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Introducing Odia Wikipedia to students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/introducing-odia-wikipedia-to-students-of-utkal-university-bhubaneswar
<b>A four-hour-long workshop was organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 25, 2016 for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language.</b>
<p dir="ltr">70 participants consisting of 35 male and 25 female students from the two departments joined in this workshop. Three active Wikimedians; Mrutyunjaya Kar, Subas Chandra Rout and Jnanaranjan Sahu supported in mentoring the new editors. Two other Wikimedians; Chinmayee Mishra and Rajalaxmi Mishra, who are students in the university, organized the event.</p>
<p dir="ltr">During the introductory session, we introduced the students about Odia Wikipedia, the Wikimedia community, and the <a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/s/yea">Bhubaneswar WikiTungi</a>, a local user collaborative in the city of Bhubaneswar. <a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MKar">Mrutyunjaya Kar</a>, administrator of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wikisource presented about the Odia Wikimedia projects, how the students enhance their skills while contributing to these projects and introduced the <a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/s/jxw">Wikipedia policies</a> to the new editors. “Even though we announced that students can leave by 2 pm, most students stayed back over an hour. Even in a conservative expectation, there will at least be 3-4 students who will be actively contributing in the future. As Chinmayee is associated with us from before, she could lead the local activities in the university”, he adds. <a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jnanaranjan_sahu">Jnanaranjan Sahu</a> who has been active in building several tools and software for Odia Wikimedia projects introduced about <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/">Mediawiki</a> and the Optical Character Recognition and its application in growing <a href="https://or.wikisource.org/s/266">Odia Wikisource</a>. He also suggests for regular follow-up outreach in the university so that the new editors get constant support and this enthusiasm does not stop here.</p>
<p>Out of the 70 participants, more than 50 participants managed to create their accounts and even made more than 200 edits during the workshop. They selected articles of their own interest and edited. Four faculty members from the MCA department participated in the workshop and were eager to learn how Wikipedia editing works. Rajalaxmi Mishra, who always wanted to edit but never edited Odia Wikipedia made her debut edit this day. She elaborates, “Chinmayee being a batchmate and a good friend always talked about Odia Wikipedia but I personally never did much beyond reading the English Wikipedia article. This workshop was more of a real starting point for me and I started writing about many renowned women like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant">Annie Besant</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla">Kalpana Chawla</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudha_Chandran">Sudha Chandran</a>. Being a student of Computer Science, I am also planning to write more articles in my own subject area. I have just finished writing about a popular bird of Odisha Chinmayee is my batchmate, was helping her”.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/introducing-odia-wikipedia-to-students-of-utkal-university-bhubaneswar'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/introducing-odia-wikipedia-to-students-of-utkal-university-bhubaneswar</a>
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No publisherSailesh PatnaikCIS-A2KOdia WikipediaWorkshop2016-05-20T10:52:41ZBlog EntryWikipedia workshop in the theme of “Sau Dhuni Teen” in Pune University
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-in-the-theme-of-201csou-dhuni-teen201d-in-pune-university
<b>A two-day Wikipedia workshop was organised in the Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on the 20th August 2015. The workshop was focused on enriching Wikipedia with 100 articles related to notable Indian women under the scope of the “Sau Dhuni Teen” project.</b>
<p id="docs-internal-guid-7755dbad-d111-8957-68c7-f3ec5877ad2e" dir="ltr">To begin with, we announced it in the Marathi Wikipedia <a href="https://goo.gl/QJrPDJ">village pump </a>prior to the workshop inviting Wikipedians to join. The primary goal of the project was to to introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia for research and a concept to new editors, to promote Marathi Wikipedia and promote the use of Indian languages in Wikipedia.This workshop provided a platform to have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new. Interestingly, there was a male:female ratio of 1:10 among the new participants out of which five edited Wikipedia before coming there. Six new accounts were created on that day. Each of the participants created at least one new article which resulted creation of 15 new articles where 28 articles in English, Bangla and Hindi Wikipedias were edited totally. As the participants were new, learning typing using Wikipedia’s native Marathi input method “<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/mr-transliteration">Aksharantaran</a>” was slightly difficult for some where some found the <a href="http://www.google.com/inputtools/chrome/">Google’s input </a>easier. Unavailability of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About_the_Sandbox">sandboxes</a> (user subpages where users work on a draft Wikipedia article until it is fully ready to be published) in Marathi Wikipedia was a concern as many editors were unsure if their article might be changed and/or deleted during the time when they were editing. During the workshop one good quality article was created and the second one was in progress by the end of the second day. We helped the editors to refer to the existing good quality articles for understanding how to write one.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We are planning to to engage with the participating new editors once or twice in a quarter. The event is being organised in collaboration with Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE).</p>
More details of the workshop could be found in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_Research_workshop_at_Pune_University">Meta event page</a>.
