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Panel Discussion - Fostering FOSS culture in tier II/III cities

on YouTube 56m
Panelat IndiaFOSS 3.0 · 2023-10-28..10-29· [diversity-and-inclusion]

speakers

name:Hussain Nagaria
linkedin:mohammad-hussain-nagaria-93a36a12b
name:Subin Siby
website:https://subinsb.com/projects
name:Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran
x:bhuvanakotees1
name:Viji sulochana
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/zG936yFgAuU
slides:none on file

summary

Grassroots groups report concrete wins: an IT park government order clears land, trainings select ~100 students from 1,000+ applicants and funnel successful trainees into paid internships with local companies, village outreach runs 100 villages 100 GLS meetups every weekend, a hybrid regional event brings 50–60 women into open source, and Kerala-style school rollout with the Kite Linux distribution and offline tools (GCompris, Scratch) proves low-bandwidth entry points and produces measurable learner engagement.

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chapters (10)

  1. 0:00Panel introduction
  2. 3:20Speakers' backgrounds
  3. 10:30Tech access challenges
  4. 22:40Overcoming learning barriers
  5. 31:15FOSS in education
  6. 39:50Community mentorship
  7. 46:00Local FOSS discoverability
  8. 48:47Policy and government collaboration
  9. 52:45Lowering barriers inclusively
  10. 55:36Q&A

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