Grants/Wikipedia Day 2014 Kolkata


 * Grant contact name: Biswarup Ganguly
 * Grant contact username or email: gangulybiswarup@gmail.com
 * Grant contact title (position): Participant
 * Project lead name: Biswarup Ganguly
 * Project lead username or email: gangulybiswarup@gmail.com
 * Project lead title (position), if any:
 * Full project name: Wikipedia Day Celebrations 2014 (Bengali Wikipedia)
 * Amount requested (in INR): 5,000/-
 * Provisional target start date: 15 January 2014
 * Provisional completion date: 15 January 2014

Budget breakdown

 * Conference Hall booking : 3,000/-
 * Cake: 500/-
 * Snacks: 1500/-

Project scope

 * Share the progress of the Kolkata and Bengali Wikipedia community
 * Celebration the Wikipedia Day with cake
 * Networking with members through Google Hangout and tele-talk

Project goal
Wikipedia Day Celebrations

Non-financial requirements
None

Fit to strategy
Wikipedia Day celebrations bring together users, contributors and enthusiasts together in a single place, which enables mutual sharing of knowledge and helps fostering co-operation among themselves. For the last three years we have seen more and more people joining and new editors joining the movement. Wikipedia Day celebrations increases the reach as well as participation.

Other benefits
There is a possibility of outreach through the mainstream media as well.

Measures of success
Number of new Wikipedians joining the celebrations.

Team members (optional)

 * 1) Jayanta Nath
 * 2) Biswarup Ganguly
 * 3) Kalyan Sarkar
 * 4) Partha Sarathi Banerjee
 * 5) Sucheta Ghosal
 * 6) Rangan Datta
 * 7) Arnab Dutta
 * 8) Ankita Sinha
 * 9) Sujoy Chatterjee