Hey Noopur Congratulations!
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ram Shankar Yadav <ramshankarya...@gmail.com > wrote: > Congrats Noopur :) > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Pratik Lahoti <pr4tiklah...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Welcome and congratulations Noopur! You are indeed very inspiring! :) >> >> Best Wishes, >> Pratik Lahoti >> User:BPositive >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Hisham <his...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I am pleased to announce that Noopur Raval >>> ([User:Noopur28<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28>] >>> has been selected as Consultant to the Wikimedia >>> Foundation<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>, >>> and will support Communications for India >>> Program<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program>. >>> >>> >>> This position will perform 4 key functions. Firstly, it will support >>> communications with our community. This involves a regular set of updates >>> (such as newsletters) as well as specific communication projects such as >>> story-telling of local community initiatives (to document experiences, >>> celebrate successes and cross-pollinate ideas.) This is *not* for >>> day-to-day program communications - which is a core part of each of our >>> responsibilities in the India Program team. Second will be to support >>> media & PR for local community initiatives. The single biggest challenge >>> here will to be get more Indic language media coverage to support community >>> building efforts. This will be done directly with community members and >>> also in co-ordination with the India Chapter <http://wikimedia.in/>'s >>> Communications >>> Media & PR team <http://members.wikimedia.in/Communications>. The >>> third aspect is to build and expand existing community social networks >>> (such as WikimediaIndia <http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIndia> on >>> facebook) and to help with the use of social networks to support community >>> building. Lastly, there is untapped potential of using digital outreach - >>> to augment existing physical outreach efforts. We need to (very, very >>> carefully) explore if we can reach out to our large and growing reader base >>> and inform, encourage and enable them to become editors using online >>> channels and resources. >>> >>> Noopur is a community member and has supported outreach activities (in >>> Ahmedabad<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Ahmedabad> >>> & Delhi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi/Delhi6>), >>> is a member of Delhi >>> SIG<http://members.wikimedia.in/City_and_Language_Special_Interest_Groups> >>> of >>> the Chapter, has participated in community collaborations like Collaboration >>> of the Month <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTM> and has >>> been actively trying to start >>> GLAM<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Glam> in >>> India. >>> >>> Noopur is from Gandhinagar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhinagar> and >>> is graduating from >>> JNU<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University> with >>> a Master's in Arts & Aesthetics. She has a triple honors Bachelor's >>> in Media Studies, Literature and Psychology from Christ College, >>> Bangalore <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_College,_Bangalore>. >>> She has interned with Radio Mirchi, Times of India and the Centre for >>> Internet & Society (amongst others) - as well as done some teaching >>> assignments. She is an active blogger (including for the India Art Summit, >>> 2011.) She has published a novella and co-authored an anthology of poems, >>> plays & short stories and has co-presented a paper on "Wikiwars" with >>> [User:Srikeit.] She is also an amateur photographer and has contributed to >>> Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Noopur28> as >>> well as other platforms. >>> >>> The Communications position has taken a long time to fill. The initial >>> call for selection was in >>> September<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004252.html>. >>> I reported back to the community in >>> December<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/006055.html> >>> that >>> I had failed to find the right candidate and hence the delay. There were a >>> number of deserving candidates and this selection has taken time because of >>> the need to find the most suitable profile for a complex role. This role >>> requires the right mix of an academic foundation in communications, domain >>> expertise as well as adequate familiarity with our community. It also >>> requires adaptability and strong learning skills - because so much of what >>> we are trying to do is pioneering. I am confident that she brings the >>> right level of experience and competencies - and I'm very excited by the >>> opportunity of making a step jump in the impact of communications for our >>> community. >>> >>> Do join me in welcoming Noopur. She will start on March 12 and will be >>> based in New Delhi. >>> >>> Best >>> >>> hisham >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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