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Gsoc 2013 info-session meetup in mumbai ?

rihen...@gmail.com (rihnapstor) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:20:15 UT

hello guys,
For gsoc 2013. will there be a info-session in mumbai ?

[MozTI]: Mozilla Campus Konnect Event at Bengal Engineering & Science College, Shibpur

sayak.bugsm...@gmail.com (Sayak Sarkar) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:32:37 UT

Hi,

Bengal Engineering & Science College, Shibpur [West Bengal, India] and
Mozilla India are organizing a two day developer event at BESU [MozTI at
BESU] on the 5th and 6th of January, 2013.

The first day would consist of talk sessions on FOSS technologies as well
as a hands-on session on MediaWiki. It would be followed by a massive on

[OT]Announcing InCTF 2013

sraj.arv...@gmail.com (Arvind S Raj) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:21:14 UT

*Hello everyone!*
* *
*

Amrita University and Amrita Center for Cyber Security once again welcome
you to the world of computer security!! We are organizing yet another
National level 'Capture the Flag' style security exercise, InCTF 2013
exclusively for students enrolled in Indian universities.

Questionnaire for Open Source Contributors

shrikrishna.ho...@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:49:12 UT

If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out
online:
[link]

Questionnaire for Open Source Contributors

PES OpenSource Community, a band of open source enthusiasts and evangelists

Mozcamp Asia

jite...@gmail.com (Jiten Thakkar) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:16:54 UT

Is anyone coming to Mozcamp Asia <[link]>?

-Jiten

Want to exchange your oversized GSoC t-shirt?

i.amber.j...@gmail.com (Amber Jain) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:05:56 UT

Hello,

In case anyone is interested, I have created a Google Docs spreadsheet for
any Indian who is willing to exchange his/her (possibly oversized) GSoC
2012 tshirt. Please fill this spreadsheet if you are want to exchange your
t-shirt with some other Indian:
[link]

GSOC India Meetup Bangalore PyCon 2012

dhananjaysa...@gmail.com (Dhananjay Sathe) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:52:21 UT

Hello everyone,

I think it would be great if we could have a little Meetup, perhaps over
lunch or something on the sidelines of PyCon India 2012. A lot of us are
bound to be there, also from all the previous years too.

As for the location, I am not too well versed with Christ College and
surrounding areas, but I am guessing someone here is, and could suggest

Did anybody get the final package(Certificate+T Shirt) yet?

atri.j...@gmail.com (Atri Sharma) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:19:30 UT

--
Regards,

Atri
l'apprenant

Desert Hack! Push code to github for 7 days and win!

xraydiffract...@gmail.com (gkarthik) — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:06:16 UT

Hello Gsocers,
The *Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership,BITS Pilani is coming up with
its Mega hacking event, Desert Hack* *2012*.
Desert Hack is one of its kinds of coding competitions of *BITS Pilani* in
terms of startup-participation and is the only undergraduate coding
competition in India based on building prototypes for Startups and hence

An open source customization - paid project

po...@stalkninja.com (Ashish Sharma) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:37:51 UT

This could be good for guys who have decent web as well as linux knowledge - [link]

To compete for the project - complete what is mentioned in the task & send it over to the project creator via private message.

Ashish

Paise?!

gautam1...@gmail.com (Gautam Bajaj) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:42:45 UT

Bhaiyon ,

Kisi k paise aaye?Agar nai aaye to kab tak aane ki umeed rakhe?

--
Gautam

Party time!

vikashagrawal1...@gmail.com (vikash agrawal) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:47:27 UT

hi Everyone,

I am Vikash Agrawal (the "spammer" guy for some :-)) and I am back! I am
also a web-Jedi :-)

Congratulations to one and all!

Its party time!

Cheeeerrrsss

How to input maximum withdrawal amount into Citi ATM machine?

i.amber.j...@gmail.com (Amber Jain) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:42:01 UT

Hello,
Has anyone tried withdrawing from a Citibank ATM? I tried withdrawing from
Citibank ATM in two different cities but both offer only INR 4000
withdrawals (or at least it seems so). When I input the withdrawal amount,
the maximum value I can enter in ATM machine is INR 4000. The display on
ATM machine won't allow me to input anything >4000. Am I missing something

What is the extra amount cut when we shop using credit card?

anuja.verm...@gmail.com (Anuja verma) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:31:05 UT

Hello

Say I want to buy something worth 1000 rs, how much extra money will be
deducted if we pay directly using credit card? Is it coversion fee only or
transfer money or both? Is there any extra deduction too?

