Swatantra is a conference focusing on Free and open Source technologies. Its the first of its kind event being organized in south India. The symposium will have food for thought for all genre of people may it be from the academic circles or the big time Industrial arena.
The symposium is being organized by the Department of Information Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology ,Deemed University. The symposium will be held on 6th and 7th of February, 2005 and will be divided into various sessions.
The event will also witness the inauguration of the Tamil Nadu Chapter of the Free Software Foundation of India by Richard M. Stallman, Founder GNU. RMS will deliver the keynote on 6th Feb, 9.30 is the timing of his speech. Prof. Nagarjuna will be the chief guest and inaugurate the event.
Please visit the site http://www.swatantra.info for more details. The whole event is open to all including workng professionals and general public.