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Meet WIP 2023 Team

Translation Commons gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of the multiple parties that came together to produce the 9 August 2023 celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples with the online event “Indigenous Communities: Spotlight South and South-East Asia”.

We thank all participants, all contributors, all supporters, and all attendees, and we hope that the shared experience, knowledge, and inspiration gained from this event will carry all stakeholders forward in their work in Indigenous languages.

Our special thanks go out to the following teams and individuals:

Event Steering Committee

• Dr. Siva Prasad Rambhatla, Honorary Professor, University of Hyderabad (India)
• Dr Jandhyala Prabhakar Rao, Professor of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad (India)
• Dr Udaya Narayana Singh, Professor, Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon (India)
• Mr Ravi Rebbapragada, Executive Director, Samata (India)
• Dr Saumya Sharma, Visual Ethnographer & Freelance Qualitative Researcher (India)
• Ms Anushah Hossain, Researcher, Stanford University (USA)
• Mr Tex Texin, Globalization Architect, Board of Advisors, Translation Commons (USA)
• Ms Jeannette Stewart, Founder Translation Commons (USA)

It has been our sincere pleasure to produce this event with all of you! Thank you for your hard work and thoughtful participation to raise awareness of the importance of Indigenous language preservation and revitalisation across Asia and the challenges specific to Indigenous languages in this field.

Dr. Alan Melby, Language Terminology/Translation and Acquisition Consortium President

• Infrastructure support
• Hosting of the event
A kind thank-you to Alan for providing the Zoom platform for the panels and presentations, and for hosting and monitoring the event with us. Your technical support has allowed the program to stream online to countless viewers.

Translation Commons Volunteers

The truly awesome Translation Commons volunteers have put in the tireless behind-the-scenes work to handle the nuts and bolts, branding, endless detail, and coordination that is necessary to produce an event such as this one. This represents months of work, coordination, patience, and a sense of humor! These may be some of the least visible volunteers in an online event, but they are the most important, and we thank all of them!

  • Leonidas Pappas, event coordinator, event hosting, branding, social media
  • Liuyi Melanie Yang, web developer, maintenance  
  • Aparna Jorapur, event coordinator
  • Nigar Hasanova, event coordinator, Zoom hosting
  • Reshma Mohan, event coordinator

Session Presenters

  • Ms Jeannette Stewart, Founder Translation Commons, (USA)
  • Dr. Siva Prasad Rambhatla, Honorary Professor in the Center for Digital Learning, University of Hyderabad (India)
  • Dr. Udaya Narayana Singh, Professor, Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon (India)
  • Mr Ravi Rebbapragada, Executive Director, Samata (India)
  • Dr. Jandhyala Prabhakar Rao, Professor of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad (India)
  • Mr Dev Kumar, Chairperson, Indigenous Television (Nepal)
  • Dr. Gatut Susanto, Professor, Universitas Negeri Malang (Indonesia)
  • Mr Tejas Pande, Lead, Strategic Communications and Design, Anamaya, the Tribal Health Collaborative (India)
  • Dr. Maya Khemlani David, Honorary Professor, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
  • Dr. Saumya Sharma, Visual Ethnographer & Freelance Qualitative Researcher (India)
  • Mr Ganesh Birua, Language Activist, Ho Tribe (India)
  • Mr Alam Khorshed, Director, Bistaar, Chittagong Arts Complex (Bangladesh)
  • Dr. Samar Sinha, Director, Center for Endangered Languages at Sikkim University (India)
  • Mr Gunjal Ikir Munda, Anamaya, Tribal Health Collaborative (India)
  • Mr Yadaiah Gangadevi, Koyathorebata, Koya Indigenous tribe, Andhra Pradesh (India)
  • Mr Tex Texin, Globalization Architect, Board of Advisors Translation Commons (USA)
  • Ms Sang Doma Tamang, Singer, Tamang community (India)
  • Ms Hesel Saru, Poet, Munda Tribe (India)
  • Mr Hero Patrianto, Linguist, East Java Province (Indonesia)
  • Mr Awaludin Rusiandi, Translator, East Java Province (Indonesia)