In continuation, is it better to shop using credit card or with money taken
from atm?

[Offtopic] Learn PHP the Hacker Way

m...@souvikroy.com (Souvik Roy) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:49:26 UT

Fellow Hackers,

I am Souvik, xGSoC Student 2009(Org: Eclipse) and 2010(Org: Facebook).
During 2009 there was a very active thread [
[link] ],
where we had discussed about starting up companies after successful
completion of GSoC. Today, I am a co-founder of an education company called

Need testing Videos for GSOC project

mail.abu...@gmail.com (Badola) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:41:00 UT

Hi all,
I am currently working on the issue #813 <[link]> (Exiv2)
- Video Metadata Support ([link]), as my GSOC
project. The project also concern solving the bug, #164442<[link]>,
in DigiKam. Extending Exiv2 to access/interpret video metadata is the

Anyone who's used Xoom to transfer money ?

dahalaish...@gmail.com (ardahal) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:54:00 UT

Hey everyone,
The first installment is almost a fornight away, so I just wanted to know
if anyone here has used xoom.com to transfer money. It seems really
inexpensive costing about 56 USD to transfer 2200 USD to India as compared
to ATM withdrawal which costs 3% withdrawal and 3.5 % currency conversion

Google IO Ext Mumbai

dhananjaysa...@gmail.com (Dhananjay Sathe) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:20:31 UT

Hi everyone,

The folks from Mumbai GDG are organising Google IoExt Mumbai , so any
GSoCers in Mumbai , this week please take note, there will be Google IO Ext
at IIT Powai on the 28th of July from 7pm to 4-5 am (Feel free to stay as
long as you want ).
I think it'll be a great opportunity to meetup , follow a great event and

GSoC Mumbai Meetup successful

ashishmittal.m...@gmail.com (Aashish Mittal) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:38:15 UT

Hi All,

Thanks to everyone for attending the Mumbai meetup on 13th June and making
it a success. We had a great participation from students of Mumbai as well
as students coming in from Pune, Gandhinagar and BITS Pilani. Special
thanks to Mr. Uttam Tripathi for conducting the meetup and having us all

GSoC Mumbai Meetup on 13th June

ashishmittal.m...@gmail.com (Aashish Mittal) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:05:26 UT

Hello All,

This is a quick reminder for the Google Summer of Code Mumbai meetup on
13th June as scheduled. It will be held at Sardar Patel Institute of
Technology, Conference Room (Room No 115, opposite to the Placement
Office). You can view the location of the college on the eventbrite page (

Canceling the GSOC meetup in Bangalore

ut...@google.com (Uttam Tripathi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:56:59 UT

Hey,

We have to cancel the GSOC meetup in Bangalore (schedule for 11th June
2012) due to an unavoidable situation. We will try to reschedule the meetup
in Bangalore in near future and people who had registered for the meetp on
11th June 2012 would be given preference in registration.

Apology for the inconvenience caused due to this. Look forward to your

Startup Saturdays in Delhi and Work in Startups

vikashagrawal1...@gmail.com (vikash agrawal) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:03:35 UT

hi Everyone,

By now, you must be knowing that I am a GSoC student and is one of the guys
behind GSoC meetups in Google office.

Regarding that I would soon send a mail too.

Also, it is my my pleasure to inform everyone that I have got an office
space at TLabs Noida <[link]>.

TLabs is a startup accelerator wing of Times Group which works in

Registrations open for India GSOC meet-ups

ut...@google.com (Uttam Tripathi) — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:52:17 UT

Registrations are open for GSOC meet-ups:

*Hyderabad*
*
*
9th June 2012 - Google Hyderabad Register <[link]>
*
*
*Bangalore*
*
*
11th June 2012 - Google Bangalore Register <[link]>
*
*
*Mumbai*
*
*
13th June 2012 - Sardar Patel Institute of Technology

Venue for Mumbai meetup

ashishmittal.m...@gmail.com (Aashish Mittal) — Sun, 27 May 2012 17:21:16 UT

Hello Devs,

The venue for the Mumbai GSoC meetup has been decided to Sardar Patel
Institute of Technology. The venue details can be viewed at the eventbrite
page ( [link] ). We will be having a
good amount of participation from some people working in the industry

Package Delivery problem

nikhil.bafn...@gmail.com (Nikhil Bafna) — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:53:34 UT

Anybody who still hasn't received the welcome package yet?

