[smc-discuss] Fwd: IEEE Kerala Section – Wednesday Technical Talk – 7 August 2013 - 5:45 PM

[Anivar Aravind]

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From: "IEEE KERALA SECTION" <ieeeks.keralasection at gmail.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2013 6:28 PM
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*IEEE** **Kerala Section*

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*cordially invites you to attend Technical talk on*

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*12 years of Malayalam Computing and the way forward*

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*by*

*Mr.Anivar A Aravind*

*Secretary, Swathanthra Malayalam Computing*

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*Consultant, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)
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*on*

*Wednesday  7 August  2013 at 5:45 PM*

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*at*

*The Institution of Engineers (India) Hall***

*Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Opposite to Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum - 695 033*

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*JOINTLY ORGANISED BY:*

    1. *THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA)* Kerala State Centre
    2. *COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA* Trivandrum Chapter
    3. *AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA* Trivandrum Branch

    4. *SYSTEMS SOCIETY OF INDIA* Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

    5.* **IETE* Thiruvananthapuram  Local Centre

    6. *PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE* – Trivandrum - Kerala Chapter

    7. *Indian National Society for Aerospace and Related Mechanisms*,
Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

    8. *Society of Aerospace Manufacturing Engineers, *Thiruvananthapuram
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Website: www.ieee.org/kerala     e-mail: ieeek at vsnl.com   /
ieeeks.keralasection at gmail.com       Tel: 0471-2473515 (5 PM - 7 PM)


*Topic: 12 years of Malayalam Computing and the way forward*

Discussions on Malaylam and its computing are again getting prominence
after the initiation of Malayalam University and achievement of classical
status to Malayalam language. It has been 12 years since language computing
efforts started in Indian languages.  Malayalam has the most active
community which work on language computing. Most of these achievements
volunteer efforts by developers working in various companies using their
free time. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (SMC) is a 11 year old free
software collective engaged in development, localization, standardization
and popularization of various Free and Open Source Softwares in Malayalam
language. "എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിനു് എന്റെ ഭാഷ" is the slogan of the
organization, which translates to "My language for/on My Computer". SMC has
been active since October 2002 and has been working to provide Malayalam
language tools that work on all layers of computing including and not
limited to rendering fixes, fonts, input mechanisms, translations
(localization), text-to-speech engines, dictionaries, spell checkers and
other indic script based language computing specific tools across Mobile
and Desktop operating systems.*
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This talk is planned as a quick walk through major Malayalam computing
 developments
and achievements in last 12 years by various stakeholders  and  a technical
roadmap presentation for coming years. *

Speaker: Anivar Aravind*

Anivar A. Aravind is a social entrepreneur, Technology consultant and free
software advocate currently based on Bangalore . He is a Engineering
Graduate in Information Technology from CUSAT . Anivar is a Free and Open
source Software(FOSS) Evangelist & Developer with more than 10 years
experience and currently acting the role of secretary of Swathanthra
Malayalam Computing. He has substantial experience in mentoring many free
and open source software projects and startups in Social technology space
to find their feet, assisting in various capacities from part- time adviser
to chief technologist. Anivar has worked on many fronts like Open
standards, Internet Governance, language technology , FOSS Licensing,
Accessibility, ICT public policy and coordinating remote and scattered
teams. He has extensive experience working with many small and large
organisations at the local, regional, national and international levels. He
contributed to the launch and maintenance of many thematic and regional
networks and his activism has always focused on bridging the awareness gap
between digital rights activism and general public in India. . He is well
known in Indian FOSS community.
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