objectives, opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia projects. Feel free to share any feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">WMF-A2K Revised Budget (draft) and Utilization (September 2012 - February 2013): In our effort to increase transparency with the working of CIS-A2K programme, we are</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization_Sept12_-Feb13.pdf"><span style="color: black; ">sharing</span></a><span style="color: black; "> with you the A2K Programme Budget along with the utilization for the above period. The proposed revisions to the budget along with some notes are </span><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Revised_Budget_%28draft%29_and_Utilization_Sept_12-Feb_13.pdf"><span style="color: black; ">here</span></a><span style="color: black; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/cis-signs-mou-with-tiss"><span style="color: black; ">CIS Signs MOU with TISS, Mumbai</span></a><span style="color: black; ">: has signed a MoU with TISS as part of which we will collaboratively work towards building Digital Knowledge Partnerships with select higher education institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">India Access to Knowledge IRC can be accessed here: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/IRC/13th_May"><span style="color: black; ">May 13, 2013</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (All Language Discussion) and </span><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/IRC/26th_May"><span style="color: black; ">May 26, 2013</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (Odia Language Discussion).<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"> <small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Blog Entries<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-needs-assessment"><span style="color: black; ">Odia Wikipedia: Needs Assessment</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 11, 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/access-to-knowledge-work-plan-synopsis-of-feedback-by-wikipedians"><span style="color: black; ">Access to Knowledge Work Plan: Synopsis of Feedback by Wikipedians</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (by Nitika Tandon, May 20, 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-introductory-session"><span style="color: black; ">Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 30, 2013).</span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop"><span style="color: windowtext; ">My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit</span></a>, University of Hyderabad (by T. Vishnu Vardhan, June 19, 2013).</span></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"> <small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Event Organised<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-udupi-april-29-2013"><span style="color: black; ">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (April 29, 2013, Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the workshop and gave a talk on Kannada Wikipedia<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"> <small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Event Participated<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-irc-meet-may-7-2013"><span style="color: windowtext; ">Kannada IRC Meet</span></a> (organised by the Wikipedia Community, May 7, 2013). Dr. U.B.<span style="color: black; ">Pavanaja participated in this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"> <small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Upcoming Event<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education"><span style="color: black; ">Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (co-organised in collaboration with HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS (IISc), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 13, 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"> <small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "># Press Coverage<o:p></o:p></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font><ul><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-may-24-2013-report-on-pavanaja-talk-at-cis"><span style="color: black; ">Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (Prajavani, May 23, 2013). Prajavani published a report of Dr. U.B. Pavanja’s talk “From Palm Leaf to Tablet – Journey of Kannada”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-may-25-2013-report-on-cis-5-years-celebration"><span style="color: black; ">Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration</span></a><span style="color: black; "> (Udayavani, May 25, 2013). Udayavani published a report of the evening programme hosted as part of the Centre for Internet and Society's 5 year celebrations in its Bangalore edition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telegu-wikipedians"><span style="color: black; ">A Feature on Wikipedia and Telegu Wikipedians</span></a> (HMTV, May 30 – 31, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted in this half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.<o:p></o:p></span></small></font></li><li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-live-phone-in-programme"><span style="color: black; ">Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme</span></a> (HMTV, June 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan speaks about Telegu Wikipedia in the discussion that was telecasted live.<o:p></o:p></span></small></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">*</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/"><span style="color: black; ">About CIS</span></a><span style="color: black; ">*<o:p></o:p></span></span></small><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "></span></small><br><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">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 Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook"><span style="color: black; ">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</span></a><span style="color: black; "> with ITU and G3ict, and </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook"><span style="color: black; ">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers"><span style="color: black; ">Thinkathon Position Papers</span></a><span style="color: black; "> and the </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report"><span style="color: black; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</span></a><span style="color: black; "> with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities"><span style="color: black; ">WIPO Treaties</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012"><span style="color: black; ">Copyright Bill</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, </span><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill"><span style="color: black; ">NIA Bill</span></a><span style="color: black; ">, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></small><br></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><small></small></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></div><div align="justify"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. 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