Dear all,
Here is the link to the blog post by Sajjad Anwar and
Sumandro Chattopadhyay on the visualization of the growth of Indic
Wikipedias:
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indic-wikipedia-visualisation-project-vi…
The data obtained is for the period from January 2001 to December
2012 and has been visualized into motion charts and calendar charts. The
parameters used have also been listed chart wise.
I am not sure if
Sajjad and Sumandro are on the mailing lists but I would be happy to
connect you with them or take the community responses to them if any.
Best,
Noopur
Dear all,
Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of February,
2013.
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 Access to Knowledge
(A2K) program [1] of CIS. In the second issue of our newsletter for
2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr.
U.B. Pavanaja [2]. The A2K team [3] consists of four members based in
Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan [4], Nitika Tandon [5], Subhashish Panigrahi
[6] and Noopur Raval [7], and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [8]
who works from Bangalore office. Archives of our newsletters are here
[9].
Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach
programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public
relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [10].
# New Team
Member
* Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [11] joined the A2K team as Programme
Officer, India Language Initiatives on March 4, 2013. Dr. Pavanaja holds
a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai
University. He was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,
for about 15 years. He is one of the oldest editors of Kannada
Wikipedia. He has to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada
website, first Kannada online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada)
website to receive Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada)
editor for Palm OS, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE
device (HP Jornado 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of
universally popular Logo (programming language for children) software,
etc. His Kannada logo won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a
member of the technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of
Karnataka for Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also
a member of the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka
(2008-current).
# Events Organised by CIS
* Creative Commons comes
to India [12] (Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, February 1, 2013).
Meetings were held in Pune and Bangalore. The Access to Knowledge team
participated in two meetings organized in Bangalore.
* Knowledge
Sharing through GLAM at Bangalore [13](Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad,
Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore, February 25, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja,
Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.
*
Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore [14]
(co-organized with Radhakrishna Arvapally, Special Interest Group,
Solutions IQ and Wikimedia India Chapter, Indian Institute of
Management, February 25, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on
accessibility and knowledge. Noopur Raval participated in the event.
#
Event Participated
* GNUnify 2013 [15] (organized by Pune Linux/Unix
User Group and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research, Pune,
February 15 - 17, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the
event.
# Education Program
* Odia Wikipedia Community Brings
Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal [16] (by Subhashish
Panigrahi, February 28, 2013).
# Event Reports
CIS organised one Wiki
workshop in the month of February 2013, and also brings you the report
from an event organised in the month of January:
* Celebrating Odia
Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary [17] (organized by the Odia Wiki Community
with support from CIS and Academy for Media Learning, January 29, 2013,
Bhubaneswar). Few glimpses of the event are available as an audio
podcast.
* Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi
University [18] (by Nitika Tandon, February 5, 2013).
# Media Coverage
* ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ନବମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ଅବସରରେ କର୍ମଶାଳା: ଇମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ [19] (Odishan.com, February 4, 2013).
* ସମ୍ବାଦ:_ _ଲିପି
ବ୍ୟାକରଣ ଓ ମାନକ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଜରୁରୀ [20]. (Sambad, February, 2013).
*
Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language:
Application of Odia language in e-media [21] (e India Bureau, March 2,
2013).
* Odia Wikipedia's 9th anniversary [22] (fullOrissa News,
February 13, 2013).
* Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of
Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media [23] (India
Education Diary.com, March 2, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.
*
Odia language workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia Wikipedia:
Application of Odia language in e-media [24] (Odishaviews.com, February
5, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.
# Ongoing Events
*
Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa [25] (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus,
March 7, 2013, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.).
* A Wikipedia Editing Workshop
in Goa [26] (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, March 8, 2013, 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m.).
# Announcement
* Sanskrit Wikiquote -- Now Available
[27]!: The Access to Knowledge team at CIS is happy to announce the
availability of Sanskrit Wikiquote. Shiju Alex, an ex-team member played
an active role in bringing this out. For more info see
http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R [28].
*About CIS [29]*
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 e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [30]
with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [31],
Thinkathon Position Papers [32] and the Digital Natives with a Cause?
Report [33] 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 WIPO
Treaties [34], Copyright Bill [35], NIA Bill [36], etc.
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. Our Policy
Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities [37] from the Government of India and also
received the NIVH Excellence Award [38].
*Follow us elsewhere*
*
Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [39]
* Join the CIS
group on Facebook [40]
* Visit us at http://cis-india.org [41]
*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 [42] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at
nishant(a)cis-india.org [43]
_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._
Thank you,
Noopur Raval __
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[1]
http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan
[2]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team
[4]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[5]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[6]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[7]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team
[8]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[9]
http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters
[10] http://bit.ly/TOcXId
[11]
http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team
[12]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-comes-to-india
[13]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-sharing-through-glam
[14]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/fifty-fourth-bangalore-wikimedia-meetup
[15]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-wikimedia-under-one-roof-gnunify
[16]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-education-program-iimc-dh…
[17]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-odia-wikipedias-ninth-annive…
[18]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/digital-literacy-workshop
[19]
http://odishan.com/?p=2534
[20]
http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615|+|amp|+|boxid=23625437
[21]
http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odisha-workshop-organized-9th-anniversar…
[22]
http://news.fullorissa.com/odia-wikipedias-9th-anniversary/
[23]
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Orissa/Shownews.asp?newsid=19485
[24]
http://www.odishaviews.com/odia-language-workshop-organized-on-9th-annivers…
[25]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa
[26]
http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-goa
[27]
http://cis-india.org/news/sanskrit-wikiquote
[28]
http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R
[29] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/
[30]
http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-hand…
[31]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook
[32]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers
[33]
http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-…
[34]
http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disa…
[35]
http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012
[36]
http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback…
[37]
http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award
[38]
http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award
[39]
https://twitter.com/cis_india
[40]
http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/
[41]
http://cis-india.org
[42] mailto:sunil@cis-india.org
[43]
mailto:nishant@cis-india.org
Dear all,
I take immense pleasure in (re)introducing Dr. U.B
Pavanaja to the entire Wikimedia community! Dr. Pavanaja has joined the
Access to Knowledge team at CIS as a consultant from March 4 onward.
Those associated with Indian language computing and especially that in
Kannada may know him already for having started the first Kannada
website: Vishvakannada.com, the first Kannada online magazine, the first
Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, the first
Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS and many more firsts.
Dr.
Pavanaja holds a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from
Mumbai University. He was a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years and has done advanced research in
Taiwan. He resigned from BARC in 1997 and dedicated himself fully for
the cause of Computer and Indian languages. You could read more about
his contributions here [1]. Prior to this he has also worked at
Microsoft Research Labs and has been a long time contributor to Kannada
Wikipedia.
We are very fortunate to have him on board. You can reach
him at pavanaja [at] cis-india [dot] org. Please join me in welcoming
him to our community :)
Thank you,
Noopur
Links:
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[1]
http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/pavanaja-profile.pdf