A group of agricultural researchers formed a voluntary group called ‘Open Access India’ (OAIndia) in July 2011 on ‘Facebook’ with an aim to take up the advocacy on ‘Open Access’ and to make agricultural information openly available, accessible and effectively used for farming in the country.

The aims & objectives of ‘OAIndia’ are as follows:

• Advocacy – sensitizing the researchers, policy makers and general public on the need to make data & information generated through public funds openly available.
• Development of community e-infrastructure, capacity building and framework for ‘Open Access’ policies for sharing data & information.

I have blogged on Open Access India on Australian Science. Here is it Open Access India: Movement for Making Public Funded Research Open.

Sridhar Gutam