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-in-the-theme-of-201csou-dhuni-teen201d-in-pune-university'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-workshop-in-the-theme-of-201csou-dhuni-teen201d-in-pune-university</a>
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No publisherAbhinav GaruleWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaWorkshopHindi Wikipedia2016-06-18T18:08:36ZBlog EntryWikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore to bring Tulu Wikipedia live
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mangalore-to-bring-tulu-wikipedia-live
<b>A Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised in Mangalore, Karnataka this 14th to encourage more Tulu-language speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia. Tulu Wikipedia is is currently in the Incubator but the enthusiastic editor community is putting their best effort to bring it live out of Incubator. This edit-a-thon is one of the many activities the Tulu Wikimedia community has organised.</b>
<p>30 Wikipedia editors participated and created about 89 new articles. Interestingly, 12 of these 30 participants crossed more than 10 edits. Some of the new participants faced problems with using the<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods#Kannada"> input methods</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup">Wiki-markup</a>. It is important to note that because of the lack of addition of Tulu-alphabet code points in the Unicode chart, and the speakers being well conversant in Kannada, they are using Kannada script for Tulu Wikipedia Incubator project. There is a plan to organise a monthly meetup and/or edit-a-thon to continue the momentum these editors have brought in. <a href="http://www.tuluacademy.org/en/">Tulu Sahitya Academy</a> has kindly supported the event.</p>
More details in the <a class="external-link" href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tcy/ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಕಜ್ಜಕೊಟ್ಯ-5">event page</a> (in Tulu).
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mangalore-to-bring-tulu-wikipedia-live'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mangalore-to-bring-tulu-wikipedia-live</a>
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No publisherpavanajaWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessTulu Wikipedia2015-09-15T09:07:24ZBlog EntryKannada Wikipedia workshop at Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujire, Karnataka
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-shree-dharmasthala-manjunatheshwara-sdm-college-ujire-karnataka
<b>A Kannada Wikipedia workshop is being planned to be organised in Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujire on the 13th August 2015. This is going to be part of the several outreach programmes in the institution.</b>
<p>Topics to be discussed:</p>
<ul><li>What, Why & How of Wikipedia</li><li>Basics of Wikipedia markup</li><li>Kannada Wikipedia</li><li>Editing Kannada Wikipedia</li><li>What can be added to Kannada Wikipedia and how to add articles</li></ul>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-shree-dharmasthala-manjunatheshwara-sdm-college-ujire-karnataka'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-shree-dharmasthala-manjunatheshwara-sdm-college-ujire-karnataka</a>
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No publisherpavanajaWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopKannada Wikipedia2016-06-18T18:12:41ZEventWorkshop on Open Data for Human Development
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-open-data-for-human-development-2015-06
<b>Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham will take part in the workshop being organised for government officials from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tripura, by the International Centre for Human Development (IC4HD) of UNDP India, during June 3-6, 2015. The workshop will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies Campus in Bengaluru. Sunil will be one of the panelists in the opening discussion on 'data and transparency in governance,' and Sumandro will provide input for and lead the sessions on developing the draft implementation plan for the Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy. Sumandro worked with the IC4HD team to design the objectives and the agenda of the workshop.</b>
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<h2>Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy</h2>
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<p>Government of Sikkim passed the <a href="http://www.sikkim.gov.in/stateportal/Link/SODAAP%20Policy%20Document.pdf" target="_blank">SODAA Policy</a> in 2014 so as to streamline and open up the availability of “authentic data to buttress the achievements of the Government of Sikkim and to gather data on key metrics to be able to spur growth in all the areas of human development.” The Policy mandates setting up an open data portal, hosted by the State Data Centre of Sikkim, where data contributed by all the state government agencies will reside, and from which the same data will be made openly accessible to government agencies, non-government organisations, and private individuals alike. Only data that is shareable – data that is not part of negative list prepared by any government agency – and that is non-sensitive – data that does not contain information that can be used to identify any private individual – will be made available through this Sikkim open data portal. The Department of Information Technology of the Government of Sikkim has been assigned the role of being the nodal agency for coordinating and monitoring the implementation “of policy through close collaboration with all State Government Departments and agencies.”</p>
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<h2>Objectives of the Workshop</h2>
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<p>The Government of Sikkim understands that data collection, management, and reporting processes at the different departments must go through a structural reconfiguration before systematic and sustainable publication of data through this open data portal can be possible. This work will of course involve a long duration of change, and participation of a wide range of actors. The <a href="http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/operations/projects/human-development/the-international-centre-for-human-development.html" target="_blank">International Centre for Human Development</a>, at UNDP India, is organising this workshop for Sikkim government officials to conceptualise and develop the outlines of an action strategy towards this goal of streamlining data acquisition and publication processes across government departments.</p>
<p>Discussions in this workshop will focus on the activities of four departments of the Government of Sikkim – Department of Health, Rural Management and Development Department (RMDD), Human Resource Development Department (HRDD), and Department of Agriculture. At least two officials from each of these departments would take part in the workshop. Apart from these departments, officials from Department of Information Technology (DIT), Department of Economic Statistics, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DESME), and others, will also participate.</p>
<p>Apart from government officials from Sikkim, those from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, and Tripura will also attend the workshop, so as to think ahead towards their respective open data initiatives.</p>
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<h2>Agenda of the Workshop</h2>
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<h3>Day 1: June 3, 2015</h3>
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<td>0930-1000</td>
<td><strong>Welcome and Introductions</strong><br />
A.K. Shiva Kumar, Director, IC4HD<br />
P.D. Rai, Honourable Member of Parliament (LS) from Sikkim</td>
