Written by navin on March 16th, 2010 in Featured, Miscellaneous No Comments
Tags: acts, c-dac, education, free, social causes, students
To increase the opportunities available to poor minority students the Ministry of Minority Affairs of the Government of India has started a new initiative to offer job oriented training programmes through various institutes throughout India. Pune’s C-DAC, one of the premiere Government institutes for R&D in the information technology sector, will provide this training via [...]
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Written by navin on March 11th, 2010 in Featured 1 Comment
Tags: career, education, students, technical writing
A guest post by Mugdha Vairagade, a Senior Tech Writer, gives an overview of what Technical Writing as a career means, what skills are necessary, and how to go about preparing for a job in this area.
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Written by navin on February 22nd, 2010 in Featured 2 Comments
Tags: education, engineering, social, students
(Ketan Deshpande, who is currently a 4th year engineering student in VIT, Pune, started the FUEL NGO 4 years ago, to help students of 12th standard navigate through the treacherous waters of what happens after their 12th standard exams. FUEL has now become a major movement across Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka. This article, is [...]
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Written by navin on February 16th, 2010 in Events, Featured No Comments
Tags: conferences, gnunify, linux, open source, plug, students
Every year, Pune plays host to a major open source conference, GNUnify, organized by the Pune Linux Users Group and SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research).
nybody who has any interest in technology should try to attend. It is free, and open for anybody to attend. All you need to do is register here, [...]
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Written by navin on January 19th, 2010 in Events No Comments
Tags: conferences, gnunify, linux, open source, plug, students
Every year, Pune plays host to a major open source conference, GNUnify, organized by the Pune Linux Users Group and SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research). To quote the website
GNUnify symbolizes the philosophy behind Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). It makes an effort to unify and strengthen the FOSS movement. Initiated in the year [...]
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Written by navin on December 31st, 2009 in Events, Featured, Pune City 34 Comments
Tags: competitions, education, innovation, innovations, students
Update: The contest is over (but the discussion can still continue!) Abhay Patil, who judged the contest, had this comment about the contenst:
On behalf of IITB Alumni Association (Pune Chapter) – organizers of Innovations 2010 – let me thank PuneTech and it’s members for this set of insightful, passionate and well articulated responses. You literally [...]
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Written by navin on December 29th, 2009 in Events 1 Comment
Tags: education, kqinfotech, linux, os, students, unix
KQInfoTech is starting their new batch for internship in system programming, focusing on: 1. ZFS port to linux
2. Desktop virtualization
3. Iphone/android apps
4. Google app engine
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Written by navin on December 18th, 2009 in Events 23 Comments
Tags: education, interships, jobs, students, techstart
What: Internship Mela, to allow companies to find students for 6-month internships
When: Wednesday, 23rd December, 10am to 1pm
Where: Institute of Management and Career Courses (IMCC) campus, 131 Mayur Colony, Kothrud, Pune 411029.
Registration and Fees: This is a free event. Students do not need to register. Companies must register here
Eligibility (Students): Any student who has read [...]
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Written by navin on September 11th, 2009 in Events No Comments
Tags: conferences, education, Events, students, techfest
Credenz is PICT’s annual technical event for students of Computer Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication and Information Technology. It is one of the more popular collegiate tech fests that happen in various engineering colleges in the state.
This year, they are trying something new. They are going online and free. There are a number of contests that [...]
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Written by navin on September 10th, 2009 in In Depth, Live Blogging, Technology 4 Comments
Tags: education, engineering, Events, students, Technology
What are the technology trends that will drive the software industry in 2015? Notes from a panel discussion on this topic at MIT Pune.
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