<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Dear all,</span></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">We from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) thank you all for your support and collaboration and wish you a very Happy New Year. We bring you the details of our work for the month of January 2014:</span></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; line-height: 13px; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><b><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs</span></b></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia. Dr.Achyuta Samanta, Founder-Chairman of KIIT and KISS inaugurated both the collaborations formally. Dr. Sasmitarani Samanta, Registrar, KIIT and Surjya Kanta Mohanty, Chief Operating Officer, KISS signed the MoUs of KIIT and KISS respectively whereas T. Vishnuvardhan, Programme Director, CIS-A2K was there to sign in both the MoUs on behalf of CIS along with Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer, CIS-A2K: </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1j1qtFv">http://bit.ly/1j1qtFv</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Article</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project (by Subhashish Panigrahi, HASTAC, January 31, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1jvxD8r">http://bit.ly/1jvxD8r</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together (by Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, January 14, 2014). The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane: </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1jvynKP">http://bit.ly/1jvynKP</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">. </span></font></font></span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; ">Blog Entries</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom (by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan, January 30, 2014): </span></font></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><a href="http://bit.ly/1m5QHMD">http://bit.ly/1m5QHMD</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University (by Syed Muzamiluddin, January 29, 2014): </span></font></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><a href="http://bit.ly/LTFA8E">http://bit.ly/LTFA8E</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li></ul></div><p lang="zxx" align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Events Organised</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odia WikiMeetup (Bhubaneswar, January 11, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/NBkFJi">http://bit.ly/NBkFJi</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics" (KIIT School of Technology, Bhubaneswar, January 12, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1j1yv1f">http://bit.ly/1j1yv1f</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Wikipedia Editing Demonstration at NIE (Nirmala Institue of Education, Goa, January 15, 2014): <a href="http://bit.ly/1fmYkKK" class="bitmark-shortlink"><span class="protocol">http://</span>bit.ly/1fmYkKK</a> </span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary @ KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, January 28, 2014): </span></font></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://bit.ly/1gsqkJC">http://bit.ly/1gsqkJC</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odia Wikipedia 10th anniversary (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, January 29, 2014):</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"> </font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1dGRBoy">http://bit.ly/1dGRBoy</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li></ul><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; ">Event Participated In </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx"><br></span></font></font></span></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges (organized by KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, February 21-22, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk: </span></font></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><a href="http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc">http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li></ul></div><p lang="zxx" align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial">Media Coverage</font></font></p><p lang="zxx" align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial"> CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage:</font></font></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="line-height: 13px; "><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam (The Hindu, January 4, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/NBtVgz">http://bit.ly/NBtVgz</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000">‘</font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’ (by Shubhadeep Chaudhury, The Tribune, January 12, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1ojb1IZ">http://bit.ly/1ojb1IZ</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">. Shubhadeep interviews T. Vishnu Vardhan on internet and social media.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">ଆଦିବାସୀ</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">ଭାଷାର</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">(<a href="http://Odishan.com">Odishan.com</a>, January 12, 2014):</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"> </font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1kAWJmG">http://bit.ly/1kAWJmG</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative (India Education <a href="http://Diary.com">Diary.com</a>, January 20, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1j1Rzwk">http://bit.ly/1j1Rzwk</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository (Odisha Diary Bureau, January 20, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1bLBhmB">http://bit.ly/1bLBhmB</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">FDC recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society (Wikimedia Foundation, January 30, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1fYdxOz">http://bit.ly/1fYdxOz</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">. Wikimedia Foundation published a resolution declaring CIS eligible for funding through the Annual Plan Grants program.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field (The Times of India, January 31, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1j1QvIX">http://bit.ly/1j1QvIX</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">Odia Wikipedia (Sanchar, January 31, 2014): </span></font></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1ePwAON">http://bit.ly/1ePwAON</a><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="zxx">.</span></font></font></span></li></ul><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div lang="zxx"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"></font></font></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a name="docs-internal-guid-7426acc6-7ac0-6e12-35bc-894a57e01f25"></a><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><font size="3"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">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 Muzammiluddin Syed, one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi and one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (</span></span></span></span></font></span></font><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><font size="3"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal; "><u><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</span></span></u></span></span></font></span></font></a><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><font size="3"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">). 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"><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</span></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><br><b>Request for Collaboration:</b></span></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" style="font-size: 11pt; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><font size="3" face="Arial">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 <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org">vishnu@cis-india.org</a></font></span></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><br>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.</span></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"></font>Thanks</font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Nitika Tandon</font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>