Hi,

I'm a third year computer science and engineering undergaduate at IIT Guwahati. IITG has a number of students with tremendous interest in open source softwares and development. In general there is a strong support base for the cause. We also run among other things a mirror server for Debian distributions.

IITG is celebrating the sixth edition of its national level technical fetival - Techniche 2004 from 3rd to 5th September 2004.

We are willing to provide a major focus to open source in this festival. The possibilities could be -

1. An lecture by a very popular personality - like Alan Cox(is it possible to get him to India? if yes, how?)

2. A workshop on open source for engineering students(IITG + colleges of North East, W. Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, etc).(Who all can conduct this and what can be the focus areas?)

3. A contest for students for open source development.

It would be of immense help if you could offer your valuable suggestions.

Eagerly awaiting your response,

Sumit Suman

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