My heartiest congratulations Vishnu! 

We all are waiting here to welcome you to the office. It would be a great time to work with you and take this movement to a new level.. ;)

Best!
Subha

On 29-Jan-2013, at 1:17 AM, Jessie Wild <jwild@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Congratulations, Vishnu! We are looking forward to working with you further.

As a participant in the interviewing process from WMF, I wanted to extend a _HUGE_ thank you and congratulations to CIS for conducting such an open and extensive hiring process. They had quite the challenge before them, and I am impressed with their commitment to transparency and collaboration through the process. Nice work to Jadine especially for updating us all on what was happening!

Also, thank you to ALL OF YOU who helped in participating in the process! Adethya Sudarsanan (volunteer), Arun  Ramarathnam (Wikimedia India representative) and Nitika Tandom (from CIS Access to Knowledge team) in particular invested much time and energy into screening 
candidates. Also, to all the community members who helped on the online planning process: thanks for your feedback and participation.

Finally, it would be great to gather as a community how this process went. Perhaps we could set up a page similar to one designed in Brazil to capture both the process and the learnings? 
Let me know if you think that would be helpful; I can set up the link unless one of you beats me to it (and please feel free to:)!
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brazil_Program/Community_Hiring_Process

I'm excited to see and learn from what India continues to contribute to the movement.


Best,
Jessie  


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Vishnu t <visdaviva@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Santhosh, Arnav, Niraj, Sundar, Adethya and Friends,

Thank you for your wishes. I am excited to working with you all and look forward to your support and cooperation.

Cheers,
Vishnu


On 28 January 2013 19:34, Adethya Sudarsanan <adethyasjce@gmail.com> wrote:
Welcome Home, Vishnu. Wish you a great tenure.

Best Regards,
Adethya Sudarsanan.


On 28 January 2013 17:17, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse@yahoo.com> wrote:
Congrats and welcome, Vishnu Vardhan!

- Sundar
 
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture

From: Jadine Lannon <jadine@cis-india.org>
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Results of the Programme Director hiring for CIS's A2K programme

Hello,

I'm sorry for not including this in the original post. Here is a brief introduction to T. Vishnu Vardhan:

Starting in February 2013, T. Vishnu Vardhan will be Programme Director of CIS's Access to Knowledge programme at the New Delhi office. Prior to this position, he was the Senior Development Officer for the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), a position that he has help since 2007. His experience spans across academics, industry (media) and the not-for-profit sector. Over the last 11 years, he has worked in various capacities as a researcher, grant manager, teacher, project consultant, information architect and translator. Prior to joining CIS, Vishnu managed the Art, Crafts and Culture portfolio of the SRTT, where he spent 5 years performing project conceptualization, management and assessment of quality and impact in the not-for-profit sector.

Vishnu managed more than 30 projects and funds to the tune of Rs. 160 million. He also anchored SRTT’s automation and knowledge management activities.  Vishnu worked as a Research Coordinator at Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) in Bangalore where he coordinated the online M.A. in Cultural Studies, managed the Library Fellowship programme, conceptualized and coordinated national and international workshops and short-term courses in Media and Cultural Studies, and helped in building academic institutional partnerships.

Vishnu is a superannuated doctoral candidate at the Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster and CSCS, Bangalore.



Cheers,

Jadine


On 2013-01-28 11:12 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:
> That's great, congrats to Mr Vardhan. Can we have a short introduction
> of him or did I miss that.
>
> Thanks,
> Rangilo Gujarati.
>
> On Jan 28, 2013 10:56 AM, "Jadine Lannon" <jadine@cis-india.org
> <mailto:jadine@cis-india.org>> wrote:
>
>    Hello,
>
>    We are pleased to announce the results of the hiring of Programme
>    Director for CIS's A2K programme. After a lengthy four month
>    process, Mr. Vishnu Vardhan, who posted his essay onto the mailing
>    list under the alias Nee Davis, was offered the position on January
>    13th, 2013, which he has accepted. He will be taking on the
>    responsibilities of Programme Director in early February, 2013, and
>    he hopes to be fully transitioned into this position by the end of
>    February.
>
>    The entire CIS team and Mr. Vardhan would like to thank the
>    Wikimedia community for their interaction and input, particularly
>    during the public stage of the hiring. We look forwards to working
>    with you all as the A2K project continues.
>
>    Thank you,
>
>    Jadine
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