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 Syed, one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi and one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId.
About CIS
The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.
Follow us elsewhere
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CISA2K
CIS group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india
Visit us at: https://cis-india.org
Support Us
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.
Request for Collaboration:
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 sunil(a)cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at vishnu(a)cis-india.org
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.
Thanks
Nitika Tandon
ભાઈઓ અને બહેનો,
જો તમે વિકિમેનિયા ૨૦૧૪ જે લંડનમાં યોજાઈ રહી છે તેમાં ભાગ લેવાનું વિચારી
રહ્યા હોવ તો તેને માટેની સ્કોલરશીપ મળી શકે તેમ છે. આ સ્કોલરશીપ માટેની અરજી
કરવાની છેલ્લી તારીખ ૧૭ ફેબ્રુઆરી છે. સ્કોલરશીપમાં વિમાનભાડું, વિકિમેનિયા
દરમ્યાન લંડનમાં રહેવા-જમવાની વ્યવસ્થા અને કોન્ફરન્સની રજીસ્ટ્રેશન ફીનો
સમાવેશ થાય છે. વધુ જાણકારી માટે નીચેની કડીની મુલાકાત લો.
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
ફક્ત ૬ દિવસ જ બાકી રહ્યા છે, તો જો ઈચ્છા હોય તો ઉઠો, જાગો અને મંડી પડો....
ધવલ સુ. વ્યાસ
પ્રબંધક, gu.wiki & gu.wikisource
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From: Katie Chan <ktc(a)ktchan.info>
Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:48 AM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17
February
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If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the
Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich, the
deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it!
Katie
On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
> accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February.
>
> Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable
> them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.
>
> Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
> Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
> cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by
> the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by
> the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.
>
> Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
> selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which
> are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please
> visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
>
> To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on <
> http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that
> applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the
> associated FAQ before submitting an application.
>
> If you have any question, please contact <wikimania-scholarships@
> wikimedia.org> or leave a message on <https://wikimania2014.
> wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.
>
> Katie Chan
> Chair, Scholarship Committee
>
>
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મિત્રો,
વિકિસ્રોત પર હાલમાં પરિયોજના ૩૭ અને ૩૮ - જયા-જયન્ત અને પાંખડીઓ પૂર્ણતાને આરે છે. તેના પ્રકરણો સહભાગી સભ્યોને વહેંચાઈ ગયા છે. આ સાથે નવી પરિયોજના ક્રમાંક ૩૯ હેઠળ પી. પી. કુન્તનપુરી-યોગી કૃત ટૂંકી બાળવાર્તાઓનો સંગ્રહ "બીરબલ અને બાદશાહ" ચઢાવવામાં આવી રહ્યું છે. ૧૯૧૨માં લખાયેલ આ પુસ્તક અકબર બીરબલને આવરી લેતી ૧૪૪ વાર્તાઓ ધરાવે છે. જે મિત્રોને સહકાર્યના આ કાર્યમાં સહભાગી થવું હોય તેઓ નીચે દર્શાવેલી કડી પર સંપર્ક કરશો.
https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B…
આભાર
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