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Ayana 2012 is a technical event with emphasis on Open Source Technologies being organized by the PES Open Source Community, with the backing of The Department of Computer Science, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
It would consist of two parts – A string of Tech Talks by active Open Source Contributors and Hardware hackers from across India, and a 24 hour Hackathon. Prizes upto 50k up for grabs!
ps. Special surprises in store for FOSS enthusiasts :)
For more details, visit Ayana '12 Website
For any queries, join us @ #pes-os on freenode.net

Inviting everyone interested to the first ever GLAM edit-a-thon at the Crafts Museum, New Delhi on 21st April, 2012 (Saturday)!

This is a session to learn and edit Wikipedia articles related to various craft practices of India. If you love textiles, pottery, weaving and sculpture, here's your golden chance to visit India's finest collection of craft objects and collaborate to write articles on them! You will also meet actual craftsmen who make these objects! Bring your laptops and friends along :)

When: 21st April (Saturday)
Where: Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan

Computer Society is a student association of the *Madras Institute of
Technology* which was established in the year 1983. Initially it was set up
to promote computer knowledge among students from various branches of
engineering but it later became an active participant in the FOSS movement.

* Carte Blanche * is one such annual fest
conducted in our college in celebration of Free and Open Source Software.
Its one of the biggest Free software Fest. It aims at creating awareness
among young minds about the power of FOSS and also is a platform for FOSS

Greetings from *FOSSEE, IIT B**ombay.*

The *FOSSEE* project is about enabling and motivating the students and
faculty of Science and Engineering colleges/institutes/
universities across India to use open source software (FOSS) tools instead
of proprietary software. The use of FOSS packages will help in creating
constructive and innovative learning and teaching environment. This will
help in improving the quality of instruction and learning which would lead
to educational freedom in our country.

We hereby, invite you for 1-day Conference on *"Scilab in Science and

Learn Think Act (LeThAc) - is a FOSS conclave being organized at GGS IP University,Delhi by IEEE Student Branch of University School of Information Technology on 9th & 10th March 2012 with the focus on “Open Source Learning & its Promotion”. It is also to encourage the student community to be more involved in Open Source projects to provide them with an extra edge in the technical arena.

First Eucalyptus cloud meetup for discussing various new features of eucalyptus and projects on eucalyptus. http://open.eucalyptus.com/

Agenda

5pm - 7 pm : Demos and discussion at IIT Delhi
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Cold drinks, cocktails or whatever at Village Cafe, SDA Market, Opposite IIT Delhi main gate.
8:30 pm onwards: Dinner at Rainbows SDA Market, Opposite IIT Delhi main gate.

RSVP : http://www.facebook.com/events/335079253210788/

Date: 10th and 11th Feb 2012

Venue: SICSR, Pune

This year Gnunify trends towards "Emerging and Next generation Technologies in the world of FOSS"

CFP are now open.

Tracks/Categories for workshops and seminars:

Mobile Computing
Cloud Computing
System Programming
Emerging Languages
Sys Admin
Security
Web Technologies

Event URL : http://www.gnunify.in/

Join the Wikipedia development community in Pune.

Wikimedia is holding a technical meetup in Pune, India alongside the GNUnify conference. This hackathon is a chance to learn how to develop using MediaWiki, Phonegap and our other technologies, and to work alongside experts. Software engineers, designers, and translators are welcome!