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'''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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accessibility for the Print-impaired (ALipi) |url=http://isif.asia/theme/default/files/ISIFGrants2010-TechnicalReport_Servelots.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119051354/http://isif.asia/theme/default/files/ISIFGrants2010-TechnicalReport_Servelots.pdf |archive-date=19 Jan 2013 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF) Asia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clarke |first=Loraine |url=https://www.decentralising.digital/ |title=Learning to speak to an elephant and other stories of decentralised digital futures |last2=George |first2=Babitha |last3=Raj |first3=Romit |last4=Rogers |first4=Jon |last5=Singh |first5=Neha |last6=Skelly |first6=Martin |last7=Thomas |first7=Peter |publisher=University of Dundee |location=Brand Mavericks, India; Pressision, UK}}</ref> In 1999 he co-founded the Pagelets project and 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|Free and open-source Software]] and developing ways for re-narration of the web with web accessibility for the print-impaired.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://arulchib.com/sirca/sirca.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SIRCA-ANNUAL-REPORT-2010-2011_FINAL.pdf |title=SIRCA Annual Report 2010-2011 |publisher=Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University |location=Singapore |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref> He has studied and built [[Community-based participatory research|community-based]] digital tools such as SWeeT Web, Alipi, Pantoto, CoLRN<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.itu.int/itu-d/sites/connect2recover/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/11/C2R_RC_5_A-community-based-vision-for-local-resilient-networks-221122.pdf |title=CoLRN: A community-based vision for local resilient networks |last=Densmore |first=Melissa |publisher=International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref> and Papad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKelvey |first=Karissa |title=Renarration and Accessiblity: T B Dinesh on Localized Knowledge in Rural India |url=https://wp.digital-democracy.org/renarration-and-accessiblity-t-b-dinesh-on-localized-knowledge-in-rural-india/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Digital Democracy |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
[[File:T. B. Dinesh — Introduction.webm|thumb|T. B. Dinesh introduces himself and his work]]
Dinesh was born in [[Tumkur]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Chinappa |first=Mohua |title=TB DINESH: Scientist Who Gave Up His Career And Life In The USA to return to his hometown {{!}} TMS Ep26 |url=https://www.themohuashow.com/podcast/tb-dinesh-founder-iruway-crafterspace/ |work=The Mohua Show |access-date=2023-07-16 |language=en}}</ref> 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,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=IANS |title=Bangalore IT wizards take communities online |url=https://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/www.siliconindia.com/shownews/bangalore-it-wizards-take-communities-online-nid-18731-cid-2.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=siliconindia}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite report |url=https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/bitstream/handle/10625/48155/IDL-48155.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=IDRC Small Grants Program for ICTD Research Capacity Building. Strengthening ICTD Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) |last=Hwa |first=Ang Peng |last2=Arul I. |first2=Chib |publisher=The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref> 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 doctoral project.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dinesh |first=T.B. |last2=Haveraaen |first2=Magne |last3=Heering |first3=Jan |title=An Algebraic Programming Style for Numerical Software and Its Optimization |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/494281 |journal=Scientific Programming |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=247–259 |doi=10.1155/2000/494281 |issn=1058-9244}}</ref> He then worked at the [[Stanford Research Institute]], where he co-founded the Pagelets project in 1999<ref name=":1" /> along with Susan Uskudarli and [[Lambert Meertens]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Team @ PANTOTO |url=http://pagelets.com/012.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020814080347/http://pagelets.com/012.htm |archive-date=14 Aug 2002 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=PANTOTO Communities}}</ref> He moved to Bangalore in 2002 and built a [[Participatory design|participatory]] information resource creation and management system called Pantoto<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.pantoto.com/p/UpLoad/tmdb/bhairava/f/PANTOTO_DYD02.pdf |title=Pantoto: A participatory model for community information |last=Uskudarli |first=Susan |last2=T. B. |first2=Dinesh |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and founded Janastu in 2002.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Governance of rural information and communication technologies: opportunities and challenges |publisher=Academic Foundation |isbn=978-81-7188-599-2 |editor-last=Mishra |editor-first=Harekrishna |edition=1. publ |location=New Delhi |editor-last2=Institute of Rural Management}}</ref>

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