2006

Welcome to Prabhat '06. Prabhat is a workshop aimed at introducing the basic fundamentals and concepts about the Open Source Software movement and about the wonderfully rich world of the Linux operating system environment. The now ubiquitous spread of computing in the academic and commercial world has made it necessary for students and researchers to become familiar with software tools and technologies. Additionally, the easy accessibility of software under the Open Source movement, in particular in association with Linux, has made learning and using computers a more democratic and comfortable experience.

We at KReSIT aim, via this workshop, at providing a glimpse of this world and a flavour of the possibilities that lie within. The target audience of this workshop are students who are new to the institute and who have little or no knowledge of Linux. The contents include an introduction to using Linux, Operating Systems and Linux concepts, Linux commands, Networking in the Institute, Configuration and some hands-on experience.

Prabhat '06 is a two day workshop to be held on 19^th August (Sat) and 20^th August (Sun), 2006. Day 1 has talks and demonstrations by various speakers, while Day 2 will consist of lab sessions. The sidebars of this page contain further details on schedules and speakers. Each participant is provided with handouts accompanying the slides as well as a Certificate of Participation upon completion.

The workshop is organised by the M.Tech students of The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology with support from the KReSIT office and faculty.

Important Updates (19 August, 2006):

• Exercises for Lab Session (PDF) (To be held on Sunday Aug 20th)

Important Updates (19 August, 2006):

• Schedule for Lab Sessions (PDF) (To be held on Sunday Aug 20th)
• Participants are requested to bring their badges with them when they come for the lab-sessions on Sunday.

Important Updates (18 August, 2006):

• Participants are requested to bring along their registration receipts as well as their IIT-B Identity cards.
• Registration for Day 1's session begins at 8:15 am and the workshop opens at 8:55 am. Please be in your seats by then.
• The detailed schedule is now available here.
• A printer-friendly PDF copy of the schedule.

Important Updates (17 August, 2006):

• Registration is now CLOSED. The list of participants can be found here.
• Kindly note the change in venue. The updated details:
  Where: Seminar Hall, Third Floor, KReSIT
  When: Aug 19th (Saturday) 8:15 am (Registration Opens)
• The updated and detailed schedule will be put up soon.

Each participant will be provided with

• Printed notes on Lectures
• Tea
• Certificate on completion of workshop