<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Here's what Foundation Report August 2011 has to say for our India Education program</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011/">http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011/</a></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: bold; "><br></div><b>India Programs</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://blog.wikimedia.org/wp-content/themes/victor/images/bullet-icon.png); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Two new consultants selected – Nitika Tandon (Participation) and Shiju Alex (Indic Initiatives). Nitika has joined and Shiju joins at the end of September.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">
Continued support of proposed WikiConference in Mumbai in November ($40k grant from WMF; Fellowship for organizer; Advisory services).</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; "><a title="w:Wikipedia:India Education Program" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Wikipedia India Education Program</a> pilot in Pune looking good in terms of numbers (>1000 students) but requires intensive effort to provide adequate training, enabling and hand-holding of newbie students. Having said this, check out the following:<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://blog.wikimedia.org/wp-content/themes/victor/images/bullet-icon.png); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">User: Abhilasha369 started a new article: Robinson Crusoe Economy</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">User: basic.atari is working on the Human capital article</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">
User: SaurabhKB is editing Self-organizing list </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">User: Aishani Sharma on Social preferences</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">User: Jinchurikidan has been actively editing the article on Animation studio</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">12 new Campus Ambassadors selected for the Pune pilot; training expected by September 12</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Continued progress on legal registration of the proposed independent public trust in India.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Initial meetings with major mobile carriers / manufacturers scheduled for next week.</li></ul></span><div><br></div>-- <br><font color="#666666"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thanks</span><br>
Arnav (ricku).</font><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati" target="_blank">(User:Rangilo_Gujarati)</a><br><br>