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<td>1000-1100<br />
<strong>Session 1</strong></td>
<td><strong>Panel Discussion</strong><br />
<strong>Data and Transparency in Governance</strong><br />
Moderator: P. D. Rai<br />
Panellists:
<ul><li>Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka</li>
<li>B. Gangaiah, Additional Director General, Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad</li>
<li>Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, The Centre for Internet and Society</li></ul>
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<td>1100-1130<br />
<strong>Session 2</strong></td>
<td><strong>Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy</strong><br />
Moderator: P. D. Rai<br />
Presentation by: T. Samdup, Joint Director, Department of Information Technology, Sikkim</td>
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<td>1130-1200</td>
<td><strong>Tea Break</strong></td>
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<td>1200-1300<br />
<strong>Session 3</strong></td>
<td><strong>Implementing an Open Data Policy - Key Components</strong><br />
Moderator: A. K. Shiva Kumar<br />
Presentation by: Sumandro Chattapadhyay, The Centre for Internet and Society</td>
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<td>1300-1400</td>
<td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
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<td>1400-1430<br />
<strong>Session 4</strong></td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 1</strong><br />
<strong>Challenges of Opening up Government Data in Sikkim</strong><br />
Facilitated by: Sumandro Chattapadhyay</td>
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<td>1430-1530<br />
<strong>Session 5</strong></td>
<td><strong>Mobile Phone-based Data Collection</strong><br />
<strong>Introduction to Akvo FLOW</strong><br />
Moderator: Meenaz Munshi, IC4HD<br />
Presentation by: Joy Ghosh and Amitangshu Acharya, AKVO</td>
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<td>1530-1600</td>
<td>Tea Break</td>
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<td>16:00-1730<br />
<strong>Session 6</strong></td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 2</strong><br />
<strong>Collecting Data Using Akvo FLOW</strong><br />
Facilitated by: Joy Ghosh and Amitangshu Acharya, AKVO</td>
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<h3>Day 2: June 4, 2015</h3>
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<td>0930-1000<br />
<strong>Session 7</strong></td>
<td><strong>Analysing, Visualising, and Publishing Data</strong><br />
Moderator: Amitangshu Acharya<br />
Presentation by: Thejesh GN, DataMeet</td>
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<td>1000-1045<br />
<strong>Session 8</strong></td>
<td><strong>Collecting, Visualising, and Publishing Geographic Data</strong><br />
Moderator: Amitangshu Acharya<br />
Presentation by: Shiv Ramachandran, MapBox</td>
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<td>1045-1145<br />
<strong>Session 9</strong></td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 3</strong><br />
<strong>Organising, Analysing, Visualising, and Publishing Data</strong><br />
Facilitated by: Thejesh GN and Shiv Ramachandran</td>
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<td>1145-1200</td>
<td><strong>Tea Break</strong></td>
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<td>1200-1300</td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 3</strong><br />
<strong>Organising, Analysing, Visualising, and Publishing Data</strong><br />
(Continued)</td>
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<td>1300-1400</td>
<td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
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<td>1400-1500<br />
<strong>Session 10</strong></td>
<td><strong>Open Data and Health Management</strong><br />
Presentation by: Dr. Shiban Ganju, Consultant, Ingalls Health, Harvey, Illinois, Chicago; Chair, Atrimed Health Consulting, Bangalore</td>
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<td>1500-1600<br />
<strong>Session 11</strong></td>
<td><strong>Open Data and Primary Education</strong><br />
Presentation by: Gautam John, Karnataka Learning Partnership</td>
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</tbody>
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<h3>Day 3: June 5, 2015</h3>
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<th>Time</th>
<th>Session</th>
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<td>0930-1030<br />
<strong>Session 12</strong></td>
<td><strong>Panel Discussion</strong><br />
<strong>Regional Experiences and Reflections on Open Data</strong><br />
Panellists: representative from Bhutan, and from Meghalaya</td>
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<td>1030-1115<br />
<strong>Session 13</strong></td>
<td><strong>Implementing National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy</strong><br />
Presentation by: D. P. Misra, National Informatics Centre</td>
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<td>1115-1130<br />
<strong>Session 14</strong></td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 4</strong><br />
<strong>Drafting the SODAAP Implementation Plan</strong><br />
Facilitated by: Sumandro Chattapadhyay</td>
</tr>
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<td>1130-1200</td>
<td><strong>Tea Break</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1200-1300</td>
<td><strong>Group Exercise 4</strong><br />
<strong>Drafting the SODAAP Implementation Plan</strong><br />
(Continued)</td>
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<td>1300-1400</td>
<td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
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<td>1400-1500<br />
<strong>Session 15</strong></td>
<td><strong>Group Presentations</strong><br />
<strong>Draft SODAAP Implementation Plan</strong><br />
Moderator: P. D. Rai<br />
Facilitated by: Sumandro Chattapadhyay</td>
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<td>1500-1530</td>
<td><strong>Wrap-Up and Vote of Thanks</strong></td>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-open-data-for-human-development-2015-06'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-open-data-for-human-development-2015-06</a>
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No publishersumandroOpen DataFeaturedWorkshopPolicies2015-06-02T15:34:06ZBlog EntryDigital Security Workshop for Journalists
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/digital-security-workshop-for-journalists
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society and the Mumbai Press Club are jointly organizing a workshop for journalists on February 7, 2015, from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at Mumbai Press Club, Azad Maidan.</b>
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<p>The event would cover these topics:</p>
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<li>Why should journalists care about digital security?</li>
<li>The threat model: assessing digital security risks and responses.</li>
<li>Security measures and solutions: alternatives to unsecure software and tools, good security practices, computer hygiene etcetera.</li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/digital-security-workshop-for-journalists'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/digital-security-workshop-for-journalists</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaDigital SecurityWorkshopEventInternet Governance2015-03-08T05:25:34ZEventDeveloping Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in partnership with the School of Cultural Texts and Records, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is organizing a two-day workshop for students at Jadavpur University on August 25 and 26, 2014. </b>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/developing-digital-open-knowledge-resources-in-indian-languages</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2014-08-22T00:51:52ZEventTulu Wikipedia Editathon
