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

Basic Information

Name of the Event/Activity

• Tamil Language Hackathon in Madurai.

Type of Event/Activity

• Hackathon

Purpose of the Event/Activity

• 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

• Tentatively Feb 1 to March 7 2025

List of users who proposed the Event/Activity

• User:Neechalkaran

Program and Metrics

Agenda/Program of the Event/Activity

• 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

• Open source tools/scripts for Tamil Wikimedia community

Expected number of attendees

• Expecting 20 Teams.

Post Event/Activity Engagement

Budget

Proposed budget

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