Greetings, On 3/16/11, சுதன் | suthan <[email protected]> wrote: > This curriculum is > sent to AICTE for further consideration. We have also recommended that the > syllabus should not restrict the students about which tool they use in their > lab. >
I vaguely remember seeing somewhere in one of those pdf's hosted on the AICTE website wherein AICTE Urges the institutions (I think somewhere in the IT requirement conditions that an institution had meet like 1 computer per student norm etc.) who want to register to use Free Software, or some phrasology, way long back circa 2005-8. Let us call it, The APJ effect at the time. Haven't checked lately. Can other members who are in Academia cross check it please and let the list know? This can be a scene changer in the education like: Are we equipping our future IT Masters with the right tools to cross the laberynthine mazes of business rules and build into them the necessary love they must have for the technology throughout their life. I am eagerly awaiting that to happen to Mumbai University too. sigh. How I wish guys at TIFR and the such Free Software in Mumbai (being the financial capital) increase their visibility in the industry also and learn to explain to corporate that free software is not evil. Free Software gives Enterprises a very strong IT muscle to flex and wring out the best from their IT Infra. The same can be thought about in the academia from IT management perspective. It would be very interesting if the members shared their experiences on this matter. Support costs for free software need not be as expensive as non-Free Software . may or may not be evil depending on the case to case basis - They are into a business which uses IT as a tool, see. in active engagements with the colleges periodically be visible etc. Above all IMHO. Regards, Rajagopal _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
