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CIS-A2K Budget, Utilization Report and proposed revision
by Vishnu t 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dear All, In our effort to increase transparency with the working of CIS-A2K programme, we are sharing with you the A2K Programme Budget along with the Utilization for the period Sept. 2012 to February 2013 [1]. We intended to share this with you by mid April, but it got delayed, as we felt the need to propose revisions to the budget in the context of the A2K Work Plans. Apologies for this delay. The proposed revisions to the budget along with some notes are here [2]. We would appreciate your feedback and suggestions on this. Based on the feedback received from you, we will approach the Wikimedia Foundation seeking for approval of the revised budget. It will be very useful to hear from you on the proposed revisions to the A2K grant budget before May 20, 2013. Looking forward to your feedback. Warmly, Vishnu Programme Director Access to Knowledge Programme CIS [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization… [2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Revised_Budget_(draft)_and_U…

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Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)
by Nitika Tandon 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear All, The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the post of Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme. The position will be based in its Bangalore office. Programme Officer will collaboratively work with the A2K Team and would report to the Programme Director, Access to Knowledge at CIS. Position Summary As Programme Officer, Pilot Projects, your job will be to drive and support the growth of Indian language Wikipedias and its sister projects. Your primary responsibility will be to design and implement different pilot projects with an aim to create high quality content and cultivate new editors on different language Wikipedias in a time bound manner. One of the main pilots you will be spearheading immediately will be on ‘Indian Performing Arts’. The pilots will be premised on themes and seek to create a multi-lingual repository of knowledge using Wikimedia projects as knowledge platforms. In addition to this you will be anchoring the development and growth of at least one Indian language Wikipedia. You are encouraged to deeply engage with the A2K Work Plan before making the application. You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will be a part of a small team of 5 to 6 doing high visibility and high impact work. Responsibilities Support India-focused initiatives to improve quality of India-relevant content and number of editors on Indian language Wikimedia projects. Support the growth of Indian language Wikimedia communities and projects by designing and implementing community collaborations and partnerships pilot projects – detailing rationale, aim and objective, execution, evaluation, timeline, resource investment, etc. Spearhead A2K’s pilot projects. Identify institutions/groups that have ready-made content/archived material and aggregate available material in respective languages. Create a network of state institutions, university departments, non-government organisations, academics, artists, researchers and wikipedia community members that will work towards creating a repository of knowledge on specific themes by using Wikimedia projects as a platform. Conduct initial meetings with the principal investigators from each of the shortlisted institutions and share project idea. Facilitate Wikimedia community involvement with the core network of institutions and principal investigators to collaboratively participate on specific content/area modules. Create social media platforms for visibility of these projects and facilitate need-based technical and online support. Conduct a series of wiki-training workshops for various nodes within the network. Conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects in progress. Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries. Providing ad hoc support to the Wikipedia community on all aspects of Indian languages as may be deemed necessary. Candidate's Background & Experience At least two to three years of professional experience with a strong track record of success in high performance organizations. Prior experience of working with schools of performing arts and/or cultural departments. A deep understanding of the varied cultural context of India. Good understanding of the basics of program design and management. Experience of working in a collaborative community (preferably online). Strong academic results from highly-regarded university. Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin the success of Wikipedia. Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of how Wikipedia works in interviews). Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team environment. Good writing skills in English and Indic languages and must be fluent in English and at least one Indic language. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Characteristics of the Programme Officer High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission. Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons. Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent commitment to Wikimedia’s community-led nature. Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, universities, philanthropic and private sector. Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. Location: The position is based out of the CIS Bangalore office. Remuneration: Compensation structure will be determined by the level of expertise, experience and current remuneration. To apply, please send your resume to T. Vishnu Vardhan (vishnu(a)cis-india.org). You can also find the job posting on our website (http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-access-to-knowle…). Please feel free to share this mail with your networks. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

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CIS-A2K Work Plan (Draft)
by Vishnu t 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Dear All, CIS-A2K Team would like to share with you it's draft Work Plan (2013-2014) for Indian language Wikimedia projects. The detailed work plan can be found here. [1] The main objective of this document is to present a detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme activities, during the next 15 months. The A2K team has, over the last two months, extensively engaged with various stakeholders in developing these plans. These include a) some Wikimedia India Community members across various Indian language Wikimedia projects; b) some English Language Wikimedia community members from India; c) Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee; d) some potential institutional partners; e) a few like minded advocates of free knowledge; f) A2K Programme Adviser Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana; and last but not least g) a few of the Wikimedia Foundation staff. We are extremely thankful to all of them who have taken time out in sharing their ideas and opinions and in actively giving feedback, which has helped us immensely in drawing up these plans. This document has been made keeping in mind the objectives, opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia projects. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to further refine these plans. However, for the sake of structured engagement, we would request you to *please read the following guidelines [2] on how to share your feedback.*We would deeply appreciate if you could share your valuable feedback in the next three weeks based on which we will revise the plans. Looking forward to receiving your inputs. Thank you, T. Vishnu Vardhan Programme Director Access to Knowledge<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge> The Centre for Internet and Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_20… [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_20…

