We are holding BarCamp Kerala 8 on March 28^th, 2010! Finally its here to refresh the minds with technical beverages - its Barcamp time.

Hearing the word ‘barcamp’ for the first time?

BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences – open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants – often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.

Wikipedia

Venue

BarCamp Kerala 8 will be at MACFAST, Thiruvala. More details are available at the venue page

Registeration

You can register for the event in the BarCamp Kerala Site. When this post was written we have 55 attendees.

Sessions

As of yet we have 5 sessions. If you want to handle a sessions at BarCamp, you can add yourself in the sessions page.

BarCamp Kerala So Far…

If you are still hesitant about coming to BarCamp Kerala, checkout these reports about the previous ones…

• BarCamp Kerala on May 3
• First ever BarCamp in Kerala on November 24th, 2007
• Kerala BarCamp 2 – In Cochin
• BarCamp Kerala 6 : A Report
• BarCamp Time for Kerala

Here are a few snaps from the SKPS Farewell Day 2010.

SKPS Annual Day was again a fest to eyes. Conducted over two days the well organized function set the spirits of all skpsians high. Congrats to all those who worked behind this show. Cine Star Mithra Kurian added glamor  to the evening which was already decorated by a number of eminent personalities.

The remote location of the BarCamp did not deter the 100 odd attendees who came in through interesting ways like carpooling from Trivandrum, Cochin and Calicut and hitchhiking from nearby places. “I cannot believe that this is a event which is organized online totally and even the organizers meet only on the day of the event.” said the first time barcamper Jobi John who is a student in USA currently on his vacation in Kerala.

The sessions of the morning were:

1. BARCAMP KERALA : Kevin Babu – An introduction to BarCamps and its history in Kerala.
2. 2. 3D GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING : Praseed Pai – Introduction to graphics programming and the mathematic equations involved.

3. Building Complex Website the Drupal Way : Fredrik Jonsson – An enlightening session by this Swedish programmer who explained the usage of Drupal for building websites easily and customizing them.
4. Media and Freedom-Kenney Jacob – A debate and argument filled session on how the Old Media is threatened by the New Media and how dangerous is the media corporates with a hidden agenda.

This was followed by a lunch break and a Christmas cake sponsored by the digital marketing firm ayruz web holdings was distributed. This added a special touch to the event in this festive seasion.

Noon sessions

5. Recycling Old Computers using LTSP- By VU2SWX – A thought provoking session which helped attendees to find out new ways of using their old powerless computers as nodes and utilizing it effectively.

6. Innovation-”The UST Global Way”-Harikrishnan Nair -  A session on the importance of events like barcamps and how UST Global encourages innovation in their work culture.

7. Multi Monitor Machines by Binny V A – The advantages of using more than one monitor with your desktop and its disadvantages was shown by Binny VA who uses 3 monitors at his home in Linux.

8. Device management in modern Linux system by Unnikrishnan

The day was winded up with a wonderful discussion led by Mr. Kenney Jacob on the existing conditions for a new startup to bloom in Kerala. This discussion saw entrepreneurs share their troubles, their reason for “starting-up” and about funding and investment.

The Principal  of the MACFAST college  Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil gave a mindblowing talk on startups and his personal appreciation to all entrepreneurs and his open invitation to mentor new business ideas.

In all, the event was an experience all student startups appreciated, an experience for them to learn from those who have been successful and those who have failed.

The next Barcamp got scheduled at MACFAST.The session winded up at 6.15 pm.

And my dear fellow skpsians…

The Alumni Association annual General Body Meeting will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 AM, 26 December 2009, in the Main Auditorium. Please be there on time. The annual membership renewal fee for this year is Rs. 50. As the term of the office berarers was extended from 1 year to 2 years, there will be no elections this time. However new batch representatives will be elcted. The hon. Gen Secretary will present the report and accounts.

Other topics for discussion - All Kerala Quiz Review, Annual Program for the SKPS students, Fund Raising, Alumni Bulletin, Magazine Representation etc.

Eminenet Speakers from various institutues from India and abroad like Mr. Joseph Sirosh, Vice President ,AMAZON.COM,Seattle,USA, Mr. Sunil Thankamushy, Former animation director of EA games, Currently CEO of Deep Blue Inc.,LA,USA, Mr. V Manikantan, CEO, SAP(WIPRO), Mr. Arafath Aboobacker, Team-Lead Technical, NIIT Technologies, Bangalore. are the main attraction of the symposium.

Each day has a distinct theme namely Technical (Day 1), Entrepreneurship (Day 2) and Soft Skills (Day 3).There is a conference on the second day on developing Entrepreneurship in which delegates from different companies likeWipro,Adobe,HP,Igate,UST global,TCS, Mind tree, Infosys, and more will participate. On the third day we have a talk on building leadership and soft skills by Mr. Edison Franz.

Ten Technical and non technical competitions are another attraction Eminence 09

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The students now in our campuses are the future of India. Budding Directors, Artists, Leaders, Engineers, Professors are among us. The famous music director M.Jayachandran is an Electrical engineer from CET. New Generation Music Director Rahul Raj is a B.tech graduate from CUSAT.We could make a long list of Successful Engineers in Movie and other industries. So next time when your friend tell you about a short film or music album, dont ignore him. He may be the future of indian Movie Industry

Campus Blogs are the platform for sharing your hidden talents. Remember our caption " Discovering Talents Every day". So Come up with your creative ideas like Short Films, Stories, Cartoons animations or anything like that. Dont ignore any piece of creative talent in our campus, share it to others..

Why 1400 kms ? This Distance is four times the most important number: 350 x 4 = 1400 km.

While 350 represents the safe limit of CO2 in the atmosphere, the number 4 represents the actions in the four directions : North , south , east and West. The cycling tour starts at 3:50pm (ppm).

This cycling, tour spanning a distance of 1400km, starts from Trivandrum to Chennai , Tamil Nadu through Bangalore. The main focus of this tour will be raise awareness through the way, and raise critical concern among the leaders and decision makers.

While awareness about climate change is increasing, the world has not yet mobilized into action and implementation of climate solutions. We are looking for support to change this reality and create, communicate and celebrate the solutions to climate change during The Green Ride to Copenhagen which will also make students and the general public aware of the role of renewable energy and green technology in developing a sustainable future and economically vibrant India.

By undertaking this Cycling tour, we will lobby for the rights of cyclists and for laws that offer protection to cyclists through dedicated cycling lanes as well as through support for safety regulations. We hope to work with the government administration to bring about change aimed at encouraging cycling in our cities, and also aimed at promoting cycling as a greener, cleaner and healthier mode of transport.
Objectives of Road to Copenhagen Cycling tour-

• To create awareness among people on Climate Change
• To involve and encourage student participation in such environmental activities.
• To harness the power of the media through the course of the tour in order to reach a larger group of society.
• To ensure safety norms at all times with emergency backup support.
• To partner with regional NGOs and organizations and create a climate action network.
• To utilize corporate support for ensuring a successful event.
• Target Audience : Public from all walks of life, youth who could get inspired by our campaigns and lead on to do the same in their regions, people who love to cycle, people who love to raise an awareness on the cause, enthusiastic about the environment, people who could literally make a difference, people who could stand up for what is justified and right, getting maximum youth insight onto the fight for a solution for Climate change and Global warming, public who could welcome such an initiative by the youth and have the same transferred into their lives as well.
• Media Converage: For mass outreach to public for general awareness. Raising concerns and debates among leaders, decision makers, and critics.

for more info contact :

Vinuju Nizar Yousuf
      Co-founder, State Campaigns Coordinator

      GreenDream

      09995118995