Best way to get the GSoC money in India?

dahalaish...@gmail.com (ardahal) — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:19:28 UT

Hello everyone,
I was wondering what is the best way to get the GSoC money in India ?
By best I mean, the way I shall be charged the least for transaction and
other fees. I've heard a couple of people talk about xe and all, but so far
ATM seems to be the best option. Please share your experience and help.

Tax formalities for GSOC

abhishekgupta.i...@gmail.com (Abhishek Gupta) — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:17:31 UT

Hi,

I might be visiting US on a J1 visa for an internship. I would like to know
the tax form formalities involved. Is there any one in similar situation?

Regards
Abhishek

The Kolkata GSoC Summit - Jadavpur University - 22nd May - 2 PM!

atriyasen.g...@gmail.com (Atriya Sen) — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:52:43 UT

The date and time for the JU-ISI-Google GSoC summit at Jadavpur University
(Dr. Triguna Sen Auditorium) has been fixed - *22nd May*, *2:30PM* (please
arrive at 2 PM).
*There will be no more postponements*. Mr. Uttam Tripathi from Google will
be attending and speaking. The auditorium has been booked. The flier has

GSoC Meet-ups in India

ut...@google.com (Uttam Tripathi) — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:43:54 UT

Hey Folks,

Following meet-ups have been finalized for this summer:

22nd May 2012 Kolkatta (Jadhavpur University)
9th June 2012 Hyderabad (Google Office)
11th June 2012 Bangalore (Google Office)
13th June 2012 Mumbai (Venue yet to be confirmed)
15th June 2012 Delhi (Google Office)

Sharing the dates so that you all can plan in advance. Timings etc.

tax form document

upcomingnew...@gmail.com (nitin chadha) — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:24:45 UT

hey there,

can some body point me out what all documents are we required to submit as
tax forms ?

--
with warm regards,
Nitin Chadha

FLOSS and GSoC summit in Kolkata - Jadavpur University - May 11th - 4 PM!

atriyasen.g...@gmail.com (Atriya Sen) — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:22:34 UT

*The Event:* Jadavpur University and the Indian Statistical Institute
(Kolkata) is organizing a FLOSS and GSoC summit*.*
*
*
*When and Where: *Jadavpur University Main Campus, May 11th, 4 PM
There will be an audience comprising primarily of JU students, who will
interact with past and present GSoC-ers.

Re: [gsoc-india] Digest for gsoc-india@googlegroups.com - 8 Messages in 2 Topics

sind...@live.in (Sindhu S) — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:34:21 UT

Let's organize a GSOC 2012 Meet in Kolkata

atriyasen.g...@gmail.com (Atriya Sen) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:34:39 UT

Since the existing thread about a Kolkata meet was started 2 years ago, I'm
starting a new one.
All GSOC participants from Kolkata / surrounding areas who are interested
in a meet-up, please post here.
I am a member of the Kolkata GNU / Linux User's Group, and if there is
enough interest I may be able to arrange a tie-up with them to give the

Re: [gsoc-india] Digest for gsoc-india@googlegroups.com - 22 Messages in 2 Topics

arunscari...@gmail.com (arun scaria) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:31:31 UT

I am ready to help.. :)

*Arun Scaria** | *arunscari...@gmail.com |
arunsca...@acm.org<arunscari.. .@gmail.com>
| +91-808952852
Chairman | MEC Association of Computer Students (MACS),
Junior Under Graduate | Computer Science and Engineering (2008-2012),
Govt. Model Engineering College,

Meet-Up's in Google Offices

vikashagrawal1...@gmail.com (vikash agrawal) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:56:14 UT

Hi Everyone,

I am Vikash Agrawal, a GSoC student for Mozilla this year. I am also a
Google Technology Users Group Manager, from Manipal.

