[Wikiml-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika

Fri Jul 29 07:39:59 UTC 2011

*അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങൾ ;)*

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:05 PM, jagadeesh puthukkudi <
p.jagadeesh11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Congrats shiju.
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> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Niraksharan ManojRavindran <
> manojravindran at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങൾ ഷിജൂ
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>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sreejith K. <sreejithk2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> Congrats Shiju.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol at wikimedia.org>
>>> Date: 29 July 2011 12:44
>>> Subject: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika
>>> To: wikimedia-in-blr at lists.wikimedia.org,
>>> wikimedia-in-chn at lists.wikimedia.org,
>>> wikimedia-in-del at lists.wikimedia.org,
>>> wikimedia-in-hyd at lists.wikimedia.org,
>>> wikimedia-in-mum at lists.wikimedia.org
>>> Cc: Nitika Tandon <nitika.tandon at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> cross-posting pan India (apologies if you got/get this through other
>>> mailing lists.)
>>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I'm really pleased to send out this email welcoming the first 2 new
>>> members of the India Programs team.  Just before I introduce them, I thought
>>> I'd share with you the background of their selection.
>>>
>>> *Context*
>>>
>>> As you might be aware, the Foundation had decided to undertake a catalyst
>>> operation in India to promote the growth of the community and projects here.
>>>  The team is expected to be a small, nimble 5 person group.  We had put out
>>> 2 job postings - for Indic Initiatives and for Participation.  (Please
>>> refer:
>>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-May/003007.html)
>>>  We posted them on linkedin and on the Indian FOSS community list as
>>> well as announcing them on various Facebook pages and Twitter feeds.
>>>
>>> The response was wonderful.  >110 applications for Indic Initiatives and
>>> nearly 175 applications for Participation.  These were short-listed to 10 (3
>>> for Indic Language and 7 for Participation.)  These were a mix of existing &
>>> previous Wikipedians, Wikipedia newbies and open source advocates.
>>>
>>> In June, the shortlisted 10 were interviewed and further down-selected to
>>> 4.  These 4 were then further interviewed by a group of other staff members
>>> from the Foundation.  I am pleased to inform the community of the final
>>> selected 2.
>>>
>>> *Shiju Alex - Indic Initiatives*
>>>
>>> Most of you already know Shiju. For those who don't, Shiju is a long-time
>>> Wikipedian [User: shijualex] and is active on Malayalam Wikipedia, English
>>> wikiprojects and Wikimedia Commons, as well as Wikisource and offline.  He
>>> has been passionately involved with the establishing and building of Indic
>>> language Wikipedias.  He's participated in a series of outreach activities
>>> and is also (jointly) undertaking a grant from the Foundation for outreach
>>> across India.  He's a regular member of the Bangalore community.
>>>
>>> Shiju is from Palakkad, Kerala and is married with a 2 year old baby.  He
>>> currently works as a Senior Technical Writer with ABB in Bangalore.
>>>
>>> Even those of you who know him might not know the following 2 things that
>>> I was lucky to discover during the selection process.  Shiju is an MSc in
>>> Physics with a specialisation in Astronomy and Astrophysics - and he retains
>>> a deep interest in anything astronomical.  Feel free to quiz him vigorously
>>> on this!  He also enjoys trekking and misses his time in Pune where he could
>>> be up & close the gorgeous Sahyadri Hills.
>>>
>>> Shiju is going to lead our work on promoting Indic language projects
>>> across India.  The challenges are enormous - from technical constraints to
>>> low levels of awareness of these projects to vibrant but nascent
>>> communities.  However, these only point to the massive size of the
>>> opportunity for Indic language projects - which is the joint top-2 strategic
>>> priority of the movement in India.  After he joins, he'll collaboratively
>>> put together a plan for Indic language projects and work towards quality
>>> execution of high-impact initiatives.
>>>
>>> Shiju is currently serving out his notice period so will be able to join
>>> us only around September - October.
>>>
>>> *Nitika Tandon - Participation*
>>>
>>> Nitika [User:nitika.t] is relatively newer to the community - and has
>>> been brushing up her editing.  She's been immersing herself in the Wikimedia
>>> world and attended community meet-ups as well as reviews of the Wikipedia
>>> India Education Program.  She is from Delhi - and is currently based in
>>> Mumbai - where she works as a Strategic Partnerships Manager with Directi.
>>> (If you're not aware, they are one of the most prominent internet domain &
>>> solutions providers in India.)
>>>
>>> Nitika has an MBA and has also worked on research analytics.  A
>>> fascinating detail I discovered about a previous assignment of hers - and
>>> you must ask her about it - is how African drums can be used for management
>>> coaching!  She also reliably informs me that there are 7 Spanish dance forms
>>> and she instructs in all of them!
>>>
>>> Nitika is going to be working on Participation - which is primarily
>>> focussed on increasing the contributor base of non-Indic language projects,
>>> primarily Wikipedia.   One of her first tasks will be to expand the
>>> Wikipedia India Education Program from the Pune pilot to a more national
>>> footprint.  She'll also work on other initiatives to promote participation -
>>> and I can foresee Wikimedia Commons being a potential initiative.
>>>
>>> Nitika will join us on August 1st.
>>>
>>> *Introductions*
>>>
>>> I'm going to be scheduling the August Monthly India Programs IRC on
>>> Thursday August 18th to introduce them both to you.  Please do join us.
>>>  I'll send a reminder closer to the date.  Also, needless to say,
>>> they'll be attending a series of community meet-ups over the next months.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, please do join me in welcoming them onboard. I'm really
>>> excited because this means that we will now have the capacity and capability
>>> to dramatically accelerate our activities in India.
>>>
>>> Warmest Regards,
>>> *
>>> *
>>>                *Hisham Mundol*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> ***
>>>
>>> Wikimedia <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>
>>>  India Programs<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs>
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>> skype : hisham.wikimedia
>>> gtalk : hmundol at wikimedia.org
>>> **
>>> twitter : @mundol
>>> *
>>>
>>> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share
>>> in the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!*
>>>
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> jagadeesh puthukkudi
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