Here's what Foundation Report August 2011 has to say for our India Education program
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011...
*India Programs*
- Two new consultants selected – Nitika Tandon (Participation) and Shiju Alex (Indic Initiatives). Nitika has joined and Shiju joins at the end of September. - Continued support of proposed WikiConference in Mumbai in November ($40k grant from WMF; Fellowship for organizer; Advisory services). - Wikipedia India Education Programhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program 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: - User: Abhilasha369 started a new article: Robinson Crusoe Economy - User: basic.atari is working on the Human capital article - User: SaurabhKB is editing Self-organizing list - User: Aishani Sharma on Social preferences - User: Jinchurikidan has been actively editing the article on Animation studio - 12 new Campus Ambassadors selected for the Pune pilot; training expected by September 12 - Continued progress on legal registration of the proposed independent public trust in India. - Initial meetings with major mobile carriers / manufacturers scheduled for next week.