FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Indian Women In Tech

On 20 January 2018, FII Wiki Project hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Indian Women In Tech at FII's New Delhi office. The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of women in tech from India who lack representation on the platform currently. The articles were created and expanded in English. Additional statistics can been seen on the P&E dashboard here. A report of the edit-a-thon is also documented on the FII website here.

Details

• Topic: Indian women in tech
• Organisers: FII Wiki Project
• Date: 20 January 2018
• Venue: FII Office, New Delhi
• Time: 10.30 AM to 5 PM

Participants

1. User: Japleenpasricha
2. User: Mahikabee
3. User: Vartika Pande
4. User: Aashi A
5. User: Karunya14
6. User: Singh.aaradhana28
7. User: Shivangic11
8. User: UditaCh
9. User: Sahima45
10. User: Shrewnumb

Articles expanded

1. w:en:Tessy Thomas
2. w:en:Jessie Paul
3. w:en:Kamala Sohonie
4. w:en:Gagandeep Kang
5. w:en:Rajeshwari Chatterjee
6. w:en:Anna Mani
7. w:en:Chitra Dutta
8. w:en:Archana Sharma (botanist)
9. w:en:Ritu Karidhal
10. w:en:Sudhira Das
11. w:en:Prabha Chatterji
12. w:en:Asima Chatterjee
13. w:en:Vidita Vaidya

Statistics

• Articles created: 0
• Articles edited: 13
• Total edits: 15
• Editors: 10
• Words added: 5.14K
• Article views: 12.3K

Participant Testimonial

User: Shivangic11, one of the participants said, "It was a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon organized by Feminism In India. Our target was to minimize the gender gap that is observed in Wikipedia. I elaborated information about Rajeshwari Chatterjee, who was the first woman scientist from Karnataka. It was interesting to work on promoting something that even I was not aware of earlier. I got a chance to learn about some amazing women who have not got a privilege to be known for their contributions. I thank FII for taking such an initiative and wish them luck."