<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><base href="x-msg://969/"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:Wingdings;
        panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0cm;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
p
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0cm;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0cm;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
        {mso-style-priority:34;
        margin-top:0cm;
        margin-right:0cm;
        margin-bottom:0cm;
        margin-left:36.0pt;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.apple-style-span
        {mso-style-name:apple-style-span;}
span.apple-tab-span
        {mso-style-name:apple-tab-span;}
span.apple-converted-space
        {mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle22
        {mso-style-type:personal;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle23
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
        margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IN link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi Folks,&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>I thought I’ll share an update with you’ll on the Wikipedia India Education Program. &nbsp;It's running majorly in 2 colleges in Pune (Symbiosis School of Economics and College of Engineering Pune).&nbsp;We already have over 1000 students enrolled from just these 2 colleges. &nbsp;Most of these students have gone through one or more out of a total of&nbsp;3<span style='color:#1F497D'>5</span> introductory, basic editing and refresher sessions conducted by Campus Ambassadors. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It’s good to see big numbers but I thought I’ll also share with you some articles that the students have been working on. It’s really inspiring to see their progress!&nbsp;</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span><br><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>User:&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Abhilasha369" title="User:Abhilasha369"><span style='color:windowtext'>Abhilasha369</span></a>&nbsp;started a new article: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Economy">Robinson Crusoe Economy&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></span></span></span><br><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>User: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Basic.atari">basic.atari</a></span> is working on article <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital">Human capital&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></span></span></span><br><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>User:&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SaurabhKB"><span style='color:windowtext'>SaurabhKB</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;is editing&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organizing_list" title="Self-organizing list"><span style='color:windowtext'>Self-organizing list</span></a>&nbsp;</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‎</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></span><br><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>User:&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aishani_Sharma" title="User:Aishani Sharma"><span style='color:windowtext'>Aishani Sharma</span></a>&nbsp;on <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_preferences">Social preferences&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></span></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>User:&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jinchurikidan"><span style='color:windowtext'>Jinchurikidan</span></a>&nbsp;has been actively editing the article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_studio">Animation studio</a> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>These is still some way to go on these articles but I think they are fantastic starts! &nbsp;The 5 users and articles above are just illustrative. You can also track progress of the entire program here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INDIAEDU">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INDIAEDU</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please do reach out to the students (not just the one's listed above) and offer help and encouragement. &nbsp;Please do help them out on their articles as well. &nbsp;While they have been trained, they're going to need a lot of support because they are almost entirely newbies. &nbsp;Please do also leave kind words for the Campus Ambassadors. They've been doing amazing work!</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Nitika Tandon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div></body></html>