WikimediaIndia-l April 2017

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[Press]: Lessons and tips on getting media coverage
by Noopur Raval 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear all, Over the past one month, we've been working with community members from Assamese, Kannada Malayalam and Nepali communities to get maximum possible media coverage and press support in order to highlight their community and events and hopefully get new editors for our movement. In all cases, I help prepare the press release<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>(as, kn, ml, ne), then community members translate it and then we work together to try and reach out to the widest possible audience. Here are a few links to the press releases and newspaper articles. There are a few in local language papers that are not online. Also, all these reports are due to the collaborative effort and very important follow up by community members like Jyoti, Bishnu, Gitartha, Omshivaprakash, Anoop, Ramesh, Kannan, Sujith, Saroj and Ganesh for the communities respectively. Assamese: http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/assam/assamese-wikipedia-celebrates… http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=765639 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3… http://www.sify.com/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-years-of-existence… http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-… http://issuu.com/assamese/docs/ghy_13062012?mode=window&backgroundColor#222… http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120611/jsp/northeast/story_15594299.jsp http://sevensisterspost.com/?p=17895 http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=9509&boxid=103211609 Kannada: http://epaper.udayavani.com/Display.aspx?Pg=H&Edn=MN&DispDate=6/18/2012 http://allevents.in/Bangalore/483961428297721 Malayalam: http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=82424 http://keralaitnews.com/state-scan/other-cities/4717-kollam-to-host-malayal… http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3351423.e… http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-14/social-media/3134186… http://www.techgoss.com/Story/557S12-Wiki-Malayalam-Meet-held-at-Kerala.aspx http://article.wn.com/view/2012/04/28/Malayalam_wiki_most_innovative/ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/hitech/malayalam-wiki-most… http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-wikipedia-could-be-emulated/253196-60-… http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article390787.ece Nepali: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/Nagarik_Article.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/karobar_article.png Radio Sagarmatha broadcasted an interview with a Wikipedian Ganesh Paudel... Radio Nepal Bani Broadcasted an interview with Wikipedians located in Kathmandu (Mr. Ganesh Paudel and Mr. Saroj Dhakal) Just thought I'd share a few pointers based on what went right and what could have been better on my part. This may help you in the future if you too are looking to get media attention for your community and events. A few lessons: *Planning:* - Database of contacts: We have put in place a fairly comprehensive database of English as well as local press, television and radio contacts. I'd be happy to share them with anyone who needs to get in touch with journalists. - In case of local language newspapers, calling a journalist/newspaper office or personally visiting them to give the press brief always works better than e-mailing. Most local language newspapers still prefer a hard copy of the brief or even ask for a fax sometimes. - For the Assamese anniversary celebrations, we had an agenda well in advance and we (the community members and I) made sure the press release was ready in English as well as in Assamese so we could send it out to newspapers, television channels and radio stations. - Regarding English language newspapers, it is always advisable to call first and then e-mail the brief to a senior editor as well as a staff reporter (at least two people within the organization) to ensure the story receives due attention. Attaching a few photographs of your past meetups is a good idea. - It is advisable to translate the press release and attach both versions while sending it to the journalist. - If you are planning to have an event on the weekend, make sure you call and e-mail much earlier during the week. *Event:* - Always make sure to invite the journalists to your event. This will not only help in getting a comprehensive story but will also encourage them to take up editing. - Dealing with news channels and radio stations: While DY 365 channel covered the Assamese meetup, other channels did not bother to follow up. For radio, it *only* works if you speak to them in local language. *Other tips:* - It is a *must* to put in a contact number of preferably an email ID at the end of a press release. Maybe all communities should have either a chapter email ID (like bengali(a)wikimedia.in) or a gmail ID run by an active community member. This can be super useful and will avoid giving out personal details. - Building a quote pool: How about we keep a few quotes from different community members on the basics - (examples: why I edit, how I edit, what is your message to fellow Marathi/Tamil/Gujarati speakers) ? Of course, quotes from people are crucial and must not be misused but, this can help the Chapter communications team too - Getting the article right: Spelling mistakes, misquoted information, erroneous figures are a common problem with Wikipedia stories. Although it may not always be possible, do request the journalist to show you the article before publishing it. - Targeting news agencies: After the Assamese press experience, I realized having one PTI press release ensures that the story reaches at least 4-5 newspapers. This is a very effective way of maximizing media coverage. I might have missed out on a few lessons and invite community members and the chapter communication team to contribute with more inputs. Maybe we can even document this on Meta for future reference. Thank you, Best Noopur -- Noopur Raval

