Dear All, With an aim to get people in Bangalore more aware of Open Access and how to improve the current situation in India. The Indian Institute of Science and the Centre for Internet and Society are holding an afternoon workshop on Wednesday the 2nd of November on the topic of 'Open Access to Academic Knowledge'. The event will take place in the Seminar Hall of the National Centre for Science Information, within the Indian Institute of Science from 14:30 to 17:00.The event will involve a few short presentations and then a discussion. It would be great to have all kinds of people attend and share ideas on improving Open Access in India. For more information please contact Tom Dane (tom@cis-india.org), on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society and the Indian Institute of Science. Thanks & Regards Sridhar _________________________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, PG Dip Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotechnology (WIPO) Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) & Joint Secretary, ARSSF Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) Rehmankhera, P.O.Kakori, Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India Fax: +91-522-2841025, Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Mobile:+91-9005760036 CISH http://www.cishlko.org ARSSF http://www.arssf.co.nr My site http://www.gutam.co.nr My Publications http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/gutam2000 My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gutamsridhar My LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhargutam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.