OLPC Mumbai

XO Laptop

Let's Connect Both

Kids around Mumbai

What do we plan to achieve?

The objectives of the group are simple and listed below

1. Bring a change into lives of the under privilege children through quality education
2. Using OLPC technology as powerful resource to empower kids to learn on their own
3. Prepare them for the bright future
4. Enable children to empower each other and bring about sharing of information as a means of learning to lead a better tomorrow.

OLPC Mumbai meet

The first meet was held on March 14, 2009 between 1400-1700 hrs IST at HBCSE and the following things were discussed.

• OLPC Project Introduction and Introduction of the members present
• An overview of what the OLPC project is all about through Videos and simple explanations.
• Addressed the issue of "Why a LAPTOP? .. proving why an "EDUCATION?" to children.
• Learning from Getting XO Started OLPC Pune Session (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Getting_Started_XO_Pune_Camp)
• Address by Prof. Nagarjuna on Why use FOSS for Education ?
• Sugar - Introduction, Development and Localization
• HOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE ?
• Discussing OLPC Mumbai - Structure, Activities
• OLPC Deployment Mumbai - Roadmap
• Building Various Communities around Project

Things to COMPLETE

• Re-energize the Khairat Project
  1. Marathi Localization for the existing XO laptops with childern at Khairat. (Software version upgradation for the technically inclined)
  2. School Server Upgrade - Moodle (Learning system to be upgraded with content as well as software versions, if required)
  3. Internet Connection (Configuration / Acquiring and a working internet connection)
  4. COW-Power: Electricity Generation (Using cows to rotate an innovative generator to generate enough power to charge the XO laptops)
  5. Alternative sources of electricity to power up the laptops
  6. Point of contact to resolve issues with the laptop be it hardware / software
  7. Continous update to knowledge base setup on the server

• Proposal for DOSTI (NGO "educating" kids in the "premnagar" basti of Worli)
  1. Stakeholders
  2. Initial setup and planning
  3. Technology and Infrastructure support and point of contact
  4. Enabling Knowledge transfer sessions to educate teachers to use XO laptop.

Attendees

1) Amit Gogna (Digital Bridge Foundation) amitg AT laptop DOT org

2) Harriet Vidyasagar (Digital Bridge Foundation) harriet AT laptop DOT org

3) Sapan kadakia (OLPC MUMBAI) sapankadakia AT gmail DOT com

4) Raghu Chetlapalli (OLPC MUMBAI) raghu007 AT gmail DOT com

5) Sameer Joshi (OLPC PUNE) sameer.joshi7887 AT gmail DOT com

6) Prashant Mahajan (OLPC PUNE) prashant3535 AT gmail DOT com

7) Sachin Kadam (OLPC MUMBAI) isrkadam@gmail.com <tentative>

8) Sankool Shah (OLPC MUMBAI) sankool AT gmail DOT com <tentative>

9) Abhishek Goel(OLPC MUMBAI) abhishek AT omair DOT org

10)Nitin Yadav (OLPC MUMBAI) nitin.yadav.007 AT gmail DOT com

11) Ujwala (Dosti Project)

12) Amit Dhakulkar (HBCSE, TIFR Mumbai) damitr AT gmail DOT com

13) Dev Ranjan Das (BARC, Mumbai) devranjandas AT gmail DOT com

14) Sumit Chowdhury (Digital Bridge Foundation)

15) JAY R. SHAH (ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)K.J. SOMAIYA

16)NIRBHIK MODI (ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)K.J. SOMAIYA

16)ADITI UDANI (ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)K.J. SOMAIYA

17)ANKUR ZAVERI (ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)K.J. SOMAIYA

18)Deepam Prithyani(IT Engineering) VESIT deepsp16@gmail.com

19) Roshan Baladhanvi (Between a Fresher and IT Professional) kubunturos@gmail.com

20) Ganesh Gajare(Student) gnowledge.ganesh DOT gmail.com

OLPC Mumbai Panel

Positions Open :-

OLPC Mumbai - Head - 1 member

Technology Incharge - 2 members

Learning / Pedagogy Incharge - 2 members

Marketing Incharge - 2 members

(The above positions are volunteer based and the selection process would follow on the wiki soon )