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== Ankur Verma ==
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{{User student | Senior | Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the [http://www.nsit.ac.in Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology]
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= Ankur Verma =
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'''Email:''' ankur.verma (at) nsitonline (dot) in


Intern (May'08 - July'08), One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge, U.S.
'''Background:''' I am a third year undergraduate student pursuing Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications Engineering from the University of Delhi (NSIT), India.


== Areas of involvement ==
'''Technical Skills''': My forte is to work passionately!
* Deployment at ''Katha Khazana'', a school setup by Katha organization in a slum community at New Delhi. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Katha_Chronicle] [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e9/Katha_chronicle.pdf]
Currently, I am involved in development of a game Food Force for XO. In past, I have worked for OLPC as summer of content intern. Besides, I am a first author of an international journal publication and also have published various articles/papers in national magazines/journals.
* SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS]
* Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Modem]
I have diverse interests which include Circuit Design, Software Development and Embedded Development. For more information about my academic/research work, you can see my webpage [[http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/]].
* Summer of Content -- an internship program co-organized by OLPC and COL. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hackety_Hacking_the_Computer_Science_Classroom_Workspace]

== Contact ==

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Email: ankur at laptop dot org

IRC: ankur on #olpc, #sugar

Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/

== Weekly Updates ==
=== Week 29th May - 6th June ===

* Internship started from 29th May.
* Started learning about working with modems on linux
* Updated [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]] with steps to work with Franklin Modem

=== Week 9th June - 13th June ===

* Added updated scripts to [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]]
* Along with Daniel Drake and Chris Carrick, Worked on setting up of school server and demonstrated it at Grassroots bootcamp at Cambridge, MA - OLPC headquarters (1CC)
* Attended Grassroots Jam at New York.

=== Week 16th June - 20th June ===

* Worked on Internet Connectivity of XO with Sierra Wireless Modem and Sprint wireless modem.

=== Week 21st June - 28th June ===

* Worked on Motorola T-mobile Modem. Updated wiki page.
* Updated [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Configuration_Management#Internet_Connectivity_using_Mobile_Technologies_.283G.2C_GPRS.2C_CDMA.29] page with server connectivity using modems

=== 30th June - 10th July ===

Imagine Cup world finals at Paris, France

=== 13th July - 19th July ===

* Set up XO as OLPC SMS Gateway using SMS Server tools

=== 21st July - 26th July ===

* Integrated SMS capability to Chat activity on XO

[[ankur_notes]]

Latest revision as of 13:42, 8 May 2009

Nuvola apps edu miscellaneous.png This user is a Senior student– Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
@ ankur
laptop.org

Ankur Verma

Intern (May'08 - July'08), One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge, U.S.

Areas of involvement

  • Deployment at Katha Khazana, a school setup by Katha organization in a slum community at New Delhi. [1] [2]
  • SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[3]
  • Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [4]
  • Summer of Content -- an internship program co-organized by OLPC and COL. [5]

Contact

Email: ankur at laptop dot org

IRC: ankur on #olpc, #sugar

Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/

Weekly Updates

Week 29th May - 6th June

  • Internship started from 29th May.
  • Started learning about working with modems on linux
  • Updated XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem with steps to work with Franklin Modem

Week 9th June - 13th June

  • Added updated scripts to XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem
  • Along with Daniel Drake and Chris Carrick, Worked on setting up of school server and demonstrated it at Grassroots bootcamp at Cambridge, MA - OLPC headquarters (1CC)
  • Attended Grassroots Jam at New York.

Week 16th June - 20th June

  • Worked on Internet Connectivity of XO with Sierra Wireless Modem and Sprint wireless modem.

Week 21st June - 28th June

  • Worked on Motorola T-mobile Modem. Updated wiki page.
  • Updated [6] page with server connectivity using modems

30th June - 10th July

Imagine Cup world finals at Paris, France

13th July - 19th July

  • Set up XO as OLPC SMS Gateway using SMS Server tools

21st July - 26th July

  • Integrated SMS capability to Chat activity on XO

ankur_notes

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