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/tulu-wikipedia-editathon
<b>The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore is organizing a Tulu Wikipedia Editathon on April 19, 2014 at Balmatta Computer Centre, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja is conducting the workshop. </b>
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<td>Above: Photo from Tulu Wikipedia editathon program at Mangalore on Apr 19, 2014 (by U.B.Pavanaja, CC-BY-3.0 S.A.)<br /></td>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/tulu-wikipedia-editathon'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/tulu-wikipedia-editathon</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopEvent2014-05-06T05:12:18ZEventFirst Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/first-urdu-wikipedia-workshop-hyderabad
<b>During the second week of February, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore received a call from Dr Faheemuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad requesting an Urdu Wikipedia Workshop in University. We were informed of special interest of Dr Zafaruddin , Head, Department of Translation studies in holding the event as any effort aimed at expanding the Urdu Wikipedia will benefit the Urdu language community across the world. </b>
<p>The event was covered by <a class="external-link" href="http://www.taemeernews.com/2014/03/Urdu-wikipedia-workshop-in-MANUU.html">Taemeer News</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.aalmiakhbar.com/blog/?p=6387">Aalami Akhbar</a>, and <a class="external-link" href="http://discoverbhatkal.com/fikrokhabar">Firokhabar</a> on March 5, 2014.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">During the course of discussion and further communication, CIS agreed to hold a day-long workshop for about 20-30 students. The day-long workshop was scheduled on March 4, 2013 for 28 students. These students came from different levels such as MA, M Phil and Ph D offered by the Department of Translation Studies. All the participating students had opened their accounts on Urdu Wikipedia prior to the event. They were well-versed in the Unicode typing for Urdu.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Prof. Mohammed Zafaruddin said during the inaugural session that the Dept. of Translation Studies wants its students to impart training for writing material for Urdu Wikipedia so that Urdu could be made compatible with the modern technology. Later, Mr. Vishnu Vardhan, Director, Access to Knowledge, addressed the students through Skype. He told that Wikipedia has become an important source of communicating information. Millions of people throughout the world are getting information through Wikipedia in 287 languages. Urdu is an important language of the world, the speakers of which are spread all over the world. In view of its importance, it is obligatory on the part of Urdu speakers to preserves their language and culture by using and contributing to Urdu Wikipedia.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">The initial session of the workshop included a general introduction to Wikipedia, the encyclopaedic content it showcases and the ways in which the students can contribute. This was followed by a practical demonstration round. For this purpose, the students witnessed the creation of the article on the famous Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist Kaif Bhopali. It was pointed out that while the English Wikipedia already had article on the poet, Urdu Wikipedia got its version only during the current workshop. The students were later surprised to see that in the context of many Urdu poets, more content was available on Wikipedia in English than in Urdu. In the case of some of the famous poets, even an article entry is missing in the Urdu Wikipeda while English Wikipedia has full length articles.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">During the hands-on session, each of the students was given a bitly link of an Urdu Wikipedia article. The students were asked to edit the article and expand the content. The students enthusiastically participated in the event with some of them creating their own articles. They also asked questions pertaining to an advanced level of editing such as uploading images. A student named Mohammed Asif had taken pictures of the event which he later uploaded on Wikimedia Commons (<a href="http://bitly.com/urduworkshop">http://bitly.com/urduworkshop</a>).</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">The departmental staff present on the occasion included Dr. Mohammed Khaled Mubbashir-Uz-Zafar, Associate Professor, Dr. Mohammed Junaid Zakir, Dr. Khakashan Lateef (Asst. Professors), Prof. Syed Khwaja Moinuddin and Dr. Shaik Sadi Arshad (Translator). Convener of the workshop, Dr. Faheemuddin Ahmed, proposed vote of thanks.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/first-urdu-wikipedia-workshop-hyderabad'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/first-urdu-wikipedia-workshop-hyderabad</a>
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No publishersyedAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopUrdu WikipediaOpenness2014-04-07T01:06:31ZBlog EntryRecap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/start-up-goa-blog-september-10-2013-subhashish-panigrahi-recap-on-konkani-wikipedia-workshop
<b>Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Subhashish Panigrahi's blog post was <a class="external-link" href="http://blog.startupgoa.org/post/60740925881/recap-on-konkani-wikipedia-workshop">published in Startup Goa Blog</a> on September 9, 2013.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is in incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Before any language, Wikipedia shapes up as a live project where an incubation process is involved. A community of volunteers (known as Wikipedians) gradually grow to sustain this Wikipedia in incubation with active contribution.The Konkani Wikipedia incubator started way back in 2006. But because of many reasons it could not take off and is still in incubation. One of the major reasons has been the issue with multiple script usage. Because of the political and religious reasons Konkani has multiple writing and verbal standards and also written in multiple scripts; Devanagari and Roman (known as Romi as well) in Goa where Devanagari is the official script, Kannada in the Konkani speaking regions of Karnataka (Mangalore region primarily), Malayalam in Kerala (Kochin region) and in Perso-Arabic script by part of the Konkani speaking population. The largest script usage for Konkani is in Devanagari. Goa University is world’s first University to have a masters program in Konkani language where the writing standard is in Goan Konkani (Language code: Gom) which is written in Devanagari. During the interaction with the faculty members; Prof. Madhavi Sardesai and Head of the department Dr. Priyadarshini Tadkodar, it was found that the students were very enthusiastic to contribute to their language. The students were introduced to Konkani Wikipedia and they showed interest in taking part in a workshop to learn Wikipedia editing. This was the beginning of something new after a long time. Four out of thirty eight students volunteered to coordinate the workshop on the ground. They discussed about the workshop and the prerequisites; going through the list of articles on Konkani Wikipedia, writing a unique article by collecting resources and creating their usernames on Wikipedia before attending the workshop. All of the students including four coordinators came with at least 2 pages of written content before the workshop.