Not *the authorities*, but AICTE. As we have seen in the case of Kerala, individual bodies dealing with education need to be engaged as an ongoing activity. While policies may be announced from time to time, there is much in education that is necessarily discretionary, and things that ought to be dealt with firmly also fall prey to *lobbying*, as they call sifarish in the USA.
-- Vickram Fool On The Hill "The cameras were all around. We've got you taped; you're in the play. Here's your I.D. (Ideal for identifying one and all.) Invest your life in the memory bank; ours the interest and we thank you." Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973) On Dec 14, 2012 1:12 PM, "Krishnakant Mane" <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a good idea but we will need to do more. > We also need to initiate a dialog with the authorities through a properly > known channel. > happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > On 12/14/2012 11:20 AM, G.T.RAO wrote: > > Greetings all, > we can start an awareness campaign about this in our offline/online foss > users in india. > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:10 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Nagarjuna G. >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> We need to act on this. >>> >>> AICTE is forcing educational institutions to use Microsoft cloud >>> infrastructure . >>> Please take a look at this document. >>> >>> http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/AICTE_notice%20_3_.pdf >>> >>> But the Approval handbook of AICTE is mentioning "Utilization of Open >>> Source Software may be encouraged" >>> >>> http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/approval_process_12_13_051011.pdf#toolbar=0(Page >>> 114). >> >> >> we recently had a team visiting for accreditation ; no body asked >> anything about it ; it would not be very easy to implement until and unless >> there are other software for managing the day to day activities distributed >> along with that >> >> VTU in karnataka has similarly distributed few softwares to manage the >> institution information system , which it has mentioned that is mandatory >> to use, we are suppose to use that software compulsorily as the data gets >> sinked to their server >> >> Microsoft intention here is to attract students, which may attract many >> institution for sure. >> >> there were similar efforts from IBM, TCS and other companies where they >> offered few other softwares free of cost , but charged for their cloud >> service per student per month basis which has not yet successfully >> implemented anywhere in karnataka as far as i have information >> >> we should object the dual stand by aicte -- in NMEICT policy , page 53 , >> clearly says that we should move for FOSS also , but this kind of back >> entries will discourage many who are working hard to inclusion of FOSS in >> all forms of education >> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> network mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Renuka Prasad >> 9901945674 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> network mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >> >> > > > -- > > > > > G.T.RAO > AHMEDABAD,GUJARAT > http://fossyatra.wordpress.com > mobile:07737031761 > लिनक्स: नि:शुल्क और खुले स्रोत सॉफ्टवेयर आप के लिए और दुनिया के लिए अच्छा > है. ना कोई adware,ना कोई spyware, सिर्फ अच्छा सॉफ्टवेयर. > Linux(લિનક્ષ ): મુક્ત અને નિઃશુલ્ક(મફત) ઓપન સોર્સ સોફ્ટવેર તમારા માટે અને > વિશ્વ માટે સારું છે. ના કોઈ એડવેર , ના કોઈ સ્પાયવેર, માત્ર સારું સોફ્ટવેર. > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing > [email protected]http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > >
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