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Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by Ashwin Baindur 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

Hello friends, This is a link I recommend you to bookmark. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians This list is useful for outreach & also whenever someone needs Wiki-Help in a particular city. It would be great if Wikipedians could update this list.:) We have the following completely unrepresented states/UTs: * Andaman & Nicobar Islands * Arunachal Pradesh * Assam * Chandigarh * Chhattisgarh * Dadra, Nagar & Haveli * Daman & Diu * Goa * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu & Kashmir * Jharkhand (AngPradesh is in Mumbai) * Lakshadweep * Manipur * Meghalaya * Mizoram * Puducherry * Punjab (oye, ye ki hoya!) * Nagaland * Uttar Pradesh * Uttarakhand Okay, all you admins, please update your status (Mikey my boy, that means you too)! Abroad, we dont have Indic Wikipedians listed for: * Africa * Australia * Asia (other than India) * Middle East * North America * South America Unless you would like to stay off list, of course that's acceptable too. May I also request Tinu / list admins to please forward it all the Indic language & city Wikimedia lists. We need this resource to be as comprehensible as possible. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Introducing WikiToLearn to WMF India Community
by Srijan Agarwal 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

Dear Team, Hope everyone is doing great. TLDR: WikiToLearn[1] is a young but fast-growing project within the Wikimedia movement, with the support of the academia, tackling education needs with new tools. I am happy to set up a discussion with anyone interested in education; Building on the discussion held during the Wikimedia Summit, Berlin about the strong need of tools for education, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce WikiToLearn to the Wikimedia India community. WikiToLearn is an open platform where students, researchers and key people in the academia can create and refine notes and textbooks, tailored precisely to their needs, and giving them the power to customize teaching beyond traditional textbooks. WikiToLearn was founded in September 2015, when a group of students from the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy had the necessity to share their notes to study for their exams. Many different universities and research centers[2] from all around the world (CERN, Imperial College, Milano-Bicocca, just to name a few...) have since decided to join. We are a Wikimedia User Group[3] and supported by Wikimedia Italy. We are also working with other chapters and Wikimedia affiliates, such as Wikimedia CH and WikiMed. Since the project is not hosted directly by WMF (on similarly resilient infrastructure from GARR[4]) means we are not subject to restrictions on the software and are open to customizing the platform for the best book editing experience. For example, we integrate external elements in our infrastructure, provide a solid PDF generation feature, and in general offer a streamlined and compelling user experience for textbooks editing and consumption. We are also working to provide features which are very hard to integrate into a standard MediaWiki, such as collaborative editing and many other features needed for using a wiki platform in an educational environment, releasing all improvements under open licenses. We also have a strong focus on the offline usage of the content, from the layout of the pages to the content type. I would like to take this opportunity to connect with all the amazing developers, editors, and translators. I would like to check the interest of community members for such a project and discuss a future plan in India. In particular, if there is interest, I would like to host a call where we can figure out how to take things to the next level and create some action. In spite of the young age of the project, WikiToLearn is a vibrant community and I believe there are chances to have a great impact which would add to the wider Wikimedia Foundation movement mission! :) [1]: https://www.wikitolearn.org [2]: https://meta.wikitolearn.org/Academic_institutions [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiToLearn_User_Group [4]: https://www.garr.it/it/ <http://www.garr.it/it/> Thanks and Regards <http://www.srijanagarwal.me/> Srijan Agarwal <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Srijancse> Core Developer at WikiToLearn <http://www.wikitolearn.org/> Blog <http://www.srijanagarwal.me/> | Github <https://github.com/Srijancse> | ThinkFOSS <http://www.thinkfoss.com/>

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Education] New guide for organizing Edit-a-thons at science conferences
by Sibi Kanagaraj 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 11:03 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Education] New guide for organizing Edit-a-thons at science conferences To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Forwarding a resource. Pine. ---- From: Jonathan Morgan <jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:23 AM Subject: [Wiki-research-l] New guide for organizing Edit-a-thons at science conferences To: Wiki Research-l <Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> I just ran across a new-ish (Feb 17) resource for people interested in running editathons for scientists, developed by the Simons Foundation. You can read the blog post[1] and download the guide in PDF form[2]. The guide provides a well-organized and comprehensive set of practical tips for organizing, publicizing, and running editathons and is tuned to the needs and interests of science SMEs. Forwarding because I know there are many folks on this list who are involved in this sort of work and/or could be. Cheers, Jonathan 1. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/education-outreach/crowdsourcing-expertise/ 2. http://simonsfoundation.s3.amazonaws.com/share/sciencesandbo x/CrowdsourcingExpertise_4.7.17.pdf -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF) <javascript:void(0)>> _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Why We Read Wikipedia in your language
by Asaf Bartov 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

