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Information on FOSS Companies in India
Compiling a database of FOSS companies in India
The OSSRC (Open Source Software Resource Centre), in Mumbai is making an attempt to compile a database of companies with significant strengths in Open source - offering FOSS products, solutions, services, etc. This can cover direct IT activities or in fields such as library management, e-learning, etc. We request your help in ensuring that we have as complete a database as possible. Please circulate the template below to potential companies. Completed forms may be sent to OSSRC(ossrc.cdac@gmail.com) or to Dr. Sasi (the.little.sasi at gmail dot com). We will post the table on the site, and will keep it updated periodically, as we get more responses.
Template for gathering information on FOSS companiesM
Name of the company:
Established since: …………………………………………….. In India, since:
Major locations:
Presence outside India:
URL:
Major focus areas (only wrt FOSS):
Skill set in the company:
How many staff in the FOSS area:
Major success stories: [max 2 sentence per story]
Plans/thoughts for future:
Contact address:
An evening workshop on Linuzx Operating System and its benefits in Business & Networking on the 9th of Novemeber 2008.
The workshop will help participants to understand the technologies used in daily life,their limitations and powerful low cost alternatives. You can get the detailed programme brochure here
OSSRC support for the Sahana project during the Bihar flood relief effort
A 2 member team from OSSRC at CDAC mumbai went to Patna for 2 weeks (11-24 September 2008) in order to support a humanitarian effort, to help flood relief in Bihar. This particular effort, which was being led by IBM India, required them to use some specialised Software(s) to assist Government of Bihar, with certain aspects of flood management (e.g. Shelter Management, Disaster Victim Registry etc.). The OSSRC team was entrusted with the task of installation & customization (in part) of a popular FOSS disaster management software named Sahana www.Sahana.lk The team used it's FOSS experience to carry out all required tasks and the work was praised by IBM India.
29th and 30th Nov 2007
Open Source Software Tools for Library Professionals
Topics covered in the workshop are
- Integrated Library System –Koha
- Content Management Tool (Drupal)
The number of participants will be limited to 40 on first-cum-first serve basis
Mail the completed registration form along with the registration fees to:
The Librarian
C-DAC (Formerly NCST)
Gulmohar Cross Rd. No.9
JVPD, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
Tel: 26201606, 26201574
Fax: 022-26210139, 26232195
Email: library@cdacmumbai.in
Contact Persons:
Truptee Shah / Savita Rao
Venue : CDAC-MumbaiDate : 29th & 30 th Nov-2007.
7thSep 2007
Workshop on Open Source : Office Productivity Tools and System Management
Topics covered in the workshop are
- Linux Desktop, Firefox,ThunderBird
- Open Office suite
- Content Management Tool (Drupal)
- Multimedia
- Linux System Administration
For Registration please contact : Mr. Sujith Gogwekar
Mobile no :9869440636
Venue : CDAC-Mumbai, Juhu.Date : 7th th Sep-2007.
26 thMar 2007
IOSN South Asia will be conducting its second event for the year 2006-2007 from April 6th - 8th 2007 at CDAC, Electronics City, Bangalore. Participants will be provided training on Localisation at Bangalore between 6th - 8th April.All details of the event are available at
http://www.iosn.net/regional/jumpstart-localisation/. Venue : CDAC, Electronics City, Bangalore.
Date : April 6th to 8th, 2007.
15 thJan 2007
In a function organised by CII-Shiksha in Delhi on 12th January 2007, presided over by the Honrable President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, OSSRC was lauded for its contributions to the CII-Shiksha initiative. OSSRC was involved in training teachers at school level on open source e-learning resources like Moodle, Drupal, etc and recently took the primary responsibility for setting up a portal for teachers across the country to interact and collaborate. The portal was launched by the President during the function.
During his address, President asked for the portal to be enriched with good content within a month, and also encouraged teachers to be more responsive to education and use of technology to enhance education. He administered an 11-point oath to the hundred odd teachers present in the audience. You can find the oath at the president's website. People involved in the work with CII-Shiksha, from OSSRC are Mr. Abey S. A., Ms Archana Rane, Mr. Rahul Upakare, Mr. Lalitandad Dandge, Mr. Yogesh Jadhav.15 thJan 2007
Elitex 2007 was held on 10 & 11 January at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. Elitex is an exhibition organised by Department of Information Technology ( DIT ), Government of India which focus on the technologies/know-how developed at various institutions under the financial support from DIT. The participating institutions get an opportunity to highlight their technologies, services and other activities that can be offered to the industry and public at large. Mr. Naveen Kumar & Mr. Yogesh Jadhav represented OSSRC in Elitex 2007.
