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NRCF Zonal seminar

The National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software is conducting a series of seminars across Tamil Nadu. The intended audience for the seminar are 3rd year students of colleges of Anna University.

The intention of this seminar is to introduce Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) to students and encourage them to opt for the FOSS Elective being offered from the next semester.

It would be of 3-4 hours duration.

The Seminar Program:

    • Presentation on FOSS and its relevance
    • About NRCF and its program
    • On the FOSS Electives for TN Engg. Colleges
    • FOSS in practice—Industry and User’s perspective
    • FOSS activities in the participating colleges (Done by participating colleges)
    • Q & A.

The following is the schedule of seminars:

01/08/05

Zone 8 (Trichy)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Jayaram Engineering College

05/08/05

Zone 1 (Chennai)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Jaya Engineering College

06/08/05

Zone 4 (Chennai)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Sri Sai Ram Engg. College

06/08/05

Zone 7 (Sathyamangalam)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Banari Amman Inst.Of  Tech.

08/08/05

Zone 9 (Madurai)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Sethu Institute of Technology

09/08/05

Zone 3 (Chennai)

9:30am to 1:30pm

Hindustan College of Engg.

09/08/05

Zone 6 (Salem)

9:00am to 1:00pm

Sona College of Technology

10/08/05

Zone 10 (Tirunelveli)

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Francis Xavier College Eng.

18/08/05

Zone 5 (Vellore)

TBD

C Abdul Hakeem College of Engg & Tech

Documents of Zonal events:

[ Material from the 1st zonal event held in Trichy ]

1. Introduction to FOSS
2. NRCFOSS details and the FOSS Elective
3. FOSS in Practice.

 


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