Outreach - Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu (FSFTN)

2015

FSFTN Activists Speaking For Net Neutrality

With the recent developments in net neutrality debate and the role Free basics has played in it, FSFTN and other organisations have actively campaigned against Free Basics and in support of net neutrality. The campaign has got the attention of the people and questions have been asked by local media

Outreach

Two days meeting for Engineering, Arts & Science College staffs

The engagements of FSFTN with Tamil Virual Academy can be found here. On 30th and 31st November 2015 TVA arranged for 2 days meeting of Engineering College and Arts and Science college staffs in and around Chennai was held in College of Engineering, Guindy. Sibi from FSFTN participated and gave

2015

FS Presentation at Periyar University - Salem

Ramaseshan and Anand Moorthy from FSFTN were present in the Periyar University, Salem on October 15, 2015 where they addressed around 600 people (about 200 professors) ranging from about 94 colleges studying various streams from literature to computer science, who were present there for the inaugration of TVA's (Tamil Virtual

2015

Freedom Bootcamp 2015

The following invitation is prepared by Mugunthan, a free software activist at FSFTN. As a part of our FTW(FSFTN Tech Weekends) initiative, we are organising a Hackathon/Bootcamp on the the 15th of august for college students and general public . Well, Independence day is just a co-incidence! In this

2015

Campaign For Net Neutrality - Press Release

The following is a press release made by FSFTN to campaign for Net Neutrality. 22.04.2015 FSFTN's awareness campaign on Net Neutrality on April 23 Dear Sir/Madam, In the past few weeks, there has been a surge in online activism on the issue of net neutrality. After the

2015

Rails Workshop At Loyola ICAM

Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu conducted a 2-day workshop at Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology on February 23 and 24 2015. Over 80 students from LICET and other engineering colleges participated in the event. The topics covered were: Free software philosophy. Linux Terminal and Git Basics. Basics of Ruby

2015

FSHC Inauguration at SMVEC - Pondicherry

Free Software Hardware Community (FSHC) has been inaugurated on 28th Jan 2015 at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Puducherry by Free Software Hardware Movement, Puducherry in co-ordination with the Dept. of Information Technology. The event started with the greetings of Mr. Raju (Head – Dept. of Information Technology). An automated python

Workshop

BOSS Hands-on Workshop For Women

Bharathi Women's College (Autonomous) Chennai, organized a state level workshop on Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) on January 10 , 2015 for Students who benefitted from Tamil Nadu Government Free/Price Less Laptops. Around 100 women's attended the workshop from B.Sc and M.Sc departments. Session was handled by Raj

2014

Introducing FSM to College Students

Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women (Autonomous) on 10th October 2014, as part of their Computer Association Inauguration have invited FSFTN to introduce Free Software Movement to entire Computer Science department. Around 300 students and staffs from both the B.Sc and MCA have taken part. Sessions on Free Software Movement,

2014

Workshop at Coimbatore

Workshop on FS Philosophy and Content management system was held in Kumarguru College, Coimbatore on January 23, 2014 @ Coimbatore. Arun, Balaji and Sibi participated from FSFTN. [Event Pictures](Find and Add Link)

2014

Knowledge Freedom Campaign 2014

Aaron Swartz and his ideology of Knowledge Freedom campaign on January 11, 2014 at Chennai. Jishnu, Vijay and Sibi took forward the campaign by speaking with students and staffs in and around Potheri. [Event Pictures](Find and Add it here).

2008

Summer Camp 2008

First Workshop at SSN in 2008 in the month of July on 19th,20th,26th and 27th. This was a four day workshop with variety topics discussed along with the Lab sessions. This was attended by over 250 students from 25 engineering colleges in Chennai and Pondicherry.