T. B. Dinesh

T. B. Dinesh is an Indian computer scientist and media activist. He started his research with generating software based on algebraic specification and later focused on web 2.0, web accessibility, web annotation, hypermedia and mesh networking.[1][2] In 1999, he co-founded the Pagelets project, and in 2002, he founded [Janastu.org Janastu] in Bangalore, a non-profit where he serves as technical director, and a company called Servelots, both serving non-profits with free and open-source software and developing ways for re-narration of the web with web accessibility for the print-impaired.[3] He has studied and built community-based digital tools such as SWeeT Web, Alipi, Pantoto, CoLRN[4] and Papad.[5]

T. B. Dinesh
Alma mater
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Life and career

Dinesh was born in Tumkur.[6] He studied electronics and communication engineering. Dinesh studied mathematics and computer science at University of Iowa for his postgraduate program, and finished his Doctor of Philosophy in computer science in 1992,[7][8] researching on generating software based on algebraic expression. He later continued his post-doctoral research at Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica where he had earlier worked for a doctoral project.[9] He then worked at the Stanford Research Institute, where he co-founded the Pagelets project in 1999[8] along with Susan Uskudarli and Lambert Meertens.[10] He moved to Bangalore in 2002 and built a participatory information resource creation and management system called Pantoto[11][7] and founded Janastu in 2002.[12]

References
  1. "Accessibility for the Print-impaired (ALipi)" (PDF). Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF) Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. Clarke, Loraine; George, Babitha; Raj, Romit; Rogers, Jon; Singh, Neha; Skelly, Martin; Thomas, Peter (2021). Learning to speak to an elephant and other stories of decentralised digital futures. Brand Mavericks, India; Pressision, UK: University of Dundee.
  3. SIRCA Annual Report 2010-2011 (PDF) (Report). Singapore: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. Densmore, Melissa (24 November 2022). CoLRN: A community-based vision for local resilient networks (PDF) (Report). International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. McKelvey, Karissa (2020-06-22). "Renarration and Accessiblity: T B Dinesh on Localized Knowledge in Rural India". Digital Democracy. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  6. Chinappa, Mohua, "TB DINESH: Scientist Who Gave Up His Career And Life In The USA to return to his hometown | TMS Ep26", The Mohua Show, retrieved 2023-07-16
  7. IANS. "Bangalore IT wizards take communities online". siliconindia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  8. Hwa, Ang Peng; Arul I., Chib (31 December 2011). IDRC Small Grants Program for ICTD Research Capacity Building. Strengthening ICTD Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) (PDF) (Report). The International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. Dinesh, T.B.; Haveraaen, Magne; Heering, Jan (2000). "An Algebraic Programming Style for Numerical Software and Its Optimization". Scientific Programming. 8 (4): 247–259. doi:10.1155/2000/494281. ISSN 1058-9244.
  10. "The Team @ PANTOTO". PANTOTO Communities. 2002-08-14. Archived from the original on 14 Aug 2002. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  11. Uskudarli, Susan; T. B., Dinesh. Pantoto: A participatory model for community information (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  12. Mishra, Harekrishna; Institute of Rural Management, eds. (2009). Governance of rural information and communication technologies: opportunities and challenges (1. publ ed.). New Delhi: Academic Foundation. ISBN 978-81-7188-599-2.
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