WikiConference India 2011/Submissions/Contribution of Wikipedia in propagating Indian Languages in the UK
- Timestamp
- 04:01, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
- Title of the submission
Contribution of Wikipedia in propagating Indian Languages in the UK
- Type of submission (workshop or tutorial, or presentation or something else)
Presentation
- Author of the submission
Prof (Dr.) Krishna Kumar
- E-mail address or username (if username, please confirm email address in Special:Preferences)
profdrkrishna@googlemail.com
- Country of your origin
England
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle, UK
- Personal homepage or blog
N/A
- Abstract (maximum 500 words)
Information is needed for variety of works. People used to get the much needed information from books, journals and conferences. For this purpose in Egypt at Alexandria a world class library was founded in 3rd BC. To store a hard copy of a book needs a lot of space and resources. Wikipedia is providing the same online. Since its inception in 2001 it has achieved a great success and to further it more and more languages of world, in particular of India, need to be added to its existing portfolio. This help preserve some of the most endangered languages and its script and hence the culture associated with. This will help in creating better understanding between people of this globe and also thereby creating a more peaceful earth.
- Do you have a valid Indian VISA?
Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
Prof. (Dr.) Krishna Kumar, age 70+ years is an Electronics Engineer Graduate from IIT, Madras, India, has been promoting the Indian Languages in UK since last more than 35 years.He has written numbers of books in Indian Languages. He has been organising International Conferences, Synposiums and Seminars at regular intervals each year for the promotion of Indic Languages internationally. He was one of the Organiser of historic "विश्व हिन्दी सम्मेलन" in UK in late Eighties. Recently an historic world-class language conference was organised by him at Aston University, Birmingham, UK in the month of June 2011. The three-day symposium,was believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, was focused on Hindi, India’s most common language.