Grants/Printing and Distribution of Wiki Introductory Manuals


 * Grant contact name: Dr. Sumana Arun
 * Grant contact username or email:SumanaKoundinya 14:00, 30 April 2013 (IST)
 * Grant contact title (position):Project Co- ordinator
 * Project lead name: Wiki Exhibition @ Samskrita Bharati, Aksharam
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 * Amount requested (in INR):85000
 * Provisional target start date:3rd June 2013
 * Provisional completion date:3rd June 2013

Budget breakdown
Total Cost is 85000 INR

Project scope
The Samskrit Wiki Team is planning to promote Samskrit Wikipedia during the inauguration of the International Centre for Advanced Study & Research in Samskrit (ICASARIS) @ Aksharam, Bangalore. This event will include a day long exclusive Exhibition and Demo Sessions on Sanskrit Wiki projects. A well illustrated and attractively printed, bilingual (Sanskrit and English) handbook will be distributed to the visitors. This is expected to increase the awareness about Wikipedia, leading to, inter alia, the enhancement in the contributions to Samskrit Wiki projects.

Samskrita Bharati, is well known for its pioneering work in promoting and reviving the Samskrit language for the past 32 years. A new complex has now been constructed to house ICASARIS. The Inauguration of this is a much awaited event in the Samskrit World as enthusiasts from across the world will now be able to have access to superior training and research materials in Samskrit at this centre. The Samskrit Wiki Team, operating out of this centre since May 2011,plans to utilize this opportunity to promote and popularize Samskrit Wikipedia.

This event is expected to attract around 1000 footfalls, comprising of Academicians from Universities, Entrepreneurs from different walks of life, eminent Personalities, Samskrit scholars, teachers and students. The event will also be highly publicized in both electronic and print media.

Project goal

 * Use the Samskrita Bharati's inaugural event on 3rd June 2013 as an opportunity for promoting wikipedia
 * Increasing the visibility of Samskrit wiki among Sanskrit enthusiasts
 * Induct new readers, users and editors to Sanskrit Wiki projects
 * Exploring further opportunities for collaborating with other institutions and establishments for outreach activities and promotions

Other benefits
Samskrita Bharati embarked on the Wikipedia Content Development Project in the year 2011, with a page count of 4000. By end of 2012, the count reached 9000 on sa.wikipedia, 7300 on wikisource 1000 on wikiquotes and 700 on wiktionary making a total 18000 pages of content creation. This was possible mainly because of the disciplined approach by the team of editors in Samskrit Bharati Wikipedia project. It would be a reasonable expectation that the wiki projects would grow further, as the awareness gets increased through such events, currently being organized.

Measures of success

 * 1) The participation for the event and the exhibition
 * 2) The exposure of the event in mass media reports and other social networks
 * 3) Enhancement  in the number of active users (both readers and editors)
 * 4) Better development in terms of creation of pages and content in Wikipedia projects.

Team members

 * 1) SumanaKoundinya 14:00, 30 April 2013 (IST)
 * 2) Shubha
 * 3) Narayanan V T
 * 4) Srinivasan N
 * 5) Chaitra S N
 * 6) Bhaskar Bhat Joshi
 * 7) Dr Subrahmanya Shastri D V
 * 8) Suchetaa V
 * 9) Jahnavi Satyan
 * 10) Sandeep V Kulakarni
 * 11) Shrikant Hegde
 * 12) Surynarayana Jois K