I am trying to have the meet'ups this year over various Google offices :-).
Uttam Tripathi, Relation's manager from Google is helping and guiding me on
the same. As, I would be staying in Noida, so its almost confirm that we

Re: [gsoc-india] Digest for gsoc-india@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

sind...@live.in (Sindhu S) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:36:21 UT

applying to GSoC

anshumansaa...@gmail.com (ANSHU) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:48:47 UT

Hello Evryone! I am Anshuman currently pursuing BE (2nd year). This is the
first time I am applying to GSoC hence have very little idea about the
things to be done. I have seen many projects of different organization
which I am interested in but in every organization to apply we have to
submit our own proposal. Can you please tell how exactly I should apply?

request for code

gunjan3...@gmail.com (Gunjan Arora) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:41:24 UT

i request you to send me a code.. I will rectify errors and send you back..
Thank you

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

ravindhran...@gmail.com (Ravindranath Kakarla) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:32:39 UT

LinkedIn
------------
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
- Ravindranath
Ravindranath Kakarla

Gsoc Meetup Bangalore - Reminder Tomorrow.

roideunive...@gmail.com (kaushik) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:44:46 UT

Hi everybody,
There is a Gsoc meetup planned tomorrow in Bangalore, India at PES
Institute of technology, Computer science department, F Block.
Please drop by if you are interested.
How to reach PESIT
[link]

Any #gsoc meetup in New Delhi

ankit1...@gmail.com (ankit) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:13:29 UT

Hey everyone,
If anyone is organizing #gsoc meetup in New Delhi please inform me
because i am very much interested in attending one.
Thanx

Gsoc 2012 Meetup - Bangalore

roideunive...@gmail.com (kaushik) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:20:58 UT

Hi,
I am planning a small informal talk about Gsoc in Bangalore, at P.E.S.
Institute of Technology, on 25th Feb or 3rd March.
We can also have a Gsoc meetup there if enough people are interested.

how to apply for GSoC 2012

vvanir...@gmail.com (anirudh) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:30:49 UT

Can i know the details and procedure on how to apply for GSoC 2012? i
tried searching the net but the details are not very informative. How
do we actually select the organistions , mentors or whatever? please
do reply ASAP

Google Code In 2011: Tell your younger siblings and friends!

akarshsi...@gmail.com (Akarsh Simha) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:52:20 UT

Hey
If you haven't heard about Google Code-In, it's a program to get
younger students involved in open source. It's Google's program for
pre-university students age 13 to 18. Please tell your younger
siblings and younger friends about it! Also, the program has
*non-coding* tasks as well!! So you don't need to code to be able to

My dream is to build a java based e-commerce web/mobile application which is computationally infeasible to hack

praveenp...@gmail.com (praveen) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:15:09 UT

Hi All,

Thanks a lot for making me part of your community. My dream is to
build a java based e-commerce web/mobile application which is
computationally infeasible to hack. I require help to get variety
ideas in building hack proof applications. If you have any existing
web application, give me the link and i will demonstrate the need for

Bangalore: Meeting up on the 6th (Tomorrow!)

venkates...@gmail.com (Venkatesh Nandakumar) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:19:29 UT

Hey,
We're people from the 2009 GSoC group who met at Delhi, only this time we've
shifted our base to bangalore!
We're meeting, having an informal chat over coffee tomorrow evening.
We're opening it up for fellow GSoC members (present, past). We already have
about ~5 confirmed attendees.
We'll be sure glad if you could make it!

Starting step for GSoC 2012

devraj.jai...@gmail.com (Devraj Jaiman) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:08:16 UT

Hi,
What should starting steps for GSoC 2012.
Regards,
Devraj

[Jobs]Front End Engineer at Pipal Labs, Bangalore

raviteja2...@gmail.com (Raviteja) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:07:32 UT

Hi GSoCers,
I was Google Summer of Code 2009 Student. I am one of the founders of Pipal
Labs, which is an early stage technology company with offices in India and
in the US. Currently we are in stealth mode and are developing cool mobile,
social and location based products targeted towards online and offline

xkcd tshirts in India

mehrotra.ak...@gmail.com (mehrotra.akash) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:49:07 UT

Hi,
Please see this thread from 2009 regarding ordering xkcd tshirts in India.
[link]
The specifics are not on the thread, so,
1. Could someone who took a tshirt tell the prices,etc. that they paid
2. Is anyone interested in ordering some? (and is someone interested in