2009/4/19 Mohit Singh <[email protected]> > Dear lug...@iitd, > > I am forwarding this message on IITD-LUG so that our esteemed members > can provide suggestions for the same. > > MS > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mohit Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM > Subject: [GLUG-Meerut] : Fwd: [nrcfossconsult 178] NRC-FOSS phase II - > syllabus introduction and teacher's training > To: GLUG Meerut <[email protected]> > > > We are posting this message on our GLUG so that our esteemed members > can provide suggestions for the same. > > MS > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mohit Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: [nrcfossconsult 178] NRC-FOSS phase II - syllabus > introduction and teacher's training > To: [email protected] > Cc: Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>, [email protected], > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, [email protected], Linus Torvalds > <[email protected]>, "V. Sasi Kumar" <[email protected]>, > Vivek Khurana <[email protected]>, Atanu Datta > <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > > > Hello Everybody, > > > I hope to find you in fine fettle. > > Let me reintroduce myself as Mohit Singh,coordinator,M.Tech.(CS) of > UPTU Lucknow in IIMT Engineering College, Meerut(NCR). I have been > associated with BOS of UPTU as guest member for updation of > B.Tech.(CS) and B.Tech.(IT) final year curricula. I have also served > the BOS for creation of M.Tech.(CS) syllabus at UPTU. > > We worked in the period from November 2006 to July 2007 and my > personal contribution was updation of B.Tech.(CS) and B.Tech.(IT) > final year labs as TOTALLY FOSS BASED LABS. I also put GNU/Linux at > the places in theory in case studies and wherever possible in both UG > and PG. > > RMS came to IIT Roorkee on 24-03-2003 and I became a small soldier of > software freedom ever since. I am sending a copy of this syllabus. > > BTW, IMHO NRCFOSS has done the seminal work in FOSS curricula and the > elective I and II syllabii may be used by ALL UNIVERSITIES just like > the threshold created by ocw.mit.edu in the field of open courseware. > I dont think any heavy editing is needed in elective I & II , and even > if its needed, we can generate a consensus by creating a feedback > mechanism after imposing it in the STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES. > > > From very first day, I have been opposing a piecemeal introduction of > FOSS by FSF/NRCFOSS/MIT. Free Software is the way of life and non free > shops are adjunct only. We have the right for information in > constitutions of democracies and that may be related for inclusion of > free software as a natural ingredient in the way of the computing. > > > To make a long story short, we need to make the HRD ministry realize > that the whole computerization has been moving in wrong direction with > the evolutionary dependence of non-free software. We need to involve a > policy decision by apex bodies like UGC,AICTE and MIT to come at one > platform and declare the adoption of free software as the first choice > for all needs. A copy of such a declaration may be sent to all BOS > heads and the academic councils of all UGC and AICTE approved bodies. > > Non-free software is as bad as ragging or terrorism and even if this > is considered as extremism, at least it helps attain a gesture and > gives a message loud and clear. > > > Mohit Singh > > Coordinator, > GLUG-MEERUT > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > today's innovation is tomorrow's common sense > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC has been somewhat dormant over the past few months as > we > > were awaiting sanction and funds for phase II. The sanction has come and > funds > > will arrive soon, so we are moving to launch phase II. Phase II is of > much > > broader scope than Phase I as several institutions like IIT Bombay and > Madras, > > IIIT hyderabad and several CDACs will be involved in various projects to > do > > with the promotion and spread of FOSS. > > > > One of our tasks is to introduce FOSS electives in the Syllabi of at > least 25 > > Universities throughout the country in the next 3 years. Also to train > > teachers to teach these subjects. Therefore we will no longer randomly > > sponsor/conduct Teacher Training Programs (TTPs), but will only conduct > TTPs > > in those universities that commit to introducing FOSS electives. So those > of > > you on this list who are in the Educational domain are requested to help > us > > arrange meetings with Vice-chancellors/HODs/BOS members in various > > universities so that we can convince them to introduce these electives. > > > > I will be sending separate mails regarding the other deliverables we have > in > > the coming phase II. > > -- > > regards > > kg > > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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