I have lately been discussing the fact with RMS that how majority of the students are being left out of open source initiative (FSF/GNU).
Our discussion was about the free software movement, not "open source". "Open source" is the slogan of another movement in our community, one that rejects our idealism. The Open Source Initiative makes me feel "left out", and I am glad if some others feel the same way.
When people with those views contribute to free software, we recognize their contribution to the community. But we in the FSF never work on "open source" activities. We want it to be clear that what we are doing is "free software".
I have myself been interacting with students on various projects and have been amazed at their ability to push things through.
This is very different from my experience in the US and Europe. Occasionally a student who becomes a free software developer and does important work acting on his own, but students *in the academic context* hardly ever contribute anything that works.
Have you found it is different in India? I would be glad to learn that Indian students are more effective. If so, it could be worth some effort to try to reach out to them.