Kolkata book fair event Missing , it was stated on 19th Jan 2014 .
Jayanta
On Monday, February 24, 2014, Nitika Tandon <nitika(a)cis-india.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> 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:
> CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs
> 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:
http://bit.ly/1j1qtFv.
> Article
>
> Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten
> Year Old Project (by Subhashish Panigrahi, HASTAC, January 31, 2014):
>
http://bit.ly/1jvxD8r.
> WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together (by Netha
> Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, January 14, 2014). The article was
> edited by Rohini Lakshane:
http://bit.ly/1jvynKP.
>
> Blog Entries
> 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):
http://bit.ly/1m5QHMD.
> Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University (by Syed Muzamiluddin, January
> 29, 2014):
http://bit.ly/LTFA8E.
> Events Organised
>
> Odia WikiMeetup (Bhubaneswar, January 11, 2014):
http://bit.ly/NBkFJi.
> Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics" (KIIT School of
> Technology, Bhubaneswar, January 12, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1j1yv1f.
> Wikipedia Editing Demonstration at NIE (Nirmala Institue of Education,
> Goa, January 15, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1fmYkKK
> Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary @ KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social
> Sciences, Bhubaneswar, January 28, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1gsqkJC.
> Odia Wikipedia 10th anniversary (Indian Institute of Mass Communication,
> Dhenkanal, January 29, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1dGRBoy.
>
> Event Participated In
>
> 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:
>
http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc.
> Media Coverage
> CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage:
>
> Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam (The Hindu, January
> 4, 2014):
http://bit.ly/NBtVgz.
> ‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’ (by Shubhadeep
> Chaudhury, The Tribune, January 12, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1ojb1IZ.
> Shubhadeep interviews T. Vishnu Vardhan on internet and social media.
> ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ (
Odishan.com, January 12, 2014):
>
http://bit.ly/1kAWJmG.
> KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative
> (India Education
Diary.com, January 20, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1j1Rzwk.
> Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository (Odisha
> Diary Bureau, January 20, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1bLBhmB.
> FDC recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society (Wikimedia
> Foundation, January 30, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1fYdxOz. Wikimedia
> Foundation published a resolution declaring CIS eligible for funding
> through the Annual Plan Grants program.
> Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field (The Times of India,
> January 31, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1j1QvIX.
> Odia Wikipedia (Sanchar, January 31, 2014):
http://bit.ly/1ePwAON.
>
>
> 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 Sy