We had interesting talks from Klaus Knopper and Mark Shuttleworth at Ilugd meet at India Habitat Centre. Late in the evening after the formal events, ILUGD members met again for a detailed discussion on Student Mentorship Program.
I have been given the responsibility to pen a summary, which I am trying to the best of my ability. Correct me wherever I am wrong. Following is the summary of discussions: Ilugd, in association with a couple other peer organisations is contemplating to float a Student Mentorship Program. The Program is targeted for Final Year Engineering Students who have to undertake a 6-month Industrial Training / Student Project, as part of their curriculum. The current proposal scope is limited to Students stationed in the NCR Towns: Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, NOIDA and Ghaziabad for completion of their project. The Program aspires to bring awareness about FOSS Technologies to Engineering Students. The Program envisages to bring innovative student projects of current interest through a community driven process involving Industry, Consultants and Academics. The Student Mentorship Program would be in the form of an internship having provision for a consoldated stipend for the students and possibility of payment to mentors as well. The scheme proposes to have a Guidance Committee from Academics and FOSS Community. The Guidance Committee would finalise a list of possible projects and help choose mentors for the same. Students would finalise the exact details of the project with the mentors, with a timeline of deliverables. The Guidance Committee would ensure adherence to pre-agreed scope and progress as per plan. The Guidance Committee will also ensure healthy mentor - student relationship. The scheme provides for a peer evaluation of Student Project at the end of stipulated duration of six months. Ilugd is alreay in advanced stages of finalising prospective mentors and members of the guidance committee. This is expected to be finalised within two weeks. A wiki for the scheme shall be put up at lug-delhi.org. Members Present: (From my poor memory) Raj Mathur, Kishor Bhargav, Sudev Brar, Gora Mohanty, Mary, G Karunakar and others Meet concluded around 8PM. Comments and Suggestions are welcome. Anand Shankar Anand Shankar _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
