---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amit <amitshruti...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:50 AM Subject: fossm...@nitc report To: Susmit <susmit.shannigr...@gmail.com>
Hi, Susmit students were busy with their second mid-term so they delayed in sending the report, here i am forwarding the report prepared by them. in case something is missed please let me know. Dr. K.P. Mohandas was the faculty incharge for the fossmeet. _______________________________________________________________________________ Fifth edition of fossm...@nitc begins A three-day technical workshop on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) titled `FOSS Meet @NITC' was inaugurated today at The National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C). The fifth edition of FOSSMEET will be conducted from Feb 27th to Mar 1st. The event is jointly organised by IEEE Student Branch, NIT-C, FOSS Cell, NITC, Computer Society of India (CSI), Calicut Chapter, and Computer Science and Engineering Association (CSEA), NIT-C. The Chief guest for the evening was Mr. Sanjeev Saini, Project Engineer, NRCFOSS, Chennai. In the inaugural address he spoke about the increasing trends of open software usage in India and on the opportunities it offers. Dr. K.P. Mohandas, Professor, NITC in his address spoke on the growth of the FOSS community and its activities in NITC over the last 5 years. Mr. Rajagopalan, Professor NITC, Mr. Deepak R, Lecturer NITC and Mr.Rakesh, Student Co-ordinator, The inaugural session was followed by a talk on FOSS philosophy. Day 2 of the FOSSMeet started with a talk on coding in Python and emerging web technologies. A session dedicated to implementation of FOSS in schools was held for high-school children, visiting from the nearby schools. A session on FOSS in Business was conducted by Lepeesh Parat, a successful founder and CEO of Z-Beanz Technologies. The session was followed by an amazing demonstration on Graphics Design by Niyam Bhushan. A talk on OpenOffice and Linux Lab was conducted by Rajesh Sola. A workshop on Font Editing and Design was held by Hiran. A video conference of Paul Frields, leader of the Fedora Project was hosted, and was followed by an eye-opening talk on blogging by Hari Shanker, a student of Barton Hill Engineering College,Trivandrum. Day 3 kicked off with a session on Free and Open source mobile phones, OpenMoko - a recent innovation and emerging technology in the world of mobile phones, by Rakshat Hooja of the IDA Systems. An interesting session on Camera Hacking was conducted by Sujith. It was followed by a workshop on 'Qt - a toolkit' by Pradeepto and his team. The day ended with a session on Video Editing by Niyam Bhushan and an AVR workshop by Deepak, a final year student of NITC. The FOSSMeet was then concluded with the message of open source being imparted to the delegates. A series of talks and workshops by around 20 speakers from across India was held during the FOSSMeet 09. The talks covered all areas including graphic design, business, mobile and blogging. The proceeds of the meet looks forward to developers to join in and contribute to the FOSS movement. For more details visit, www.nitc.fossmeet.in ------------------------------------- For any clarifications contact: Dr. K P Mohandas Ph: 09744655408 ------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________________________________ -- Amit Pundir +919019155796 m...@nitc Registered Linux User #471421 fedora-india Ambassador http://thebuggz.blogspot.com/ http://www.orkut.com/Home.aspx?xid=3559738820763044453 All that happens, happens for a good reason... ########################################## I don't want to be different by doing different things, I want to be different by doing things differently *********************************************************** -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit ============================================= Sent from: Calcutta WB India. _______________________________________________ Fedora-india mailing list Fedora-india@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india