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OSDP

Open Source Developer Program

Informedia Technologies is offering a comprehensive training cum internship program covering - training in open source development methodologies, participating in open source communities, learning and honing skills needed for software development in general and open source development in particular.

The second batch of OSDP training-cum-internship program has been started. We are receiving an overwhelming response from enthused participants.

Read the latest communication sent to applicants of the program.

Freshers:

  • The last date for applying online for the program has been concluded on 31/January/2011. Candidates can still apply for open jobs mentioned on our careers page.
  • The online test scheduled previously has been canceled due to certian reasons. Instead we will be conducting personal interviews for all the candidates. The personal interview will be conducted between 07/Feb/2011 to 11/Feb/2011 at our office premises. The Interview details will be mailed to all the candidates shortly.
  • Short listed participants shall be intimated by 21/Feb/2011
  • The OSDP shall begin at Informedia Technologies on 03/Mar/2011

Students: (MCA/MTech/BE/BTech/BCA/BSc/MSc Students looking for final year projects.)

  • The last date for applying online has been concluded.
  • Applied candidates can expect a intimation mailer shortly with further details.
  • The student will be offered a set of tasks (open source projects) to work on.
  • The student shall be offered mentoring, guidance, occasional training sessions, validation
  • The completed project shall be made available on the internet as an open source project or contributed to the upstream project for inclusion in the project

The first program was conducted during November/December 2009 which launched the careers of more than a dozen open source developers.

Did you know?

  • Google is built using Open Source tools
  • Yahoo! is also built using Open Source technologies
  • Wikipedia runs using Open Source technologies
  • Almost every company across the spectrum even in India, are running open source in one form or the other
  • Linux, Firefox, MySQL, PHP are some of the most popular open source technologies
  • There's an open source implementation of the .NET platform as well - http://www.mono-project.com/
  • Many Governments, including India have mandated the use of Open Source for their departments.

Who can benefit?

  • Students studying under-graduate/post-graduate courses in Engineering, Science, Commerce streams,
  • Graduates seeking jobs,
  • Professionals looking to hone their skills
  • Hobbyists wanting to learn some new tools
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Advantages of the Open Source Developer training Program

  • The programme is supported by several mentors from the Industry and the Academia
  • The programme prepares the participant to contribute and work on challenging open source projects
  • Participants get an unbeatable edge in job interviews and amongst peers in projects
  • The programme helps the participants discover the sharing and open culture in the communities
  • Training programme conducted by professionals having over 8-10 years experience in Open Source
  • Opportunities to work on projects for large corporates and well known institutions
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Internship

  • As part of the OSDP, Informedia Technologies offers a three month internship programme
  • During the internship, participants are mentored and guided to work on several projects
  • The source code/documentation/experiences during the internship shall be contributed back to the projects
  • Placement support shall be provided to the interns in various companies
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References

http://news.cnet.com/A-look-inside-Googles-open-source-kitchen/2008-7344_3-6143465.html

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/

http://www.mit.gov.in/download/Policyonopensandards.pdf