Information Madness

Nope.. I am not talking about Wikipedia in Kannada Language but I am talking about an easy-to-comprehend Kannada portal on the lines of Wikipedia. The Karnataka Knowledge Commission in association with IIIT-Bangalore, the Department of Kannada and Culture, the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, and various other institutions and individuals are planning for an online encyclopedia in Kannada.

The Commission held a consultative meeting with a group of experts and a rough plan has been chalked out as to how to go about the project. Though the portal is yet to be named, the participants in the meeting suggested some names like Kannada Gnanabandara, Kannada Mahitebandara, Kannada Khajane, Jnana Setuve etc.

Reports say this online encyclopedia in Kannada is expected for public use by November, to coincide with Kannada Rajyotsava.

The State government has already set aside Rs 2 crore for the project in its 2009-10 fiscalAccording to Kannada Development Authority Chairman Mukhyamantri Chandru, a separate Kannada font and a keyboard are being planned to be developed for the portal. The aim of the project is to make information easily available to common man in Kannada

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