This may interest some of you. A. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Leila Zia <leila(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 9:45 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Why We Read Wikipedia in your language To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, ==Background== In November 2016, I presented the result of a joint research that helped us understand English Wikipedia readers better. (Presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIaMuWA84bY ). I talked about how we used English, Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia readers' inputs to build a taxonomy of Wikipedia use-cases along several dimensions, capturing users’ motivations to visit Wikipedia, the depth of knowledge they are seeking, and their knowledge of the topic of interest prior to visiting Wikipedia. I also talked about the results of the study we did to quantify the prevalence of these use-cases via a large-scale user survey conducted on English Wikipedia. In that study, we also matched survey responses to the respondents’ digital traces in Wikipedia’s server logs which enabled us in discovering behavioral patterns associated with specific use-cases. You can read the full study at https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05379 . ==What do we want to do now?== There are quite a few directions this research can continue on, and the most immediate one is to understand whether the results that we observe (in English Wikipeida) is robust across languages/cultures. For this, we are going to repeat the study, but this time in more languages. Here are the languages on our list: Arabic, Dutch, English, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish (thanks to all the volunteers who have been helping us translating all survey related documents to these languages.:) ==What about your language?== If your language is not one of the six languages above and you'd like to learn about the readers of Wikipedia in it (in the specific ways described above), please get back to me by Monday, April 24, AoE. I cannot guarantee that we can run the study in your language, however, I guarantee that we will give it a good try if you're interested. The decision to include more languages will depend on: our capacity to do the analysis, the speed at which your community can help us translate the material to the language, the traffic to that language, a couple of sentences on how you'd think the result can help your community, and your willingness to help us document the results for your language at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Reader_Be… (Quite some work will need to go to have readable/usable documentations available and we are too small to be able to guarantee that on our own for many languages.) Best, Leila -- Leila Zia Senior Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Wiki Loves Butterfly Part-II Global Invitation
by Ananya Mondal 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Dear Wikimedians, As per my previous mail, you all know that we have successfully completed the *Wiki Loves Butterfly (WLB) part-1* and duly submitted the report of the same. This gives me a great pleasure to announce the second part of *Wiki Loves Butterfly (WLB)* project is going to start 1st June,2017. Hereby the WLB team is requesting all wikimedians to visit the project and contribute as per their choice species and create or develop articles in their respective native languages and thus resulting in a multilingual approach to the project. Your honest feedback and suggestion is also welcome. If anybody wants to start a similar project in his or her native language, the WLB team is willing to support in every possible aspect. For further details https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Butterfly With warm regards, Ananya Mondal (Project manager WLB)

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Report of Wiki Loves Butterfly:Request for comment
by Ananya Mondal 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Dear Wikipedians, We have completed our Wiki Loves Butterfly Project (Phase-1) and as well as the report are submitted duly. Hence, look into the report and please pass your valuable comments and suggestions so that we can improve our project in future and help and develop the motos of Wikimedia movement. Important Links: *1. Project page:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Butterfly *2. Grant page:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Atudu/Wiki_Loves_Butte… *3. Report:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Atudu/Wiki_Loves_Butte… -- Regards, Ananya Mondal M.Sc in Applied Nutrition,CDE,PGDSS *Clinical Nutritionist* *+91 9674344313*

