Wikipedia:Meetup/International Women's Day, India/To-do-list

International Women's Day, India

This is the to-do-list for International Women's day events happening in India in March 2014. 8th March is International Women's Day and to celebrate, women in India are organizing edit-a-thons and meetups to create and expand articles of importance to women in Wikipedia in English and various Indian languages. The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia and increase representation of articles related to women in Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing stubs and translating English articles to various Indic languages. Indian woman with a plate of fruits Articles needing creation Women Parliamentarians Malti Devi, Member of Parliament (Link) Bhavna Kardam Dave, Member of Parliament (Link) Nisha Chaudhary, Member of Parliament (Link) Kailasho Devi, Member of Parliament (Link) Vimla Varma, Member of Parliament (Link) Rani Chithraleksha Bhosale, Member of Parliament (Link) Kim Gangte, Member of Parliament (Link) Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament (Link) Usha Meena, Member of Parliament (Link) Beatrix D'Souza, Member of Parliament (Link) Omvati Devi, Member of Parliament (Link) Sukhda Misra, Member of Parliament (Link) Reena Choudhary, Member of Parliament (Link) Krishna Bose, Member of Parliament (Link) Geeta Mukherjee, Member of Parliament (Link) Sandhva Bauri, Member of Parliament (Link) Women Scientists Dr. Indira Nath, pioneer in the field of medical sciences who made major contributions and worked for Leprosy, Bimla Buti,an eminent physicist who worked in the field of Plasma Physics from Physical Research Laboratory, Dr. KasturiDatta, pioneer in Cellular & Molecular Biology worked in JNU, Dr. Manju Sharma, renowned biotechnologist from DBT, Dr. Chandrima Shaha, profound Endocrinologist and present Director of Indian Institute of Immunology, Dr. Chitra Sarkar, an eminent Neuropathologist from AIIMS, Dr. Vibha Tandon, renowned scientist working in field of Medicinal Chemistry at JNU, Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Quantum physicist from JNU, Shashi Wadhwa, renowned medical professional Dr. Sunita Saxena, eminent scientist from ICMR who works in the field of Pathology Source : Vigyan Prasar , DST and NISCAIR, CSIR Develops a Film on Indian Women Scientists "Scientifically Yours" Articles needing expansion or copyediting Tessy Thomas Kaumudi Teacher Padmasree Warrior Chanda Kochhar Hilda Mary Lazarus Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Shahnaz Husain Vinita Bali Sudha Murthy Swati Piramal Abortion in India Panabaka Lakshmi Rama Devi, Member of Parliament (Link) Minati Sen, Member of Parliament (Link) Amala Akkineni, film actress and social activist. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, multidisciplinary personality. Pasupuleti Kannamba, versatile actress and film producer. P. Susheela, popular south Indian playback singer. S. Janaki, popular South Indian playback singer. K. Pratibha Bharati, first women speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Komarraju Atchamamba Sheila Balakrishnan, the first doctor to perform in-vitro fertilization procedure in South India Jhalkaribai, a soldier in the army of Jhansi disguised herself as Rani Lakshmibai during the battle with the British and let Rani Lakshmibai escape safely out of the Jhansi Fort.