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 1: Building the Blocks</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>It was 10 in the morning, a big LED panel in the audio visual room of the</span><a href="http://www.goacentrallibrary.gov.in/" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa</span></a><span> </span><span>was displaying the word cloud containing words like Wikipedia, Openness, Education, Open Knowledge, Global Collaboration. Soon the room was filled with 20 MA students from the Konkani department of Goa University. Prior to the workshop there was an interaction with the students in the presence of the Head of the department</span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rpriyadarshini&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Dr. Priyadarshini</span></a><span> </span><span>and Prof. Dr. Madhavi Sardesai and from the Konkani department. Four of the students</span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supriya_kankumbikar" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Supriya Kankumbikar</span></a><span>,</span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Konknni_mogi_24" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Fr. Luis Gomes</span></a><span>,</span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vaishali_Parab" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Vaishali Parab</span></a><span> </span><span>and</span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Noronha" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>John Noronha</span></a><span> </span><span>volunteered to coordinate the workshop. With their help, a majority of students signed up and created their user accounts before the first workshop. Some roughwork went on to plan for a whole day workshop.</span></p>
<h3><span>Introduce Yourself</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>To start with the first day, there was an “Adjective Name” activity. It was fun to know how people judge themselves with adjective. Then there was a discussion about articles students planned to write. Few of them were not sure if the articles like social issues and biography of a writer could fit into the Wikipedia framework.</span></p>
<h3><span>Editing time</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>Article titles were decided and everyone was ready with their homework write ups and books for adding sources. The next big thing was typing in Devanagari. Only four to five of them knew typing. Students came forward to try out typing. There was a glow of triumph after they typed correctly using “</span><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/hi-transliteration" target="_blank"><span>Transliteration</span></a><span>” </span><span>layout. The editing session began. It worked well. Students managed to type with only a little typos.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">There was an activity break with a game called “Tumi Kashi Asat” (means How are you doing in Konkani). According to the game rules, the host has to make some body movements and ask “Tumi Kashi Asat” and bending forward. The participants have to move their body in the reverse way and answer “Ami bari ashat” (I’m doing good). This replaced the caffeine intake for the four days and kept all of us alive.</p>
<h3><span>More Editing Post Lunch</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>The editing spree went on for the rest of the day. Regular doses of small fun activities were served to keep the Goan tides high. Surprisingly, all of the students created articles. It was the greatest start for a language to have the asset of these sweet wikipedians that have seen many struggles and spent 7 years in incubation.</span></p>
<h3><span>Rat and frog game</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>“Rat race” is a game where participants sit on chairs and one of them is made to stand in the center. The rat makes others run and replace each others seats and one among the participants becomes a rat. This rat race brought back the old childhood memories and for a moment everyone forgot their age. At the end of it students sat down to take a deep breath and were taught some of the basic wiki-codes (bold, Italics and adding references).</span><span> </span><span>Editing session went on until the rest of the day. </span></p>
<h2><span>Day 2: Climbing Up the Ladder</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>The agenda for the day was to tell the students about the advanced options and ensure addition of more citations. Citations on Wikipedia are very essential for readers to validate the facts. But bringing this to the students who just had started typing in their language a day before was not that easy. The second day was spent giving small breaks during the editing session for small activities. Running, jumping and shouting fueled the students to be happy editors and not burdened. By the end of the first two days 22 students created 24 articles (About 42 pages of written content). Everyone clapped for their friends, they were welcomed into the Konkani Wikipedia community and were shown the facebook group they could join and be more connected before thanking and saying bye for the day with the promise of more fun for the next workshop.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 3: Fresh Batch, New Start</h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>16 new students from the MA course were welcomed. Four student-coordinators and one from the first batch of students joined the funday. The entire day was spent with lots of fun, creating articles and basic know how about Wiki-codes. Half the students in this batch knew typing in Devanagari Inscript. The students were then paired with those who knew Inscript and thanks to the</span><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/2/24/I18N_Indic_MarathiKeyboardLayouts_IndicKeyboardLayoutInscriptForMarathi.png" target="_blank"><span> </span><span>Fedora Devanagari keyboard layout</span></a><span>. All of the students created their first articles.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 4: No Need to Say Good Bye!</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>Seeing the newspaper coverage about the workshop featuring some of their friends was a delight for the new wikipedians after two long days. Few of them came forward to share their experience about the workshop and their vision for the Konkani language.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>At the end of four days all of them bid farewell. These were the foundation days and the biggest editing rally Konkani Wikipedia Incubator has seen in the last seven years with this milestone that the students had created. </span></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/start-up-goa-blog-september-10-2013-subhashish-panigrahi-recap-on-konkani-wikipedia-workshop'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/start-up-goa-blog-september-10-2013-subhashish-panigrahi-recap-on-konkani-wikipedia-workshop</a>
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No publishersubhaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-09-12T10:22:44ZBlog EntryKannada Wikipedia Workshop at SDM
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/kannada-wiki-workshop-sdm
<b>The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire is holding a wiki workshop on September 15, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from CIS-A2K team is participating in this workshop.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop is being held to teach post-graduate students studying Journalism and Mass Communication on contributing and editing Wikipedia. The students will be particularly trained to edit Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">More about SDM College, Ujire <a class="external-link" href="http://www.sdmcujire.in/">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/kannada-wiki-workshop-sdm'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/kannada-wiki-workshop-sdm</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-09-12T06:16:36ZNews ItemKonkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/konkani-wiki-workshop-aimit-september-13-2013
