Dear committee members, I have approached the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in India, a WMF grantee, whose Access To Knowledge program has been supporting and encouraging the Tulu Wikipedia development efforts, to help identify a scholar who could verify the content.
Here is their response (I've copy-edited slightly): We can recommend the name of Prof Purushothama Bilimale. He holds the > Kannada Chair at JNU, Delhi. A Kannada Wikipedia article about him is here > - > https://kn.wikipedia.org/s/10uo. > > His brief bio – Scholar in Kannada and Tulu languages, ex Prof & > researcher at Kannada Univ, Hampi; ex Director (of a section) at > American Institute of Indian Studies, Delhi and currently > Kannada Chair at JNU, Delhi. He was a member of the Karnataka Folk Academy. > He has guided 8 persons for PhD. Written many books in the area of folk > culture and literature. He is a recipient of Karnataka Rajyotsava Award. > Currently he is video documenting folk culture of Kodagu district. > > His email is <redacted> and phone number is <redacted>. Since he is in > some village in Kodagu district till May 30, his phone may not be reachable all the time. > Same is true > with email. > > I [Dr. Pavanaja U. Bellippady from CIS-A2K --AB] have spoken to him and he > has kindly agreed to do the evaluations. > Since this is a public and archived list, whoever wants to contact Prof. Bilimale -- please say so and I will e-mail you privately with his contact information. Cheers, A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
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