Rajesh Jain is the main speaker at the GLUG meet being held at KReSIT, IIT Bombay, today. Jain is the founder of Netcore (www.netcore.co.in) and is a legendary Internet entrepreneur whose sale of India world to Satyam sparked off the venture capital/startup mania in India. He is a true technology visionary and belives that FLOSS is extremely relevant to India's needs. This is a rare chance to hear his views when he addresses the GLUG meet.

He will be speaking on FLOSS and its relevance to India. I had interviewed him for Express Computer a few months ago and the link for this is at

http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030825/linuxspecial03z.shtml

He will be followed by Mitul Limbani of Enterux talking about Resty.

The directions to IIT Bombay and KReSIT are below my signature. More detailed directions and a map of the campus are at http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/visit/

See you at 3PM at KReSIT today!

Venky

Getting to IIT Bombay ===================== IIT Bombay is located in an area called Powai in the Central suburb called KanjurMarg in Mumbai. The best way of reaching there is by a combination of Road and Rail.

Mumbai has two main suburban train tracks respectively called after the Central and Western Railways. The suburban trains of Mumbai are called 'local' trains. If you are on the Central Railway, get down at Kanjurmarg or Vikhroli and take an auto to IIT. The auto will take around Rs. 10 - 15. To board any of the buses, you'll have to walk slightly till a bus stop on the main L.B.S.Road and take any Andheri/Borivali bound bus. The fare is around Rs. 3.

If you are coming from the Western Railways, get down at Andheri and take any of the buses going to Mulund from the eastern side of the railway station. The fare would be roughly Rs. 6. Alternatively, you could take an auto which will take around Rs. 45 to IIT.

Getting to KReSIT within IIT ============================ The new KReSIT building is now fully operational - one of the most impressive structures in the IIT-Bombay campus! The KReSIT building is the first big structure one comes across when entering IIT. Approximately a 5 minute walk from the Main Gate, it is situated on the right side of the road after Hostel 10 and the wide road going right to the Y-Point gate.

It is equally close to the Y-Point gate; turn right after entering the Campus, and take the first left where you will see the Central School Ground. Continue walking and enter the second gate on the right. You can see the white and blue KReSIT building right away!

Note that the building is not connected to the long corridor that links all the department building.

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