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The founder members are [[User:gaurav|Gaurav Chachra]], Rahul Vats & Bhola Nath.
The founder members are [[User:gaurav|Gaurav Chachra]], Rahul Vats & Bhola Nath.


The list of other members of the student chapter along with their membership forms are (Click form images to view at higher resolution):
The complete list of members is available [[OLPC India Student Chapter Members|HERE]]. A few of the members (along with their membership forms) are listed below (Click form images to view at higher resolution):


[[Image:Abhay_Shanker_Singh.jpg|thumb|550px|left|Abhay Shanker Singh]]
[[Image:Abhay_Shanker_Singh.jpg|thumb|550px|left|Abhay Shanker Singh]]

Revision as of 18:46, 16 February 2008

OLPC India Student Chapter is an organization whose primary aim is to spread awareness about OLPC in India and unite the student manpower of various universities, colleges and schools. The organization was formed on 5th February 2008 at a seminar in Panjab University, Chandigarh. Additionally, the organization plans to make various teams of students to work on different aspects of OLPC.


The Formation

The OLPC Student Chapter was formed on 5th February 2008 at a seminar in engineering department of Panjab University, Chandigarh. The seminar was presided by Dr. Daljit Singh (Former Counselor (Science & Tech.), Embassy of India in USA) and Dr. US Shivhare (Editor, International Journal of Food Technology, USA). A presentation on OLPC was delivered by three students of engineering department. The OLPC project got overwhelming response of the audience (numbering about 100 people) and the organization came into effect.


The Presentation

The powerpoint presentation that was delivered on 5th February 2008 is available HERE for download.

A half an hour video of the presentation is uploaded on Google Video and can be viewed HERE (As the lights were turned off during the presentation, video is not clear but audio is clear enough).

Members

The founder members are Gaurav Chachra, Rahul Vats & Bhola Nath.

The complete list of members is available HERE. A few of the members (along with their membership forms) are listed below (Click form images to view at higher resolution):

Abhay Shanker Singh
Abhishek Kumar
Anuj_Srivastava
Anupam Alok
Bhartendu Vimal
Gauhar Pruthi
Karan Manchanda
Pramod Kumar
Prateek Kumar Arora
Prerna Goyal
Puneet Kumar
Rahul Sehrawat
Ranjeet Kumar
Richa Luthra
Sabiha Basur
Sumiran Kumar
T Pooja
Vivek Jain
Vivek Sinha