Technical Writing: An alternate career for engineering students

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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FUEL NGO: Helping students make sense of the mess after 12th std. exams

(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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An Abundance of Open Source: GNUnify conference in Pune this weekend

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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Submit a presentation proposal for the GNUnify Open Source conference

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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How can we improve students and industry collaboration on innovative projects? (Answer & win prizes)

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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4th Mentor India Internship in System Programming

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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Internship Mela: Get full-time interns (for 6 months) for Pune companies – 23 Dec

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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Credenz’09: PICT’s 3-day tech event for students – 18-20 Sept

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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Tech Trends for 2015, by Anand Deshpande, Shridhar Shukla, Monish Darda

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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TechStart.in: Microsoft Azure Training Program for 2009 CS graduates

As a part of the Techstart initiative (visit http://techstart.in for rationale and more details), a program for training on Application Development on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing platform is being offered to computer science students graduating in 2009. This initiative is based on the lines of a very successful initiative at Stanford University.The idea is [...]

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