Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
Welcome, Subha!
Pradeep Handheld
On 22/12/2011, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
*passes chocolates* :D Felicitations Subha!
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
Welcome, Subha!
Pradeep Handheld
On 22/12/2011, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be
filled
as part of the India Programs team. (
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.... .)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is
all
of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in
Biotechnology
from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for
about
1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living
room
apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on
fire!
He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and
has
conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as
well as
in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities;
a
couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there.
He
is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being
welcomed
into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have
ever
met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing
and
get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved
with
campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in
Odisha
and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St... )
was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support,
expense
statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have
been
looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a
full
time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant,
Team
Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end
work
listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have
for
this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha
brings
to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to
realise
his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for
and
as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility
to
continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got
was
a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member
joining
the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
-- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
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Welcome, Subha! Super news.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
On 22 December 2011 18:23, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com wrote:
Welcome, Subha!
Pradeep Handheld
On 22/12/2011, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
-- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
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Congrats Subha, I knew you'd make it big someday, but didn't expect it this soon. I hope your editing doesn't take a backseat due to this. You will very much be missed by the Bangalore Community. After all, you're less than a year young here and you've been leading practically more than half the meetups in the city. Congrats, and All the Very Best in your new position.
Jumping with Joy :) Congratulations from all Odia (and of course all other) Wikipedians.
On 12/22/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats Subha, I knew you'd make it big someday, but didn't expect it this soon. I hope your editing doesn't take a backseat due to this. You will very much be missed by the Bangalore Community. After all, you're less than a year young here and you've been leading practically more than half the meetups in the city. Congrats, and All the Very Best in your new position.
-- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
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Welcome, Subha!
With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal
Welcome Subha :)
Cheers, Ram
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Welcome, Subha!
With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal
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Thanks a lot all of you, I am so glad for the new role and all your support in the recent past and I would continue working for all the communities in the outreach campaigns. And I am going to miss Bangalore and all the community members very much, but I promise I will continue editing also.
Cheers Subha
On 22 December 2011 19:44, Ram Shankar Yadav ramshankaryadav@gmail.comwrote:
Welcome Subha :)
Cheers, Ram
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.comwrote:
Welcome, Subha!
With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
--cut--
Congratulations Subhashish! Happy to see the strengthening of India programs team with this addition.
Best wishes
Arjuna Rao Chavala
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.comhttp://eodissa.com/ .
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally < radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com http://eodissa.com/.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to WMF & Team.
The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the same place, hope we never stop :)
Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
Regards Ansuman * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally < radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com http://eodissa.com/.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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Congratulations Subhashish, :)
We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you would be a pleasure!
And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a wonderful cook :)
...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli' Nitika
On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote:
Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to WMF & Team.
The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the same place, hope we never stop :)
Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
Regards Ansuman ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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Thanks Ansuman, Ashwin and RK for the wishes, there is lot more to do with the support of you all and I am very much glad that I would be working with all the communities. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Subha
*Thanks Nitika for this warm welcome!* * * *I am looking forward to join all of you there in Delhi and drive forward the initiatives. And yes, would like to try my hand to treat you all (hope you don't complain about salt) :-)* * * *Wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance and thanks a lot for this gift of inviting me as a teammate!
Good day*! Subha
On 23 December 2011 10:39, Nitika ntandon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations Subhashish, :)
We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you would be a pleasure!
And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a wonderful cook :)
...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli' Nitika
On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote:
Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to WMF & Team.
The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the same place, hope we never stop :)
Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
Regards Ansuman
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com
wrote:
Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally < radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com http://eodissa.com/.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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On 23 December 2011 11:44, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhashish@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks Ansuman, Ashwin and RK for the wishes, there is lot more to do with the support of you all and I am very much glad that I would be working with all the communities. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Subha
*Thanks Nitika for this warm welcome!*
*I am looking forward to join all of you there in Delhi and drive forward the initiatives. And yes, would like to try my hand to treat you all (hope you don't complain about salt) :-)*
*Wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance and thanks a lot for this gift of inviting me as a teammate!
Good day*! Subha
On 23 December 2011 10:39, Nitika ntandon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations Subhashish, :)
We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you would be a pleasure!
And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a wonderful cook :)
...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli' Nitika
On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote:
Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to WMF & Team.
The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the same place, hope we never stop :)
Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
Regards Ansuman
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur < ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:
Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally < radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com http://eodissa.com/.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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All the very best wishes Subha,
Do drop in sometime to Pune.
-Sudhanwa
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi < psubhashish@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Ansuman, Ashwin and RK for the wishes, there is lot more to do with the support of you all and I am very much glad that I would be working with all the communities. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Subha
*Thanks Nitika for this warm welcome!*
*I am looking forward to join all of you there in Delhi and drive forward the initiatives. And yes, would like to try my hand to treat you all (hope you don't complain about salt) :-)*
*Wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance and thanks a lot for this gift of inviting me as a teammate!
Good day*! Subha
On 23 December 2011 10:39, Nitika ntandon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations Subhashish, :)
We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you would be a pleasure!
And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a wonderful cook :)
...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli' Nitika
On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote:
Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to WMF & Team.
The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the same place, hope we never stop :)
Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
Regards Ansuman
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur < ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:
Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally < radhakrishna.arvapally@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations Subha!
-RadhaKrishna
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.....)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com http://eodissa.com/.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_St...) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
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Subha, I hope as part of your new role, you can now join us in Coimbatore once.
Thanks a lot Sudhanwa, will love to join you all in Pune, I will connect you all through IRC an plan for an event.
Srikanth, I am looking forward for joining you guys, when you organize a meetup next time in Koimbatore, please let me know, will join you over skype and sometime will meet you guys in Kovai :)
Subha
On 23 December 2011 16:24, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.comwrote:
Subha, I hope as part of your new role, you can now join us in Coimbatore once.
-- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
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Congrats Subha !!
Happy to see average age of WMF India programme got reduced with your entry !!! Also thanks to Hisham for renaming the post to suit the skillset of Subha
Anivar
Thanks a lot Anivar!
I am so excited to work with many communities across the nation, connecting to all of you to reach to people will be my prime focus.
Best Subha
On 23 December 2011 19:08, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats Subha !!
Happy to see average age of WMF India programme got reduced with your entry !!! Also thanks to Hisham for renaming the post to suit the skillset of Subha
Anivar
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A very big and hearty congratulations to you. I believe a celebration is in order, do drop by Pune, the whole CA team will be be very happy to meet you. :)
Thanks Debanjan,
I will love catching up you people in Pune sometimes, you all are doing a great job there and there is a lot for me to learn through interaction.
Looking forward to seeing you sometime :-)
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On 28 December 2011 00:35, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debastein@gmail.comwrote:
A very big and hearty congratulations to you. I believe a celebration is in order, do drop by Pune, the whole CA team will be be very happy to meet you. :)
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi < psubhashish@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks a lot Anivar!
I am so excited to work with many communities across the nation, connecting to all of you to reach to people will be my prime focus.
Best Subha
On 23 December 2011 19:08, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.comwrote:
Congrats Subha !!
Happy to see average age of WMF India programme got reduced with your entry !!! Also thanks to Hisham for renaming the post to suit the skillset of Subha
Anivar
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