Fwd: [Indlinux-group] FOSS event at Guwahati on December 3
Debayan Banerjee
From: Babul Gogoi <babul...@hotmail.com>
Date: 1 December 2010 13:24
Subject: [Indlinux-group] FOSS event at Guwahati on December 3
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Seminar on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Higher Education and Research
A seminar on “Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Higher Education and
Research” will be held in Guwahati University, on December 3. The
seminar will be organised jointly between Guwahati University and
NRCFOSS (National Resoirce Centre for Free/Open Source Software)
Chennai is mainly meant to create awareness of FOSS and its value and
relevance to the Indian acacdemic and research community. The occasion
would also be used to see how NRCFOSS can support the participating
universities and colleges in introducing FOSS into their curricula for
the benefit of the students.
The event is meant prmarily for the faculty and students of the
BE(CSE)/BTech(IT)/ MSc(CS)/MSc(IT)/MCA programs from institutions
located in and around Guwahati – such as Guwahati University, Assam
Engineering College, IIT Guwahati, etc. Beyond the CS/IT areas, the
Seminar would also discuss the role and scope of FOSS in Science
Education and Research so that the event would also be of interest to
the faculty and students of the Science Stream.
The event could be a full-day one consisting of the following
components, depending on the interests of the participants:
i) One 90 minutes introductory session meant for Teachers, HODs,
Deans, Members of Boards of Studies, etc. touching on the following:
What is FOSS, and what is its relevance to India?
FOSS in CS/IT Education
FOSS in Science Education and Research
FOSS in Management and Administration
NRCFOSS and its Program with Universities
ii) One 90 mnts introductory talk to students of CS/CSE/IT streams on
FOSS Technologies and how it can help their careers.
iii) One 45 mnts Meeting with the VC, Deans, HODs of CS/CSE/IT streams
to decide on the modes of introducing FOSS into their curricula, with
the support of NRCFOSS.
Including Q&A, sessions (i) and (ii) would end up taking 2 hrs each.
One scenario could be to have (i) and (iii) in the morning (10.0AM to
1.0 PM), and (iii) in the afternoon (2.30 – 4.30PM). It could also be
the other way around if found more convenient.
Presentations would be made by the following:
Prof. C N Krishnan, NRCFOSS, Anna University Chennai.
Prof. Savithri Singh, Principal, AND College, Delhi University
Scientist from C-DAC Kolkkata
Faculty from Guwahati University
For event information, please contact:
Dr. Shikhar Kr. Sarma
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science,
Gauhati University
Guwahati, Assam-781014, India
Phone: +91-361-2571138 (0ff.).
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