Not specific to MediaWiki or GSoC, but this document[1] by Shakti
Kannan explains a lot about the common issues you'll face if you're
doing Open Source advocacy in Indian colleges.
[1]:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#shakthimaan-indian-challenge-of-f…
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Yuvi Panda T
http://yuvi.in/blog