CIS-A2K/Institutional Partners/Andhra Loyola College, Vijwaywada, Andhra Pradesh
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Andhra Loyoloa College, also know as Loyoloa College is a Jesuit college located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. The college was founded in 1954 by the Society of Jesus. In became an autonomous college in 1988. As of 2016, the college offers 29 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate courses. The official website of the educational institution and the English Wikipedia article on the college may be seen here and here respectively.
Activities[edit]
- 2014
- June 2014: In 2014, Andhra Loyola College and CIS-A2K jointly organized a two-day national workshop centered on digital era knowledge and openness. Participants were instructed bring three full-fledged articles in Telugu on suggested topics for production sprints during the workshop. T. Vishnu Vardhan, CIS program director, emphasized the significance of openness and transparency in the digital age, highlighting Wiki as an open educational resource. The workshop, attended by graduate and postgraduate faculty, delved into utilizing tools like Wikipedia and QR codes for enhanced knowledge access.
- September 2014: Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and CIS-A2K signed a MoU to enhance Telugu Wikipedia over five years. Activities include open knowledge creation, content digitization, FOSS adoption, and FIT course revision. Engaging faculty, students, and the FOSS community, this partnership fosters open knowledge growth in Indic languages. The signing ceremony, attended by ALC's stakeholders and media representatives, marked a significant milestone.
- December 2014: Andhra Loyola College, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K), hosted a six-day camp titled 'Wiki Winter Camp' on campus. Around 45 volunteers from BSc (Physics) and BA (Telugu) streams participated, receiving training to contribute to Wikipedia by adding, editing, and deleting articles. Students focused on translating Physics articles into Telugu and digitizing classical works of Kandukuri Veerasalingam, a renowned social activist and writer. The camp aims to make Veerasalingam's works available online and expand the collection of classical Telugu works on Wikisource.
- 2015