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23 Jun: National Seminar On Open Document Format

The department of management sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in association with NIC, is conducting the first National Seminar on Open Document Format, today.

The one-day event, underway at IIT-Delhi, seeks to focus on the impact of ODF on India and the Indian governments, as well as to increase the awareness of the issue. Industry biggies like IBM, TCS, Red Hat, Novell and other members of India-ODF Alliance will participate at the event. The event will feature an exclusive session with representatives of some of these companies. Besides, institutions like IIT Bombay, CDAC, OSSRC, ICEG, ODFAlliance, IIM Ahmedabad will also be present at the seminar.

The seminar is expected to rope in speakers like R. Chandrashekhar, additional secretary-IT, Government of India; Kiran Karnik, president, NASSCOM; Rajdeep Sahrawat, VP-NASSCOM; Prof Dass, IIM Ahmedabad; Dr M. Moni, NIC; Dr Rajagopalan, CDAC; and Sukhbir Singh, BIS.

The speakers will deliberate on topics like `Open Standards and the Indian Industry’; `Why ODF: India-ODF Alliance’; `Economic Impact of ODF’; `Relevance of ODF in India’; `Impact of ODF on India’; `ODF and e-governance’; and `Local Language Support for ODF’.

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