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The '''Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)''' is a [[Bangalore]]-based [[non-profit]] multidisciplinary research organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/30/stories/2009083052781400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830221750/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/30/stories/2009083052781400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2009|title=Deconstructing ‘Internet addiction’ |date=30 August 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/article3572.ece|title=Internet, first source of credible information about A(H1N1) virus|date=16 August 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Cant-read-so-use-new-tech-to-let-books-speak-/articleshow/5518597.cms|title=Can’t read, so use new tech to let books speak |date=31 Jan 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 March 2010|first1=Richi|last1=Verma}}</ref> CIS works on digital pluralism, public accountability and pedagogic practices, in the field of [[Internet]] and Society.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==Wikimedia Projects==

The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] granted a project to CIS to promote and support the Indic language Wikimedia’s Indic language free knowledge projects, including Wikipedia in Indic languages and English. The grant is also aimed to support wider distribution of Wikimedia’s free knowledge within India. The award amount for the first year of the two-year project was INR 1,10,00,000 ($200,000 USD).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cis-india.org/news/wikimedia-foundation-awards-grant-to-cis | title=Wikimedia Foundation awards grant to Centre for Internet and Society to expand Access to Knowledge in India | date=1 August 2012 | publisher=Centre for Internet and Society | via=Wikimedia Foundation | access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

== Swatantra 2014 ==
CIS supported and participated in [[Swatantra 2014]], the fifth international free software conference event, organised at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala on 18–20 December 2014.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Centre for Internet and Society (India)}}
* {{Official website|http://cis-india.org/|Centre for Internet and Society}}
* {{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PDATOI/articleshow/5058157.cms|title=Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged|date=26 September 2009|first=M|last=Ramya|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=5 July 2018}}
* {{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/story-print/450560/|title=Does India need its own Bayh-Dole?|date=24 April 2009|first=Sunil|last=Abraham|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=5 July 2018}}
* {{cite news | url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/C0hDF1GSn6QILc6mEwINgO/Wiki8217s-worth-on-a-different-turf.html | title=Wiki’s worth, on a different turf | date=13 January 2010 | first=Sunil | last=Abraham | publisher=Live Mint | access-date=5 July 2018 }}
* {{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/When-the-virtual-world-gets-a-room/article16462866.ece | title=When the virtual world gets a room | newspaper=The Hindu | date=22 December 2009 | first=Deepa | last=Kurup | access-date=5 July 2018 }}

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