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Red Hat Scholarships 2005-2006 launched
Mumbai, July 08, 2005 : Red Hat India, the country's premier Linux and Open Source solutions provider, today announced the winners of the 2004-2005 Red Hat Scholarships program -- The Lord of The Code contest -- an education initiative designed to encourage budding open source software developers.
The program, jointly conducted with Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology at IIT Bombay, was opened to students across India last year. After the award ceremony, Red Hat also announced the launch of a new Red Hat Scholarships program for 2005-2006.
The program has seen participation from across India, including Mumbai, Manipal, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Noida and Pune. Interesting projects like College Information System, Virtual Private Server, Mapping a lLip Movement to Meaning, A Front End for C Compiler were submitted for review.
Finally, thirty-three students bagged the prestigious Red Hat Scholarships Awards 2004-2005. The first prize was given to a team of students from Army Institute of Technology, Pune for their project, Virtual Private Server (VPS) 2.6.5-1.358.
The objective of initiating the Red Hat Scholarships is to reach out to Linux enthusiasts in colleges across India and encourage the adoption of the open source philosophy.
Javed Tapia, Director, Red Hat India said, "Red Hat Scholarships is a program aimed at encouraging talented young programmers in India. The largest number of engineers graduate out of India and, given the right guidance, the next Linus Torvalds can emerge out of our country."
At the event Red Hat also announced the Red Hat Scholarships program for the year 2005-2006. "We plan to make this an annual feature as part of our sustained quest to discover exciting programming talent. Our hope is that in the near future, software developed by Indians will take their place among world-class programs like Linux & Apache, and make India a proud contributor to the global open source community," said Mr. Tapia
Open Source is a worldwide movement that consists of people across the world collaborating over the Internet to develop software. The software thus developed is usually distributed under a liberal license that allows other users to see its code and modify it. The Indian President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has also endorsed Open Source software and held it up as an example of technology that can benefit India's one billion population.
Prof. D. B. Phatak, Dean of the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology said that the open source movement is extremely relevant to India's future in the digital age. "Our objective with the Red Hat Scholarships program is to inculcate the open source philosophy into the minds of students. The evaluation standards used for deciding the winners are based on the quality of code, standards followed, and the documentation submitted. Looking at the rate of adoption of Open Source in India, there will be a great demand for Open Source Engineers. Encouraging young talent in this field is the need of the hour. While India does a lot of software development, there are very few programs that recognize programming talent. Programs like Red Hat Scholarships can help improve software quality and encourage young talent in India, making the country more competitive," said Dr. Phatak.
An eminent panel of thought leaders including Dr. D. B. Phatak founder of the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology at IIT Bombay; Prof. S Sadagopan, director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore; Rajesh Jain, director of Netcore Solutions and others formed the Advisory Board for the Red Hat Scholarships.
About Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KreSIT):
The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT) aims at moulding the future leaders of the Indian IT industry by imparting world class IT education to them. The school formally started operation with the first batch of M.Tech students on July 19, 1999.
Prof. D.B. Phatak and a few others, made a proposal was made in March 1998 to start a School of IT in IIT Bombay. The focus of the school was to be a close interaction with the industry, research with focus on integration of the various 'compartments', and entrepreneurship. The proposal was accepted and funding for starting the School came from two alumni of IIT Bombay, Nandan Nilekhani and Kanwal Rekhi, both of whom made generous contributions. Read more on this here.
KReSIT houses several facilities including ten well equipped research laboratories, six class rooms with data projectors and public address systems, a lecture hall, a multipurpose circular hall for up to 150 persons, a seminar hall, a 220-seater auditorium, a 30-seater conference room, and a growing library. The School has 40 offices for research scholars, managers and faculty. Pantries at every floor, a lounge for graduate students, covered parking space, and sprawling lawns around the building add to the unique ambience of the infrastructure.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/about/
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Red Hat Scholarships 2004-2005 -- The Open Source Challenge concludes
Assistant Manager-Marketing
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