<b>St. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop is aimed at people who want to edit Konkani Wikipedia using Kannada script. Konkani Wikipedia is in incubator at present. Konkani speaking people want to bring this out of incubator. Adding enough content to the Konkani Wikipedia will enable that. Those interested in adding content to Konkani Wikipedia will be trained in the workshop. This will be a full day event.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://www.staloysius.ac.in/">Click to read</a> about St.Aloysius Institute of Management</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/konkani-wiki-workshop-aimit-september-13-2013'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/konkani-wiki-workshop-aimit-september-13-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-09-12T06:09:42ZNews ItemDigital Resources in Telugu: A Workshop for Research Scholars
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-resources-in-telugu
<b>The Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages University and the CIS-A2K invite you to a workshop for research scholars on September 13, 2013. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Note to Participant:</b><br />As you may know, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, and is the 5th most-visited website in the world! It's completely free to use and re-use, it has no advertising, and is available in more than 286 different languages - including 20+ Indian languages. Wikipedia articles are written by ordinary people who volunteer to share their knowledge with the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What students gain from Wikipedia editing</b>:<br />It improves <b>writing skills</b>. Wikipedia provides students a platform to hone their writing skills. Writing on Wikipedia enhances <b>critical thinking</b> and the ability<b> to </b>see all sides of a story. Students will find this incredibility useful in both their personal and professional lives while evaluating the pros and cons of different situations, projects, assignments etc. Wikipedia editing also strengthens <b>research skills</b>. A Wikipedia editor has to provide credible references by looking up books, journals and online materials. Writing on Wikipedia is good practice for those who will also work on a thesis or a research project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Your articles will be read by thousands of people across the globe</b>. If you edit a Wikipedia article, it is there *forever* and the audience can be any number from the 500 million who read Wikipedia every month!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>It teaches students how to collaborate!</b> Editing Wikipedia is magical. You add some content and someone from some other part of the class or school or town or country or somewhere else in the world adds a little bit more and makes the contribution that much better. Wikipedia helps one learn how to work productively with other people, even those you don’t know and may never actually meet.</p>
<p>The workshop will cover the following:</p>
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<li>Essential Information Literacy for Researcher in Digital Era</li>
<li>Changing trends in knowledge production post digital turn</li>
<li>What exactly is Wikipedia and how does it work?</li>
<li>How do I edit Wikipedia? </li>
<li>What can I edit?</li>
<li>How can I input text in Indian languages?</li>
<li>How do I insert images?</li>
<li>How do I find and add references?</li>
<li>Do’s and Don’ts</li>
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<p><b>Schedule</b>:<br />10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. (Discussion and demonstration) <br />2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. (Practical session)</p>
<h3>Important Instructions for Interested Participants</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">Each student attending the workshop should register themselves on Wikipedia. Please note that once you register on a Wikipedia project, you can use that 'Username' (i.e. same log-in details) across all Wikipedias and Wikimedia platforms. <b>This should be done by September 12, 2013 (before the workshop commences).</b> Please note that you will not be able to register more than 5 Usernames from a single IP address within 24 hours (a security feature of Wikipedia). This tutorial will help you with Registration on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration</a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Once registered the students must furnish their details on the google doc. I have already entered my data just as sample. Please circulate this link to all the students at the earliest. <b>This should be done by September 12, 2013 before the commencement of the Workshop </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AshSF7ZKRBR5dEY0N0tlZTcxRDktSHdaOERWeGhuRUE&usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AshSF7ZKRBR5dEY0N0tlZTcxRDktSHdaOERWeGhuRUE&usp=sharing</a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">All the students are expected to do editing on Wikipedia. We will choose Telugu Wikipedia as a site to do some editing. Please be assured that we will also show how to use English Wikipedia. For this workshop each student should come up with one article at least in <b>Telugu</b>. This should be typed and be available in a soft copy form and could be carried in a thumb drive or any other storage media which should be easily accessible to them during the training programme. <b>If you are not able to type, please bring the write-up in your note book.</b> Check if the topic you are writing on is already available on Telugu Wikipedia (www.te.wikipedia.org).<b><br /><br />Suggested topics:</b> a) About a key Theorist in your field of research; b) About a critical concept that you use in your Research; c) Your Research Object; d) Any other notable topic that you feel should be in your language Wikipedia.</li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-resources-in-telugu'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-resources-in-telugu</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-09-12T10:30:45ZEventWikipedia Training in Telugu for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university
<b>CIS-A2K is conducting a Wikipedia training programme in Telugu for the faculty of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University (Dr. BRAOU) in Hyderabad on September 5 and 6, 2013. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This is done as part of the "ICT and eContent" workshop organized by the Centre for Staff Training and Development of Dr. BRAOU for their faculty. T. Vishnu Vardhan Program Director, CIS-A2K has been invited to teach a module on "Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era" as part of which this Wikipedia training programme was also organized.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Details in <a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A3_%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D2">Telugu originally published in the metapage on Wikipedia</a> is reproduced below:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">వికీపీడియా:శిక్షణ శిబిరం/హైదరాబాద్/హైదరాబాద్2</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:32, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)పరాంకుశం వెంకట రమణ==తేదీ - స్థలం== సెప్టెంబరు, 5 2013; <a class="text external" href="http://www.braou.ac.in/%7C" rel="nofollow">డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>సమయం<br /></b>పొ. 10.00 నుండి మ. 1.00 వరకు</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">నిర్వహణ సంస్థ/లు</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="extiw" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge" title="m:India Access To Knowledge">CISA2K</a> డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం, హైదరబాద్ వారి సంస్థాగత భాగస్వామ్యంతో. ఈ శిబిరం Centre for Staff Training and Development (Dr. BRAOU) వారు 10 రోజులపాటు విశ్వవిద్యాలయం యొక్క ఉపాధ్యాయుల కొరకు నిర్వహించిన ‘ICT and e-Content Development’ Workshop లో భాగంగా నిర్వహించబడినది.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">నిర్వాహకులు</p>
