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This person no longer works for the Wikimedia Foundation. Current staff and contractors » This is the user page of a user who was a member of the Wikimedia Foundation staff or served as a contractor to the Foundation. In order to maintain a historical record, this page has not been deleted. However, any contact information below may be incorrect, as this user is no longer employed at the Foundation.

Mani Pande

Head of Global Development Research, Wikimedia Foundation

"As the head of global research, I help us understand our editors and readers, and figure out how we can provide them a better user experience."

About me

From my bio:

I'm a researcher and technology enthusiast who strongly believes that knowledge should be free and has a special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about through the use of mobile devices in the Global South. I'm an accomplished quantitative researcher & have conducted surveys studying technology usage, sustainability and health in US, India and China. I'm also an experienced ethnographer having conducted work in India, Brazil, Russia and China on technology usage and studying women in the software industry. I worked for the Institute for the Future, a forecasting research organization based in Palo Alto, for over 5 years, before joining the foundation. I have a PhD in Sociology from Kansas State University and an MA and MPhil in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and BA (hons.) in Sociology from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Before moving to the US to pursue my PhD, I worked as a reporter-cum-sub-editor for The Times of India. My beats were media, education & crime.

My work

Having lived in New Delhi, Kansas, New York and California, I look at my work through a global lens. My passion lies in understanding how users use technology to map opportunity spaces for new product strategies and industry growth. I lead the Editor and Readers survey that we conduct regularly to understand our readers and editors: understand their pain-points, conduct product and feature prioritization and provide a better user experience. I conducted user experience research in India, Brazil and US for the redesign of Wikipedia's mobile site, and I also work closely with mobile product and engineering team to track key mobile and global development metrics.

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

My volunteer account on English Wikipedia is manipande
E-mail: mpandewikimedia.org
LinkedIn
manipande on Twitter
personal blog

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-'''Mani Pande''' is the head of research in the Global Development Department at the Wikimedia Foundation.
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-In this role, Mani works across the Global Development team and the organization as a whole to design and lead research work that helps us make good strategic decisions and evaluate the results of the work that we do (to make even better decisions). Mani is heading Wikipedia's quantitative research efforts to understand editors and readers.  Her work also involves working closely with the engineering and product team to design the next generation of Wikipedia's mobile platform.  In addition, Mani is designing and deploying metrics for key Global Development areas so that we can monitor our performance against the strategic plan.
+| full name = Mani Pande
+| image name = Mani Pande 026 - Wikimedia Foundation Oct11.jpg
+| hover text = Mani Pande, Head of Global Development Research
+| job title = Head of Global Development Research
+| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
+| short quote =  ''"As the head of global research, I help us understand our editors and readers, and figure out how we can provide them a better user experience."''
+| about me =
+From my bio:
+:I'm a researcher and technology enthusiast who strongly believes that knowledge should be free and has a special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about through the use of mobile devices in the Global South.  I'm an accomplished quantitative researcher & have conducted surveys studying technology usage, sustainability and health in US, India and China. I'm also an experienced ethnographer having conducted work in India, Brazil, Russia and China on technology usage and studying women in the software industry.  I worked for the [http://www.iftf.org Institute for the Future], a forecasting research organization based in Palo Alto,  for over 5 years, before joining the foundation. I have a PhD in Sociology from Kansas State University and an MA and MPhil in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and BA (hons.) in Sociology from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Before moving to the US to pursue my PhD, I worked as a reporter-cum-sub-editor for [http://www.timesofindia.com ''The Times of India'']. My beats were media, education & crime.
+| about my work =
+Having lived in New Delhi, Kansas, New York and California, I look at my work through a global lens. My passion lies in understanding how users use technology to map opportunity spaces for new product strategies and industry growth. I lead the Editor and Readers survey that we conduct regularly to understand our readers and editors: understand their pain-points, conduct product and feature prioritization and provide a better user experience. I conducted user experience research in India, Brazil and US for the redesign of Wikipedia's mobile site, and I also work closely with mobile product and engineering team to track key mobile and global development metrics.
+| contact me =
-A native of New Delhi, Mani brings a global perspective to our work. Her passion lies in understanding how users use technology to map opportunity spaces for new product strategies and industry growth. She has a special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about through the use of mobile devices in the Global South.
+* My volunteer account on English Wikipedia is [[w:en:User: manipande|manipande]]
+* E-mail: mpande{{@}}wikimedia.org
-Mani is an accomplished quantitative researcher & has conducted surveys studying technology usage, sustainability and health in US, India and China. Mani is an experienced ethnographer having conducted work in India, Brazil, Russia and China on technology usage and studying women in the software industry.  Mani worked for the [http://www.iftf.org Institute for the Future], a forecasting research organization based in Palo Alto,  for over 5 years, before joining the foundation. She has a PhD in Sociology from Kansas State University and an MA and MPhil in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and BA (hons.) in Sociology from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.  Before moving to the US to pursue her PhD, Mani worked as a reporter-cum-sub-editor for [http://www.timesofindia.com ''The Times of India'']. Her  beats were media, education & crime.
+* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/manipande LinkedIn]
+* [//twitter.com/manipande manipande] on Twitter
-Mani is an active user of social networking technologies. You can find her on twitter [http://www.twitter.com/manipande @manipande]. You can also follow Mani's thoughts on research on her personal [http://socialsciencemethods.blogspot.com/ blog].
+* [http://socialsciencemethods.blogspot.com/ personal blog]
+}}