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
- (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
- Introduction to Linux : Installation and working with desktop / commands & BOSS Demo
-- C-DAC Team ** Demo and hands-on practice
Day 2
- Relevance of FOSS in the current Industrial / Economic Scenario
-- Dr. Mukul Sinha, Expert Software Consultants ** Seminar
- Applications of FOSS : Wi-Fi, Scilab, Koha and other packages of relevance to curriculum
-- Mr.Mohamed Imran ** Presentation / Demo
- Commercial use of FOSS and FOSS Entrepreneurship
-- Dr. Mukul Sinha / Dr S. Srinivasan ** Seminar / Discussion
- 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>
