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'''Mani Pande''' is the head of research in the Global Development Department at the Wikimedia Foundation. |
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| job title = Head of Global Development Research |
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| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
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| 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."'' |
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| about me = |
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From my bio: |
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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. |
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| about my work = |
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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 have a special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about through the use of mobile devices in the Global South. |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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* My volunteer account on English Wikipedia is [[w:en:User: manipande|manipande]] |
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* E-mail: mpande{{@}}wikimedia.org |
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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]. |
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/manipande LinkedIn] |
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* [//twitter.com/manipande manipande] on Twitter |
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Revision as of 16:41, 17 May 2012
| image name = Mani Pande 026.jpg | 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 .
| 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 have 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.
| contact me =
- My volunteer account on English Wikipedia is manipande
- E-mail: mpande
wikimedia.org - manipande on Twitter
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