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<li><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి:Visdaviva">విష్ణు</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Visdaviva">చర్చ</a>)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి:Elkasudharani">Elkasudharani</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Elkasudharani">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)==Dr.BRAOU లోని కార్యక్రమ సంధానకర్తలు==</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanta_Chakrapani" title="w:Ghanta Chakrapani">ఘంటా చక్రపాణి</a> (డైరెక్టర్, Centre for Staff Training and Development, డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:35, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
<p>శిక్షణ శిబిరానికి హజరైన సభ్యులు</p>
<p>--<a class="new" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Pallavisudheer&action=edit&redlink=1" title="వాడుకరి:Pallavisudheer (పుట లేదు)">Pallavisudheer</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Pallavisudheer" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Pallavisudheer">చర్చ</a>) 05:31, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
<ol>
<li>సరోజ --<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి:Drgsaroja">Drgsaroja</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Drgsaroja">చర్చ</a>) 05:27, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Rajani_nellutla" title="వాడుకరి:Rajani nellutla">Rajani nellutla</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Rajani_nellutla" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Rajani nellutla">చర్చ</a>) 05:29, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Kiranmayi.ys" title="వాడుకరి:Kiranmayi.ys">Kiranmayi.ys</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Kiranmayi.ys" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Kiranmayi.ys">చర్చ</a>) 05:30, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a class="new" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Vasuvaddanam&action=edit&redlink=1" title="వాడుకరి:Vasuvaddanam (పుట లేదు)">Vasuvaddanam</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Vasuvaddanam" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Vasuvaddanam">చర్చ</a>) 05:31, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Gpushpa" title="వాడుకరి:Gpushpa">Gpushpa</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Gpushpa" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Gpushpa">చర్చ</a>) 05:32, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC) --<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి:Drgsaroja">Drgsaroja</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Drgsaroja">చర్చ</a>) 05:34, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
<ol>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Boju_srinivas" title="వాడుకరి:Boju srinivas">Boju srinivas</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Boju_srinivas" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Boju srinivas">చర్చ</a>) 05:36, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Shridhevie" title="వాడుకరి:Shridhevie">Shridhevie</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Shridhevie" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Shridhevie">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p>పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
<ol>
<li>--[[--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:35, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)]]</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి:Elkasudharani">Elkasudharani</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Elkasudharani">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Pvramana24" title="వాడుకరి:Pvramana24">Pvramana24</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Pvramana24" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Pvramana24">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">నివేదిక</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">చిత్రమాలిక</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2013-09-06T05:51:49ZEventTrain the Trainer — Four-day long Residential Training Workshop in Bangalore
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/train-the-trainer
<b>Train the Trainer is a four-day long residential training workshop to enable Indian Wikipedia community members conduct outreach sessions effectively and independently. It is being conducted by the CIS-A2K team in Bangalore in the first week of October.</b>
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<p>See the event on the <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program">Wikipedia page here</a>. <i>Please note that the exact dates for this event hasn't been finalized. We will let you know once it is done</i>. See the Snippets from Wikimedia Train the Trainer <a class="external-link" href="https://storify.com/CISA2K/wikimedia-train-the-trainer-2015">here</a>.</p>
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<h3>Why CIS-A2K is conducting this Program?</h3>
<p>Based on an internal needs assessment exercise undertaken by CIS-A2K, it has been realized that:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">bulk of the Indian population does not know about the existence of Indic Wikipedias and sister projects.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">there is a lot of potential to do outreach in India but it is hampered by community member's lack of time, lack of availability of support material and/or ability to do outreach.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">though many Indic Wikipedia community members have desire to undertake offline outreach they seldom receive support and guidance.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">there is a need to further build the capacity of interested community members to conduct effective outreach sessions.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Thus through this program, the CIS-A2K programme wants to support and enable community members who are interested to conduct Wikipedia outreach sessions in their own cities/languages and to spread the word about the Indic Wikipedias.</p>
<h3>Overview of the programme</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K is organising a 4 day Train the Trainer Program in Bangalore. The program will include:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">3 day sessions with interactive training run by professional consultants on how to conduct outreach in an effective manner – training on presentation skills, audience engagement, public speaking etc. It will include mock presentations, with video recording for feedback.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">4th day will be a field trip aiming to train the participants on how to organise an effective photothon; in addition, participants will also add pictures from the field trip to Wikimedia Commons for enhancing and improving articles on Indian language Wikipedias.</li>
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<h3>Selection Criterion</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K will conduct this program for approximately 20-25 interested community members from different Indian language communities. We want to make sure that there is equal participation from each language community. The CIS-A2K will use below mentioned parameters for selecting candidates.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K's evaluation of <a class="text external" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1le9y8P4ojQTLvOm-L2vikfYUnpF_pfLhOTquPAnK7tU/viewform" rel="nofollow">Train the Trainer Program Application Form</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Motivation of the candidate to be a part of the program.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The applicant should have made minimum 200 edits on their respective Indian language Wikipedia.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The applicant should have created at least 5 new articles of start class (as defined by their language community) on their respective Indian language Wikipedia.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The applicant should have conducted at least 1 outreach session before the end of application date and shared the report with the community (via mailing list, village pump, event page, etc.)</li>
