One Day Wiki Awareness programme cum Workshop in Nowgong college, Assam

scope

Encourage the participants about the involvement in various sister projects of Wikimedia.
Empowering the participants with new skills to work in wiki projects in regional language.

Goals

Make aware about wikimedia.
Some new editors will join with editing skills in Assamese wikimedia projects.

Responsibility

Publicity.
Hands on training and guidance to make the participants a skilled wiki Editor.

Date of The Event

30th April, 2024

Organiser

Pranamikaadhikary

Resource Person

Pranamikaadhikary
Rumi Bora~aswiki
Jyoti Chiring

Partner Institution

Nowgong College, Nagaon, Assam

Program

9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. -Introductory speech
10:00 am to 10:15 am -How to create an account on Wikipedia.
10:15 am to 10:00 am -How to upload photos to WikiCommons.
11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. -Tea-break.
11:15 am to 12:30 pm -Editing on Wikiquote.
12:30pm to 01:00pm - Q&A
01:00 to 02:00 pm -Meal break
02:00 to 04:00 pm -Split into two groups, editing training on Wikisource and Wikipedia by two resource persons at the same time.
04:00 pm to 04:30 pm -Questions from the participants.
04:30 pm -Thanksgiving to the institution. (Nagaon College)

Participants

Gitika Bora
Pritam Choudhury
Ananya Bora
Pranami Bora
Parthajyoti Kakati
Jayasri Dey
Sangita Bora
Bonosri Das
Himasri Kasyap
Nijara Saikia
Arani Saikia
Ponkhi Bonia
Nayana Devi
Payel Harijan
Runara Begum
Ritamoni Saikia
Pahimoni Saikia
Konkona Dadhora
Darsana Bora
porinita Bora
Prakritimona Ray.
Sangita Saikia
Lisha Devi
Sagarika Das
Bornali Neog
Murchana Deka
Bhushan Rajkonwar
Karabi Devi
Roujmery Saikia
Nimisha Sarma
Tunmi Devi
Danada Devi
Kabyarupa Bora
Aisha Siddika
Asika Sultana
Rubi Masrong
Abhijit Das
Bikram Bora
Sanjiv Kumar Kalita
Rupanjali Devi
Darshana Neog
Prerona Deb
Priyanka Das
Chumchum Khound
Priyadarshini Sarma Kasyap
Meghali Bordoloi
Khristajyoti Das
Himshikha Sandikoi
Seagata Kalita
Ruli Rekha Bora
Raktim Jyoti hazarika
Mousumi Saikia
Biman kumar Nath
Sanchita Bora
Bornali Sarma

Report

On 30th April,2024 an Awareness cum Workshop of Assamese Wikimedia was held at Nowgong Collage Lakshminath Bezbarua auditorium under the banner of She Leads of Center for Internet and Society Access To Knowledge. The moto of this program was to publish about the Projects of Assamese Wikimedia and inclusion of more and more female contributors to these activities. Because, as a whole, number of female contributors in Assamese Wikimedia are very poor. Wikimedian Pranamika Ahikary arrange the program with full co operation of Assamese Department of the collage. More than 70 participants were present and the Workshop was successful one. Pranamika Adhikary, Rumi Bora and Jyoti Chiring, the active Assamese Wikimedians took part in the workshop as resource persons and trained the participants how to edit in the Assamese Wikipedia and in its sister projects such as wikisource, wikiquote, wikicommons etc. Dr. Ranjit Majinder, the Principal of Nowgong Collage, in his speech explains about the importance of Assamese Wikipedia. Besides this, Dhanada Devi, Rupanjali Devi Professor of Assamese Department narrated very nicely about the workshop and advised the participants to join and provide active participation to this worldwide intellectual Movement.

Gallery

wiki workshop
Wiki workshop at Nowgong College