** Greetings! Welcome to the October 2012 Wikipedia newsletter from the Access to Knowledge <http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan>team of the Centre for Internet & Society! # Education Program Updates - Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/launch-of-assamese-wikiped… Nitika Tandon, October 22, 2012). - Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/malayalam-wikipedia-education… Shiju Alex, October 29, 2012). - Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-education-p… Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012). - Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-article-… Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012). # Workshop Reports - Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bengaluru-a-hub-for-kannada… Subhashish Panigrahi, October 16, 2012). - Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziaba… Nitika Tandon, October 19, 2012). - Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success! <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wiki-women-day-2012-pune>(by Subhashish Panigrahi, PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus, Pune, October 28, 2012). - First Pune Odia Wikipedia Organized!<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-pune-odia-wikipedia-… Subhashish Panigrahi, October 31, 2012). # Event Organised - Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS<http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-hackathon-bits-hyder… (organized by CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, October 26 – 27, 2012). # Press Coverage - Odisha: Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in Pune to promote Odia language <http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=37463>(OdishaDiary.com, October 31, 2012). # Team Updates - The A2K team<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team>consists of three members based in Delhi: Nitika Tandon <http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team>, Subhashish Panigrahi <http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team> and Noopur Raval <http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team>. - We are seeking applications for the post of Programme Director<http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director>(Ac… to Knowledge) for New Delhi office. - Shiju Alex <http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team>, Programme Manager, Access to Knowledge is leaving the organisation. November 16, 2012 will be his last working day. We wish him success in all his future endeavours. About CIS <http://cis-india.org/> CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility <http://cis-india.org/accessibility>, Access to Knowledge <http://cis-india.org/a2k>, Openness<http://cis-india.org/openness>ss>, Internet Governance <http://cis-india.org/internet-governance>, and Telecom <http://cis-india.org/telecom>. *CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.* Follow us elsewhere - Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/cis_india> - Join the CIS group on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/> - Visit us at http://cis-india.org <http://cis-india.org/about/> Best, Noopur Raval Programme Officer, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore http://cis-india.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l