[Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples & Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-05 Thread Nitika Tandon
ave kind words for the Campus Ambassadors. They've been doing amazing work! Thanks Nitika Tandon ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples & Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
Congratulations on joining the team at India operations! Thank you! It's wonderful to be working with you all. Can you also highlight any significant differences between the strategy for the Education programme in the US and for the one in India? Thanks. I'll second what Srikeit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update, Examples & Request: Wikipedia India Education Program

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
> Economics and College of Engineering Pune). We already have over 1000 > students enrolled from just these 2 colleges.  Most of these students have A 1000 students?! That is quite stupendous! I wonder if we can measure the contributions by these students over the course of the year? During the

[Wikimediaindia-l] Want to Help Newbie Editor Students of the India Education Program?: Inviting Online Ambassadors!

2011-09-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
iling list or offlist. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Thank you so very much! I look forward to your application. Sincerely, Nitika Tandon ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pune Pilots, Ambassadors and MumCon Questions

2011-09-07 Thread Nitika Tandon
Hey Vivek, Don't bother about the incomplete mail. Happens with most of us at times. J So good to hear that you're excited about the India Education Program and becoming an online ambassador. But here start my questions. 1. In the application I've given my locality, city (k

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program-Fortnightly IRC: Thursday March 29th @ 9pm IST (Outreach & Communication) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
Hey, Just a reminder. We are starting in 10 mins. Do join in! Thanks Nitika On 29-Mar-2012, at 8:54 AM, Hisham wrote: > Hi Folks > > Reminder about the IRC later today (9pm IST on March 29th.) Join in using > this link: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office. > > As I had i

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Club @ British Council

2012-06-18 Thread Nitika Tandon
Hi, We are trying to build partnerships with some of the organisations to set up Wikipedia Clubs. The idea is to run outreach events at institutes or amongst interest groups that engage people in activities around Wikipedia. Our first such attempt to is to partner with British Council India in

[Wikimediaindia-l] Update on India Education Pilot

2012-06-19 Thread Nitika Tandon
Hey Everyone, Just wanted to inform you that we have put up a post about the India Education Program here [1]. Please fell free to initiate, advance or follow the conversation on the same page. Thanks Nitika [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:India_Education_Program#Update_on_In

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Club @ British Council

2012-06-19 Thread Nitika Tandon
, I may be able to come, but I am not sure yet. Yann > > 2012/6/19 Srikanth Ramakrishnan : >> Just a question. >> Are any proper, experienced community members part of this? >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Nitika Tandon >> wrote: >>>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on India Education Pilot

2012-06-19 Thread Nitika Tandon
Hi Ravi, Please find my answers in line. Though I'd highly encourage everyone to post any comments on the talk page itself to make sure that there are no disparate communications and we maintain only one central page. Thanks Nitika On 19-Jun-2012, at 6:49 PM, Ravishankar wrote: > Hi IEP, >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Club @ British Council

2012-06-19 Thread Nitika Tandon
On 19-Jun-2012, at 7:33 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Nitika Tandon wrote: > Indeed participants will be editing articles relating to Indian context like > Indian culture, history, arts etc > > I just hope you meant to say participants

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika

2011-08-02 Thread Nitika Tandon
eager to learn from their experiences. I believe that there is a tremendous opportunity to take the movement to a different height, especially in India, and I look forward to working closely with all of you in future. Kind regards, Nitika Tandon On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Hisham Mundol

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika

2011-08-07 Thread Nitika Tandon
tika)? > > =) > > Annie > > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Nitika Tandon wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> >> Thank you for your heart warming mails and welcoming me to the Wikimedia >> Foundation >> >> I am extremely excited to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

2012-11-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, This is being scheduled for 12th and 13th Dec. Time is yet to be finalised. Couple of points: * Workshop will be organised in the computer lab at Goa University * Infrastructure like the computer lab LCD projectors are available in the library as well a s the Academic Staff College cl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

2012-11-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
On 29-Nov-2012, at 4:20 PM, Pradeep Nair wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks, Nitika. > > It might also be a good idea to ask participants to get their dongles as > backup. > > Also, please keep us informed on the GLAM discussions, as this may be of > interest to some of us on this list, like me. :) >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

2012-11-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
On 29-Nov-2012, at 5:00 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > Let me know if I could be of any help, as I'm based in Goa itself. Yes please, need a lot of help from you! :-) I'm sending you an offline note, maybe we could work together on how should we conduc

