Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR)
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| Established | 1985 |
| Director | Mr. Lalit S Kathpalia |
| Location |  Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Campus | Atur Centre, Model Colony, Pune |
| Affiliations | Symbiosis International University |
| Website | symbiosiscomputers.com |
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) is an educational institute located in Pune, India. It offers postgraduate and undergraduate degrees in the fields of computer and information technology and is part of the Symbiosis Society. It was established in 1985. In 2002, SICSR became a constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU) as a deemed university.It also has its own wiki for students to refer and contribute on a common platform.
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[edit] Academic programmes
SICSR offers doctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate programmes:
[edit] Doctoral Programmes
[edit] Post-graduate Programmes
- Master of Business Administration (IT)
- Master of Science in Computer Applications
[edit] Under-graduate Programmes
[edit] Student activities
[edit] GNUnify
SICSR hosts the open-source gathering GNUnify (a play on the words GNU and Unify) generally held during the second week of February. GNUnify has featured eminent people like Richard Stallman,[2] Brian Behlendorf, David Axmark,[3] Danese Cooper,[4] Robert Adkins, Alolita Sharma, Prof. Tony Wasserman, Prof. Louis Pott, Niyam Bhushan, Sankarshan, Zahira Bohrat and Anant Narayanan.[5]
[edit] SDRC
Software Development and Research Centre (SDRC) is a student-driven activity in SICSR where students voluntarily develop, implement and maintain software for internal use in SICSR as well as in other Symbiosis institutes. SDRC also supports all kind of IT infrastructure maintenance and upgrade activities in the college.
[edit] Unify
Unify is the annual cultural fest of SICSR since when the college plays host to street drama, rock band, software programming, singing, mad ads competitions.
[edit] Band
The SICSR student band Prosody consisting of Sumit Agarwal (bass guitar), Andre Fernandez (lead vocals), Cariappa Prasad (Hindi vocals), Kirti Pathania (lead guitars), Abhay Sudhakaran (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Angad Pathania (drums) was the winning band on Mantra at Mood Indigo (culfest) and the finalists of Campus Rock Idols in 2007.[6] It was featured as the Artist of the Month in IndianRockMP3.com[7] in February 2009.
[edit] SICSRWIKI
This wiki was officially inaugurated on December 13, 2010 at Symbiosis International University by Erik Moeller, deputy director, Wikimedia Foundation; Danese Cooper, CTO, Wikimedia Foundation; and Alolita Sharma, engineering programs manager, Wikimedia Foundation.
SICSRWiki is an initiative taken by SICSR students where students from all courses come forward to share their knowledge on this common platform. Students contribute articles on technical and non-technical topics. They also share day-to-day experiences in implementing the knowledge that they gain, like sharing knowledge about Moodle, How to set up Drupal on a MAC, etc.
[edit] Arsh
Arsh is the eCell of SICSR under National Entrepreneur Network, consisting of a well-organized core committee and carrying out activities all around the year.
Vichintya 2011: Vichintya was the eWeek organized by the Arsh team from 5 to 9 February 2011.
[edit] SICSR and the FLOSS movement
SICSR has been one of the local pioneers in the Open source movement by taking various initiatives such as introducing PHP, MySQL and Linux Programming in its course syllabi since 2004—which was unheard of in the education scenario in Maharashtra at that time and providing labs equipped with OpenSUSE and Ubuntu.
Beginning with GNUnify since 2003, SICSR has been put on the FOSS map. Along with Pune Linux User Group, SICSR has been organizing Linux Awareness Program since 2004 for promoting training people in FOSS especially Linux and offers certification from SIU.[8]
The institute is a popular meeting place for the likes of Pune Linux User Group and IndicThreads.[9] It has also hosted Barcamp Pune [10] and DrupalCamp.[11]
Prof. Harshad Gune, a permanent faculty in SICSR, is a Board member of the Open Source Initiative.[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Symbiosis International University (SIU)
- ^ FSF India's events page in 2003
- ^ Article in Feb 2008 on Technetra's Blog
- ^ Danese Cooper's Blog entry on GNUnify
- ^ Technetra's Blog Entry on GNUnify 2009
- ^ last.fm's page on Prosody
- ^ Interview with Prosody on IndiaRockMP3.com
- ^ Training/Courses Page on PLUG's website
- ^ IndicThread's meet announcement
- ^ Barcamp5 wiki page
- ^ DrupalCamp 2009's webpage
- ^ The OSI's Board of Directors page
[edit] External links
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