FOSS Workshop at ABV - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior

Dates : 14th (Fri) & 15th (Sat) November 2008

A FOSS introductory workshop is being organized to be held at ABV - IIIT&M, Gwalior, for Lecturers/Professors of computer / electronic streams at ABV and neighboring colleges. Proposed strength is 40 participants, which will also include some student members.

Objectives

To create an awareness about FOSS and its relevance in the current economic scenario, and involve the participants in using FOSS tools, entice them to contribute to FOSS development and be associated with the NRCFOSS academic initiatives.

Topics

Day 1

*. Inauguration

  1. (a) FOSS overview and Indian Initiatives on FOSS (focus on NRCFOSS academic initiatives)

-- SF FOSS Team and Dr. S. Srinivasan, Project Scientist, NRCFOSS ** presentation

(b) FOSS Lab Server Demo

-- Mr. Mohamed Imran, Project Engineer, NRCFOSS ** Demo

  1. Introduction to Linux : Installation and working with desktop / commands & BOSS Demo

-- C-DAC Team ** Demo and hands-on practice

Day 2

  1. Relevance of FOSS in the current Industrial / Economic Scenario

-- Dr. Mukul Sinha, Expert Software Consultants ** Seminar

  1. Applications of FOSS : Wi-Fi, Scilab, Koha and other packages of relevance to curriculum

-- Mr.Mohamed Imran ** Presentation / Demo

  1. Commercial use of FOSS and FOSS Entrepreneurship

-- Dr. Mukul Sinha / Dr S. Srinivasan ** Seminar / Discussion

  1. Discussions & Planning for further FOSS activities at ABV-IIIT

Faculty

Dr. Mukul Sinha, Expert Software Consultants

Dr. S. Srinivasan, NRCFOSS, AU-KBC

Mr. Mohd Imran, NRCFOSS, AU-KBC

NRCFOSS : C-DAC team

SF-FOSS Team

ABV Contact

Dr. Anurag Srivastava 
Assistant Professor 
ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management,
Gwalior (M.P.) 474010 INDIA
Tel: +91-751-2449826 (O)
Fax:+91-751-2460313
Email : anurags@iiitm.ac.in 

NRCFOSS Contacts

Dr. S. Srinivasan <srinivasan@au-kbc.org>