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CIS-A2K/Community Collaboration/Form/Submitted/Tamil Language Hackathon in Madurai

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Basic Information

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Name of the Event/Activity

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  • Tamil Language Hackathon in Madurai.

Type of Event/Activity

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  • Hackathon

Purpose of the Event/Activity

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  • This is a seperate wikimedia track in Tamil Hackathon event organized in StartupTN Madurai. This collaboration with CIS-A2K is to support the participants who works in Wikimedia related language use cases. This will encourage student/developer community to develop open source solutions in Wikimedia Tech Stacks.

Expected start date and end date of the Event/Activity

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  • Launched on Feb 10 2025
  • Tentatively ends in March 15 2025

List of users who proposed the Event/Activity

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Program and Metrics

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Agenda/Program of the Event/Activity

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  • List out the language problem statements along with other tracks of problem statements.
  • Shortlist the submission from its track after 2 weeks.
  • Online or offline Mentoring for the participants to bring potential solutions
  • Award gift vouchers to the winners.

Expected Outcomes from the Event/Activity planned

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  • Open source tools/scripts for Tamil Wikimedia community

Expected number of attendees

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  • Expecting 20 Teams.

Post Event/Activity Engagement

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Follow-up engagement plan post the event/activity

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Budget

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Proposed budget
Expenses Amount in INR
Prize voucher 25,000
Mentors logistics(5 users) 40,000