To
Principals and Directors and faculty members
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have great pleasure in informing you that we
have organised a public lecture by Dr Richard Stallman at VJTI on Friday
,14 February , 2003 at 6 PM to 8-30 PM.
Dr Stallman is well known to the software field
as the pioneer of GNU operating system which is currently popularly used
along with LINUX kernel ( hence properly called gnu/linux) . His well known contributions are gcc compilrs, gnu emacs
and many other systems which are also available on propritory platforms like
MSWindows.
Currently when issues of spreading the IT culture
in education and e-governance are occupying many minds and new avenues for
jobs are being sought, it is natural that students become aware of available
alternatives.
With this in mind, we have taken this opportunity
to invite Dr Stallman for a lecture at VJTI during his tour to India.He has
earlier delivered lectures in IIT and TIFR.
I take this opportunity to invite you and also
faculty and students interested in current trends in software technology.
Free Software is an alternative that needs evaluation
and consideration .
Our student organizations are also proposing to
demonstrate ( before the public lecture ) some software (available on CDs
at copying cost of Rs 25/- per CD containing GNU software)
e.g. KNOPPIX ( a self-booting CD with several pre-installed software)
, GNU-WIN-II ( a collection of software from GNU which also works on MSWindows
OS and similar others. Those interested in this program may contact as below.
I am requesting our Prof T. M. Bansod who has conducted
several workshops on gnu\Linux for engineering teachers to also contact teachers
having taken training at VJTI to attend the lecture.
You may forward this mail to any one you feel may
like to attend the lecture.
I am also enclosing a poster which you may kindly
print and put up on notice boards .
Hoping to see you on 14th ,
Yours sincerely
Dr S. D.Varwandkar
Principal & Secretary, VJTI
Encl: a draft poster
NB: You may contact our website www.vjti.ac.in for further information.
For any clarification, demonstrations and CDs, you may contact any faculty
member at VJTI known to you or coordinator J. N. Shah at jitendras@vsnl.com or phone no. 24151791
TO
Principal, Directors , faculty
of higher and Technical institutions in and around Mumbai,