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Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013 Celebrations
by Rahmanuddin Shaik 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Hi, Telugu Wikipedia Community, in association with Wikimedia Foundation India Chapter, Telugu SIG, CIS-A2K and Theatre outreach Unit of UoH celebrated this Ugadi, the Telugu New Year festivity as a Wikpedia celebration. Celebration of completing 9 years, more than 50k articles and increasing users both in terms of readers and contributors. Once the program was planned, we had hardly a month's time left. So, whoever from the Telugu wikipedia community at Hyderabad, was invited and meetups were held at Golden threshold, Abids on every sunday till the event date. There were a lot of discussions that happened in these meetups, we could clarify each others' doubts and even take up small wikipedia learning sessions at these meets. A budget was prepared and roles were assigned. We started preparing invitations, and other logistics were being calculated. Almost for all of us, this was the first time to be on board for organising such an event. So, there were obvious worries and apprehensions about smooth conduct of event. Here, I should say that without Vishnu's efforts, we could not have organised this event to such a level. Right from convincing Rama Rao garu of TOU, UoH for venue to the post event tasks, he was always with us for support and help. We called on other Telugu wikipedians living in other cities to join the pre-event meetups to handle pre-event and event tasks. T. Sujatha garu from Chennai made herself available for the meet on 31st March. Her presence made people more confident. When the event day came, Arjuna garu arranged a wikiacademy at Centre for Good Governance(CGG) which me, Arjuna , Vishnu and Pavithran organised. This wikiacademy happened on 9th April. On the event day, that is on 10th, morning, a media meet was organised. It was intended for media people to know about wikipedia. It was attended by media heads from 4 different media houses. A panel discussion headed by Bhandaru Srinivas garu was organised. Key points on improving telugu wikipedia from a perspective of a media person was revealed in this discussion. Post lunch, we visited HMTV media office to know about the internal working of a television media news channel and press. Here we had the opportunity to get to know about how various programs are recorded and telecast. By the team, we returned to the venue, it was late in night. Then, we had a discussion where the next day's program and future resolutions for Telugu Wikipedia were discussed. Next day morning was the festival of Ugadi. The main day of the event. It started off with introductions, this pre-lunch forenoon was entirely meant for Wikipedians to interact with each other. But, Arjuna garu had something else in his mind. He arranged a talk from a person from indg.in, C-DAc and a live interaction over Google with Ravi Vyjasatya, one of the senior most Wikipedians. Post lunch, all the participants were divided into 2 groups, one of them were those who were entirely new to wikipedia, the others were the fello telugu wikipedians. For the newbies, a wiki academy was organised. And simultaneously, a discussion session where most problems and hurdles of wikipedians were discussed. Some of these discussions still are on at the forum at tewiki. Sowmyan was busy interacting with wikipedians and taking up memberships. We asked him to address the gathering after the discussions. By 5 we were done with most of our planned activities and were ready for the best part of any program, the public meeting. M Aditya Prasad garu, from AIR headed the event with Samala Ramesh babu garu and Kodanda ramayya garu from Telugu bhashodyama samakhya prresiding over. Sujataha garu, Rajasekhar garu and other senior wikipedians were fecilitated. The evening ended with certificate and momento distribution. On behalf of Telugu Wikipedia community, I thank one and all who were directly or indirectly involved in this event. Program details at Telugu Wikipedia : here in this link<http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%…> Media coverage : http://telugu.oneindia.in/feature/general/2013/photos-telugu-wikipedia-maho… http://telugu.oneindia.in/news/2013/04/04/andhrapradesh-wikipedia-mahotsava… Images at commons : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Telugu_Wikipedia_Mahotsavam With thanks & regards *Rahmanuddin Shaik*

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[తెవికీ] Resignation of Noopur Raval, Programme Officer, A2K Team
by Nitika Tandon 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear All, It’s with deep regret that I announce the resignation of Noopur Raval as Programme Officer CIS-A2K Team. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) would like to thank her for all her valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement. Noopur has been a great asset to the A2K team. We'd like to thank her for all her leadership and work in the past year around PR, communications, GLAM, outreach and social media. In her formal capacity Noopur has worked to promote Wikimedia movement in India for over a year. We're hoping that she'll continue to be a part of the movement as a treasured volunteer. It is with warmest regards that CIS wishes her best in all her future endeavors. Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to Noopur and and send her off with hopes for more success and fulfillment. I will personally retain many wonderful memories working with her. In a day or two CIS-A2K Team will send out an advertisement for the opening of Programme Officer which has been created due to Noopur's departure. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

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The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
by noopur 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear all, Please find attached the Access to Knowledge bulletin for March 2013. For feedback, suggestions and queries please do write to us or you could respond to this thread. Thank you, Noopur Raval

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Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013 Celebrations
by Rahmanuddin Shaik 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Hi Telugu Wikipedia Community, in association with Telugu SIG of Wikimedia India Chapter, CIS-A2K <http://cis-india.org/> program and University of Hyderabad's Theater Outreach Unit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hyderabad#Theatre_Outreach_Unit>are jointly organising Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013. This event is planned to celebrate the completion of 9 years of Telugu Wikipedia and bring together major contributors of Telugu Wikipedia together to plan for future tewiki activities, including collaborative projects. One part of event will be to organise wikiacademies at media houses. The event page is here : Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013<http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%…> . On behalf of Telugu Wikipedia Community, I invite you to the event and make it a grand success. With thanks & regards *Rahimanuddin Shaik* నాని *తెలుగువారికి సాంకేతిక సహాయం - http://techsetu.com*

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[A2K]: Indic Wikipedia Visualization Project #1
by noopur 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

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

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[A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - February '13
by noopur 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

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 __ Links: ------ [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

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[A2K]: Introducing Dr. U.B Pavanaja, Consultant - Indian languages
by noopur 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

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: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/pavanaja-profile.pdf

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