Dear All,

I am happy to inform you about the selection of the new Programme Officer, who has joined the CIS-A2K Team on August 15, 2013. Please join me in welcoming Muzammiluddin Syed.

Muzammiluddin Syed holds about 14 years of teaching experience. He is a recipient of Air India BOLT Award for Excellence in Teaching 2004 (Hyderabad District Runner-up). He received a Gold Medal for securing the first position in the Diploma in HIV & Family Education from the Indira Gandhi National Open University in 2011. Muzammil has contributed papers to various national and international conferences. As a netizen, he has contributed to a number of websites which include Content Writer ( www.contentwriter.in), Journal of Turkish Weekly (www.turkishweekly.net), Boloji Free Expressions Website (www.boloji.com), Cite HR (www.citehr.com), Hindi Nest Website (www.hindinest.com) and the oldest Urdu Website ( www.urdustan.com). However, his main online passion is the Wikimedia Foundation projects. He has been an active contributor on Wikimedia Commons, Hindi, English and Urdu Wikipedia. He goes by the User name <Hindustanilanguage> . Many of you may have met Muzammil in Wiki Conference India 2011 where he was a speaker.

Apologies for cross-posting.

Best regards, Vishnu