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{\bf What is FOSSEE?}

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{\bf FOSSEE} stands for \emph{Free and Open source Software in Science
  \& Engineering Education}. The goal of this project is to enable the
teachers and students of Science and Engineering in India to use open
source software tools for all their computational needs, thereby
improving the quality of instruction and learning.


{\bf Where are we?}

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The project is based at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
({\bf IIT-B}).  We are focusing on Scilab and Python in the area of
Scientific Computation.


{\bf Who funds us?}

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It is funded by the {\bf MHRD} as a part of the \emph{National
  Mission on Education through Information and Communication
  Technology} ({\bf NME-ICT}), with the thrust area being `Adaptation and
deployment of open source simulation packages equivalent to MATLAB,
ORCAD etc.'

{\bf What do we do?}
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\item Design courses to teach the use of FOSS tools.
\item Create content for these courses ---  written material,
  spoken tutorials, lectures. 
\item Conduct workshops to spread the adoption of these tools
\item Conduct conferences to popularize these tools in India
\item Organize sprints to generate relevant material 
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{\bf What can we do for you?}
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\item Conduct a workshop in your college
\item Send you customized GNU/Linux distributions with all the tools
  installed  
\item Send you written and audio/visual material
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{\bf Hiring}\\*
We are looking for 

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  \item Content Generators
  \item Writers/Editors 
  \item A Project Manager
  \item An Instructional Designer
  \item A Graphic Designer
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Send an email to \url{jobs@fossee.in} if you are interested. 


{\bf Contact us!}

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For more information about the project, visit our websites
\url{http://fossee.in} \& \url{http://scilab.in}.

In case of any general queries regarding FOSSEE or workshop requests,
send an email to \url{info@fossee.in}.

You can find useful material to download at \\ \url{http://fossee.in/Downloads}.

If you need help with any of these tools in particular, you can join
the mailing list \url{http://fossee.in/mailman/listinfo/help}
and ask your queries there.  They will either be answered directly or
redirected to appropriate channels. 

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