Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter,
It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter.
He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with
the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like
Google. His experiences working for the movement have been
featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served
as the General Council member of the International Forum for
Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in
promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in
Tamil.
Ravishankar completed his graduation
from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University
of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden
University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant.
The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process.
Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects.
Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter!
Jayanta Nath
President
Wikimedia India Chapter