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

2012-12-06 Thread Nitika Tandon
On 06-Dec-2012, at 1:21 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > Dear Nitika, Is it possible to get in touch with others who have been > contributing to the Goa pages in the past? Absolutely! We can invite Wikipedians from Goa and members of WikiProject Goa. >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

2012-12-07 Thread Nitika Tandon
n their university guest house. Please respond at the earliest so that we can make arrangements accordingly. Looking forward to hear from al of you. Thanks a ton! Regards, Nitika On 07-Dec-2012, at 12:50 AM, Nitika Tandon wrote: > > On 06-Dec-2012, at 1:21 PM, Frederick FN Noronha *

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki spark in Goa: 3 Days 6 Wikipedia Events

2013-01-08 Thread Nitika Tandon
1. Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain A meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. As for now the four volume Konkani Encyclopedia is under copyright of University of Goa. Dr. Shety

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A day in Wiki Women Workshop

2013-03-26 Thread Nitika Tandon
Congratulations to Pavithra and the entire Bangalore community for such a great initiative. Here's a blogpost about the Wiki Women's workshop we had organised at Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa. Special thanks to Rohini and Harriet for all their support and help. More power to Wiki Women!

[Wikimediaindia-l] Resignation of Noopur Raval, Programme Officer, A2K Team

2013-04-15 Thread Nitika Tandon
her. In a day or two CIS-A2K Team will send out an advertisement for the opening of Programme Officer which has been created due to Noopur's departure. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

[Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

2013-04-16 Thread Nitika Tandon
also find the job posting on our website (http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-access-to-knowledge). Please feel free to share this mail with your networks. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society_

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

2013-04-21 Thread Nitika Tandon
have any further questions on this. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014 [2] http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-acces

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

2013-04-25 Thread Nitika Tandon
The last date for submitting applications has been extended to 5th May, 2013 (http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-access-to-knowledge). Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society On 17-Apr-2013, at 12:25 PM, Nitika Ta

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan (Draft)

2013-05-09 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, Please note that the work plan for Bengali[1] and Konkani[2] Wikipedia have now been updated. We look forward to your suggestions and comments. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/

[Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hours with CIS-A2K Team

2013-05-11 Thread Nitika Tandon
your separately. Looking forward to see you tomorrow at IRC! Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hours with CIS-A2K Team

2013-05-13 Thread Nitika Tandon
IRC Chat log on A2K Work Plans #wikimedia-in.2013-05-13 Description: Binary data Hi All,Please find attached log of the IRC chat. Thank you to all those who took out time to give us some feedback. And for those who've written to us separately we'll aim to organise a one-on-one with you before the

[Wikimediaindia-l] Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - April '13

2013-05-17 Thread Nitika Tandon
d in Mysore. The A2K team consists of three members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahiand one member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who is working from Bangalore office. Noopur Raval, Programme Officer (Access to Knowledge) has resigned. April 24, 2013 was her last working

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hours with CIS-A2K Team

2013-05-17 Thread Nitika Tandon
ign based on his ideas and more. We'll share with you a draft as soon as we have something substantial. Thanks Nitika Tandon ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing pre

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: A2K's MoU with TISS

2013-06-10 Thread Nitika Tandon
role played by our Adviser Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana in buildig this collaboration. We'll keep you posted as and when new developments shape up and would like to actively involve Mumbai Wikipedians in planning, designing and rolling out Wikipedia training programmes. Thanks Nitika Tand

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hours with CIS-A2K Team

2013-06-11 Thread Nitika Tandon
board; who'll be responsible for executing pilots like these. Thanks Nitika On 07-Jun-2013, at 8:25 PM, sankarshan wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Nitika Tandon wrote: >> Yes, we have tried building communities in educational institutes before. >> But I guess what A

[Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge Bulletin - May'13

2013-06-26 Thread Nitika Tandon
work plan from the wikipedia community. The A2K team consists of three members based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja and Subhashish Panigrahi and one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi. Noopur Raval, Programme Officer left the organisation on April 24, 2013. Archives of our newslet

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Board(EC) Elections-2013 - Results

2013-08-16 Thread Nitika Tandon
Congratulations Jayanta da and Moksh :) Regards, Nitika On 16-Aug-2013, at 2:55 PM, Belayet Hossain wrote: > On behalf of all Banlgla Wikipedians, many many congratulations to > Moksh and Jayanta da. > > > Belayet [[User:bellayet]] > > On 16/08/2013, Pavanaja U B wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: CIS-A2K's Train The Trainer Program

2013-09-17 Thread Nitika Tandon
is-india.org or drop a note on the program's talk page. [2] Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjHXxJd1jwTedDlFUldWaTlKMl9NTGh3czhXeUFkZ0E#gid=0 [2] https:/

