Grants/Wiki Academy at Vidyasagar University 2015


 * Grant contact name: Kalyan Sarkar
 * Grant contact username or email: kalyan@wikimedia.in
 * Grant contact title (position): Chair, Kolkata SIG
 * Project lead name: Dr. Tanmay Bir
 * Project lead username or email: tanmaybir@gmail.com
 * Project lead title (position), if any: None
 * Full project name: Wiki Academy at Vidyasagar University 2015
 * Amount requested (in INR): ₹ 7,000
 * Provisional target start date: 25 February 2015
 * Provisional completion date: 8 March 2015

Budget breakdown

 * Travel: ₹ 4,900
 * Food: ₹ 2,100
 * Total: ₹ 7,000

Project scope
The scope of the project is described below.

A six member team from Kolkata will travel to Vidyasagar University in Midnapore on 25 February. The program for the day will consist of the following sessions.


 * 1) Opening speech by Dr. Tanmay Bir. Topic: From encyclopedia to Wikipedia, Duration: 15 minutes
 * 2) Introductory note by Jayanta Nath. Topic: What is Wikipedia, Duration: 15 minutes
 * 3) Presentation by Ayan Choudhury. Topic: How to type in Bengali, Duration: 30 minutes
 * 4) Presentation by Rangan Datta. Topic: How to edit Bengali Wikipedia, Duration: 30 minutes
 * 5) Presentation by Biswarup Ganguly. Topic: How to upload image in Wikimedia Commons, Duration: 30 minutes
 * 6) Q & A Session moderated by Jayanta Nath. Duration 30 minutes

Project goal
The following are the goals of the project.


 * 1) Increase outreach among the student community and faculty of Vidyasagar University.
 * 2) Bring in new users to the Wikimedia projects through the programme.
 * 3) Increase content in Bengali Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
 * 4) Nurture the relationship with the institution with a vision of long term engagement.

Non-financial requirements
We do not need any additional support from the Wikimedia India Chapter regarding the travel and accommodation other than the grant as requested above.

Fit to strategy

 * Outreach: The event will have result in a strong outreach among the student community of Vidyasagar University.
 * Contribution: The workshop shall encourage the participants to enrich the Bengali Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons with more content.
 * Quality: The event is being held in Vidyasagar University, one of the premier universities of West Bengal. The quality of contribution coming from students of such premier institution can be reasonably expected to be of better quality.
 * Credibility: The opening speech by Dr. Tanmay Bir and the presentation by experienced Wikimedians from the community will definitely help in establishing credibility of the Wikimedia projects among the student community who happen to be one of the most prolific consumers of Wikipedia.
 * Effectiveness: WikiAcademy at Vidyasagar University will help in establishing the foothold among the educational institutions of the state. Following up on the international conference on Bengali Wikipedia in Kolkata about a month ago, it would help maintain the momentum.
 * Sustainability: Association with Vidyasagar University may be gradually taken up at the institutional level with long term projects which could be mutually beneficial for both.

Other benefits
Wiki Academy at Vidyasagar University will help establishing the credentials of the Wikimedia projects, the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia India Chapter among the sponsors and other participating organizations at the event.

Measures of success
The following would be the measures of success.


 * No. of new users in Wikimedia projects
 * Quantity of content contributed in Bengali Wikipedia articles
 * No. of new articles created in Bengali Wikipedia
 * No. of images uploaded in Wikimedia Commons

Team members (optional)

 * 1) Tanmay Bir
 * 2) Ayan Choudhury
 * 3) Sumantro Mukherjee
 * 4) Rangan Datta
 * 5) Biswarup Ganguly
 * 6) Jayanta Nath