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Fwd: [WMIN-Members] Verification and approval of candidates.
by Abhijeet Safai 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Dear All, Greetings! Was not subscribed to this list hence was not able to post messages to it. Now I have subscribed. Have a nice day. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, -- Dr. Abhijeet Safai ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Abhijeet Safai <abhijeet.safai(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [WMIN-Members] Verification and approval of candidates. To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com Cc: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Yogesh <csyogech(a)gmail.com>, Lu Kishore AnnamThyagraraja Wiki <annamthyagarajakishore(a)gmail.com>, EC Wikimedia India <wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Sudhanwa, Greetings! Thanks for your query. As it was shared with me, the elections were supposed to be conducted in 2016, hence only the name of the elections is 'elections 2016'. However, they are being conducted in 2017. As the elections are being conducted in year 2017, the current voter list is applicable but the name of the elections is 'Elections 2016'. The delay in the elections had various reasons including account related issues at banks as discussed with me. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, -- Dr. Abhijeet Safai On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure how the voter list is prepared. If the elections are for > 2016, i feel that eligibility should be as per that year and not current > year. > > Can elecom, EC give explanation on this. > > Regards > Sudhanwa > > > On Mar 29, 2017 12:57 PM, "Abhijeet Safai" <abhijeet.safai(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Greetings! >> >> Please find below the list of verified and approved candidates for the >> elections. Please feel free to call / mail for any query regarding this. As >> I am new to this process itself, I might not know all the answers to the >> questions, but I shall try my best to get the information and share. Also >> kindly let us know if any modification is needed. >> >> We would like to wish best of luck to all the candidates! >> Draft slate of candidates >> >> Election Committee deliberated the nominations and clarified the >> information on the nomination forms with the Chapter. More details here >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections_2016#Verification_and_Approval_of_c…> >> >> - Dr Subas Chandra Rout >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Dr_Subhas_Chandra_Rout> >> - Harish Satpute >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Harish_Satpute> >> - Harvinder Chandigarh >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Harvinder_Chandigarh> >> - Krishna Chaitanya Velaga >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Krishna_Chaitanya_Velaga> >> - Mourya Biswas >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Mourya_Biswas> >> - Rahul Deshmukh >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Rahul_Deshmukh> >> - Sanket Oswal >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Sanket_Oswal> >> - Santosh Shingare >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Santosh_Shringare> >> - Srikar Kashyap Pulipaka >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Srikar_Kashyap_Pulipaka> >> - Subham Soni >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Shubham_Soni> >> - Suyash Dwivedi >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Suyash_Dwivedi> >> - Viswanathan Prabhakaran >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Viswanathan_Prabhakaran> >> - Yohann Thomas >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Yohann_Thomas> >> - Priyanka Tiwari >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/PriyankaTiwari> >> - Nikhil Kawale >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Nikhil_Kawale> >> - Raju Jangid >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Raju_Jangid> >> - Kiran Ravikumar >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Kiran_Ravikumar> >> - Jnanaranjan Sahu >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Gyanaranjan_Sahu> >> - Dr Ataullah Khan Kak Cenjary >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Dr_Ataullah_Khan_Kak_Ce…> >> - Ranjith Sanjeev >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Ranjith_Sanjeev> >> - Sayli Salvi >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Nominations/Sayli_Salvi> >> >> Last date for withdrawal of candidature is 1st April 2017, 2359 hrs IST. Any >> candidate withdrawing candidature may express the same on >> Talk:Elections_2016#Nominations >> <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections_2016#Nominations> and wikisign >> before due date. >> >> Thanking you, >> Yours sincerely, >> -- >> Dr. Abhijeet Safai >> >> -- >> Disclaimer: The Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) is an autonomous entity >> with no direct control over the Wikipedia project and other websites hosted >> by the Wikimedia Foundation, USA. >> >> This mail is sent to the members of the Chapter as part of the official >> communications between the Chapter, its Executive Committee and the members. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "wmin-members" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to wmin-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/wmin-members/CAAwPGk2Xav3D%2BmLTDs_ya-2Aj3-pngWj17V%3DpE >> qjK1mJhu%2BVRA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wmin-members/CAAwPGk2Xav3D%2BmLTDs_ya-2Aj…> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Disclaimer: The Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) is an autonomous entity > with no direct control over the Wikipedia project and other websites hosted > by the Wikimedia Foundation, USA. > > This mail is sent to the members of the Chapter as part of the official > communications between the Chapter, its Executive Committee and the members. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "wmin-members" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to wmin-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/wmin-members/CA%2BHo68wHnWnhsxF4V4iDm%2BM5Koe%3DgV3mpGnR > ZSB7ddFquUEHCA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wmin-members/CA%2BHo68wHnWnhsxF4V4iDm%2BM…> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >

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Rescheduling of Wikimedia India elections to 30th April 2017
by Abhijeet Safai 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Dear All, Greetings! As you are all aware, in the Wikimedia India elections 2016 for all the 7 executive committee seats, there are almost 200 members in the voters list. Due to this huge number, it took more time than expected to prepare ballot papers this time. As a result election committee eventually could only send all the ballot papers on last Saturday (8th April 2017). In order to have more time for all members to send back the papers, election committee has decided to re-schedule the Elections and annual general meeting from 30th April 2017, instead of 23rd April 2017. This decision has been taken so that everyone gets enough time to send back their ballot papers. Thanks and regards, Election Committee -- Dr. Abhijeet Safai

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Wish You all Happy Holi
by Suyash Dwivedi 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Wish You all Happy Holi -- *Regards:* *Suyash Dwivedi* U: Suyash.dwivedi

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