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months

2013-09-26 Thread Nitika Tandon
Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Konkani-Wikipedia-from-Goa-University-in-6-months/articleshow/23126410.cms PANAJI: Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at th

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia

2013-09-26 Thread Nitika Tandon
Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/goa-university-announces-plan-upload-konkani-encyclopedia-wikipedia PANAJI: The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), an

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: Konkani Wikipedia in the making

2013-09-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
original data and regular updating of the content in the context of the Konkani language, its history and movement. Thanks Nitika Tandon ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language

2013-09-29 Thread Nitika Tandon
rganised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Access to Knowledge (A2K) for the students of Goa University and St. Xavier’s College. “We want to strengthen the Konkani Wikipedia,” says Nitika Tandon, program manager, CIS-A2K. Tandon quotes the Census Department of India 2001 figures th

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months

2013-10-01 Thread Nitika Tandon
Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months http://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/goa-university-to-make-available-online-konkani-wikipedia-within-6-months-1380517611-1 Thick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now availa

[Wikimediaindia-l] Press coverage: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference

2013-10-02 Thread Nitika Tandon
explained the progress in the writ petition filed in the high court of Karnataka against the Sahitya Akademi, seeking equal treatment to all scripts of Konkani. Nitika Tandon, programme manager, The Centre for Internet & Society, spoke about Konkani Wikipedia and the need for the participation of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Coverage: Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia

2013-10-02 Thread Nitika Tandon
Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia http://www.medianama.com/2013/09/223-goa-university-partners-cis-india-to-build-konkani-wikipedia/ The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for bu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Coverage: Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) relaunched with a free license, may boost Konkani Wikipedia

2013-10-13 Thread Nitika Tandon
A special 'thank you' to Rohini Lakshane for working on this article. Regards, Nitika Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) relaunched with a free license, may boost Konkani Wikipedia http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1901806/post-konkani-vishwakosh-encyclopaedia-relaunced-with-a-free-license-may-boos

[Wikimediaindia-l] Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA

2013-10-28 Thread Nitika Tandon
Vidyasagar, Frederick Nooronha and Seby Fernandes for their constant support. If anyone would like to receive a copy of the Vishwakosh please send us a mail off list and we'll courier a CD your way. Thanks Nitika Tandon [1] http://library.unigoa.ac.in/?q=node [2] https://meta.wik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Short-term assignment at CIS-A2K

2013-10-31 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, Please note that CIS-A2K is extending the last date of submitting the application to 5th November 2013. Regards, Nitika Tandon On 25-Oct-2013, at 2:31 PM, Vishnu T wrote: > The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Program > invites applic

[Wikimediaindia-l] Access to Knowledge newsletter October 2013

2013-11-18 Thread Nitika Tandon
/bit.ly/1a9m8N2. Nitika Tandon shares a detailed blog post on the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC License: http://bit.ly/1cm9wBH. ► Event Participated In Re-sourcing Indian Cinema: Humanities Research, New Archives and Collaborative Knowledge Production (organised by the Centre for Conte

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Bulletin December '13

2014-01-17 Thread Nitika Tandon
edited by Rohini Lakshané. Blog Entries First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India (by Nitika Tandon, December 5, 2013): http://bit.ly/1euwSXt. Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1hldNM8. We are featuring this here as we didn’t

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Bulletin January '14

2014-02-24 Thread Nitika Tandon
ashish Panigrahi and Muzammiluddin Syed, one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi and one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, l

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K's Quarterly Reports

2014-03-14 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, CIS-A2K would like to share with you Quarterly Report 1 for the time period Jul - Sep 2013[1] and Quarterly Report 2 for the time period of Oct - Dec 2014. The report provides a brief overview of the programs executed and examines impact and outcomes. Feedback can be given on main t

[Wikimediaindia-l] Team exit and hire at CIS-A2K

2014-04-15 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, It’s with deep regret that we announce the exit of Muzammiluddin Syed as Programme Officer CIS-A2K due to his personal reasons. Muzammil has been a great asset to the A2K team. CIS would like to thank him for all his valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement and particularly

[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF-FDC and A2K discussion minutes

2014-04-30 Thread Nitika Tandon
Dear All, CIS-A2K had a two day meeting with WMF & FDC visiting team in its Bangalore office on 11th & 12th Feb 2014. The main agenda of the meeting was: Understanding current state of A2K -- basic facts (finance snapshot, organizational context within CIS) Financial review of CIS-A2K, per grant