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<h3>Candidates' Deliverable</h3>
<p>There are certain deliverables that CIS-A2K expects out of selected candidates. These are:</p>
<ol>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Take lead in translating outreach documents (including presentations, banners, FAQs, handouts) in their respective language and share it with their respective communities.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Organise at least 2 outreach sessions per month in their respective cities, for a minimum of 6 continuous months and share the report with the community (via mailing list, village pump, event page, etc.).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Take lead in organising at least 1 community meet up in their respective cities, where they would give a small talk/presentation about their experience in the Train the Trainer Program and share ideas and tips they picked from the program with their language community members.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Write a 1500-word report sharing their Train the Trainer Program experience with large emphasis on their learnings and take-aways to be shared with all Indian communities.</li>
</ol>
<h3>What's in it for you?</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">Get general training and presentation skills which you can apply not only during Wikipedia workshops, but also during delivering personal and professional talks.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Receive detailed feedback about your presentation and training skills from professional consultants.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Help design a training program that serves Wikimedia community in the long term.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Share your skills with others.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Meet fellow Wikimedia editors and have fun.</li>
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<th>Dates</th><th>Number of days</th><th>Details</th>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">30th August to 13th September 2013</td>
<td>14 Days</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K accepts applications.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">13th September to 16th September 2013</td>
<td>3 Days</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K evaluates the applications and shares details of selected candidates.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">16th September to 23th September 2013</td>
<td>7 Days</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K co-ordinates with selected candidates to finalize their travel plans, make reservations etc.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">1st week of October 2013</td>
<td>4 Days</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K organises Train the trainer Program.</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Call for Participation</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K is calling for applications for it's Train the Trainer Program. If you'd like to be part of this program please make sure that you meet the <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nitika.t/TTT#Selection_Criterion" title="User:Nitika.t/TTT">selection criterion</a> and fill in the <a class="text external" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1le9y8P4ojQTLvOm-L2vikfYUnpF_pfLhOTquPAnK7tU/viewform" rel="nofollow">Train the Trainer Program Application Form</a> by 13th September, 2013.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">FAQ</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>What is train the trainer program?</b><br /> Train the trainer is a 4 day program organised by CIS-A2K to build capacity and enable community members to conduct outreach sessions independently or with minimal support to introduce Wikipedia to prospective editors in their respective Indian languages. Participants will be trained on various aspects such as presenting with impact, engaging with the audience, significance of body language, outreach follow ups etc. Program will also include groups discussions on ideas, learnings, challenges faced during outreach sessions.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>When will train the trainer program run?</b><br /> Train the trainer program will take place in Bangalore for 4 continuous days in the 1st week of October 2013. Exact details of dates and venue will be communicated shortly.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Who can take part in the program?</b><br /> The event is open to all Wikimedia volunteers from India who can and want to support outreach events in the coming year.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>How can I apply?</b><br /> Please fill in <a class="text external" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1le9y8P4ojQTLvOm-L2vikfYUnpF_pfLhOTquPAnK7tU/viewform" rel="nofollow">Train the Trainer Program Application Form</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Who will take care of my travel and accommodation?</b><br /> CIS-A2K has a budget for Community Development and the team will be able to cover your travel and accommodation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>What will be the timings each day?</b><br /> The timings of the program will be 9.00am to 7.30pm everyday with sufficient time for lunch, dinner, tea breaks and fun sessions.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Where will I eat?</b><br /> Light breakfast and lunch will be provided; together with social dinner. Arrangements will also be made for tea and coffee.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>What is expected out of me?</b></li>
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<ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Each selected candidate will be given some pre-work. You're expected to come with completed pre-work.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Take lead in translating outreach documents (including presentations, banners, FAQs, handouts) in their respective language and share it with their respective communities.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Post the program, organize at least 2 outreach sessions per month in your respective cities, for a minimum of 6 continuous months and share the report with the community (via mailing list, village pump, event page, etc.).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Post the program, take lead in organising at least 1 community meet up in your respective cities, where you would give a small talk/presentation about your experience in the Train the Trainer Program and share ideas and tips you picked from the program with your language community members.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Write a 1500-word report sharing your Train the Trainer Program experience with large emphasis on learnings and take-aways to be shared with all Indian communities.</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Contact</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">For any further queries please mail at <a class="mail-link" href="mailto:a2k@cis-india.org">a2k@cis-india.org</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/train-the-trainer'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/train-the-trainer</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2015-09-27T09:59:00ZEvent