Wiki Academy/Amrita School of Communication, Coimbatore

Date and Time
28 Jan 2012, Saturday, 09:30AM to 12:30PM

Venue and facilities
Internet Lab, Amrita School of Communication

About the Institution
The Amrita School of Communication offers degree (BA and MA) and PG diploma programs in Communication. The course helps prepare students for careers in journalism, new media/animation, short film making and advertising, and is modeled on UNESCO guidelines. Amrita University was one among the first Indian Universities to adopt the UNESCO model curriculum. Website : http://amrita.edu/ascom/index.php

Participants
Faculty and students of Amrita School of Communication Please update with your username on |English Wikipedia. If you do not have an account, please create an account few days in advance of the event as there is a limitation on the number of accounts that can be created on a single day. A working account is essential to get the best of this event particularly the hands on practice Session.
 * 1) magnamia
 * 2) Vaishnavi Kannan
 * 3) heena.Golecha
 * 4) PRIYATRAMGOW
 * 5) PRASANTHVIJAYAN95
 * 6) Athira Rajkamal
 * 7) Govindhari
 * 8) Komalgautham
 * 9) Sukusuresh
 * 10) cvvarun
 * 11) Rinibaby
 * 12) ashishraks12
 * 13) muralimargassery
 * 14) Shiva.gany
 * 15) Abinayavinoth
 * 16) suchisweet
 * 17) suveerkailash
 * 18) grishma_raj06
 * 19) anand_iyer27
 * 20) sreethunair
 * 21) vibrant14
 * 22) shikhakarn
 * 23) Athira G
 * 24) Neenu Kuruvilla
 * 25) Nima Sudhakaran
 * 26) HARSHAVH
 * 27) smkrish85
 * 28) Karan Pilz
 * 29) Moulinikottur
 * 30) Rkan89
 * 31) dhanyaksj
 * 32) Namrutha
 * 33) hitamathai

Contact Persons at the Organisation

 * Faculty coordinator: Dr. Kalyani Suresh, Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Communication, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore 641112, Phone : 0422-2685854, Email: s_kalyani [at] cb.amrita.edu
 * Student coordinator: Govind Hari, Phone:8940991460, Email:govindhari1989 [at] gmail.com

Volunteer Facilitators

 * Arjuna Rao Chavala
 * Sodabottle (could not participate due to last minute conflict with other appointments)

Custom brochure for the event
Event brochure

Report

 * Blog post on the event by Govind Hari

Future plans if any
Arjuna suggested that the scope for a pilot Education project could be discussed in 1-2 months, after the students gain more familiarity with contributing to Wikipedia