Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
Campus News
ABCD clean up drive….
Oct 18th
Continuing the clean up drive, yet another cleaning was conducted in karunagapally region on 16th of october by the bramacharis from ashram and students of the college……..at the end of the day a clean karunagapally was seen…….hoping that the local people take up the initiative to maintain the area neat and clean,we now plan to move forward……….closer to AMMA’s vision of a clean INDIA……
“BarCamp” – A New Revolution in Knowledge Sharing
Oct 4th
When I first heard of the term “BarCamp” a few years back, I was totally confused with it. Lot of thoughts went through my mind. The term “Bar” is little bit confusing here. I thought it as a gathering of drunkards in a bar. With this thought in my mind, initially I was indifferent to it.
One day, during a casual talk with one of my colleagues Mr. Anish Chandran, I came to know that this BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of technology enthusiasts from different parts of the country/world at a particular place. By that time, he already attended two three barcamps organized by barcampkerala team. He also took a few sessions in those barcamps. His words changed my attitude towards it.
With this idea in our minds, during the second anniversary celebrations of ACM student chapter, we introduced “Technical Unconferencing” in the campus last year. Students and faculty of our campus got a unique platform to share their thoughts on various technical areas they are really interested in. As their audience, they got people with same mindset and most of the sessions were on ablaze. Those who came there just to see what it is also took part actively in it.
People feel very relaxed when a technical/non technical session is organized in a very informal way in an open environment. In a classroom type setup or in a formal seminar session, all the people listening to it may not be interested in that topic. People feel it improper in leaving the room during the session. But ”unconference” is just the opposite of the normal conference where there is no such formalities. People can come in and go out at any time on their own interest. Here there is no spectators, only participants.
Barcamp is a group of such unconferencing sessions on different technical and non technical areas going on simultaneously. People can attend any of these sessions according to their interest.
A Little History and the conduct of BarCamp
BarCamp arose as a spin-off of Foo Camp, an annual invitation-only participant driven conference hosted by the founder of O’Reilly media, Mr. Tim O’Rrilly.
Is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment.
It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event.
“Foo” and “Bar” are placeholder names usually used in computer programming or computer related documentation. The terms are used to name entities such as variables, functions and commands whose purpose is unimportant and serve only to demonstrate a concept.
The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto, California, from August 19–21, 2005.
BarCamps are organized and evangelized largely through the web.
Anyone can initiate a BarCamp through the site www.barcamp.org
The Kerala version of BarCamp started three years back by a group of technology evangelists.
They can be reached through the site www.barcampkerala.org
The first ever BarCamp in Kerala was organized at Technopark Trivandrum on 13, Nov, 2007.
After this, seven more BarCamps were hosted successfully in different organizations/institutions across Kerala.
BarCamp Kerala 9 @ Amritapuri Campus
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus is hosting the 9th BarCamp in Kerala on 14, Nov,2010.
We are also very glad to celebrate the third anniversary of BarCamp Kerala in our campus.
Those who are interested in the idea and not yet registered for the camp, please do it now itself through the site www.barcampkerala.org
There are no registration fees or any charges for the barcamp as this is a user-generated conference.
If you wish to take a session, register the topic for your session in the site by clicking the link “Sessions“.
Attendees can register by clicking the link “Attendees“.
On behalf of Amrita and BarCamp Kerala, I personally invite each one of you to be an integral part of this new revolution of knowledge sharing…
Birthday, 2010 – Amritapuri Gearing Up for September 27
Sep 27th
It is less than twelve hours for the ‘go’!
Activity – that is one word that will describe anything one can see here. Another word is ‘massive’ – be it the arrangements and preparation for reception and accommodation, seating the guests in the ‘pandal’, putting up the stage, catering, sanitary, stage, welcome to the first-timers … you name it! As Amma herself points out often, ‘a large heart alone can accept and accommodate the entire world.’
So, what one can see here in Amritapuri is no rare sight for those who have been here on the occasion of Amma’s birthday in the past. Even the smallest of persons – sorry, really, for, such a term does not exist in Amma’s dictionary, for, to Her all of us are “forms of the same magnificent Divinity and hence neither small or big, high or low” – is doing his/her best to gear up to the occasion to make everything in the festivities and celebrations of this day a grand success. Several devotees of Amma have travelled a couple of thousand kilometers to be here for two or three days, doing any type of ‘seva’ for the satisfaction they find in it. Some have come, cancelling or postponing many important things. Most of them are here braving several inconveniences, willingly stepping out of their comfort zones, just to participate. I happened to meet one (unemployed) youth here today who (preferring anonymity) said that he has an interview today in Thrissur with a bank for employment but that he prefers to be in Amritapuri ‘now’! He is convinced that ‘seva’ here for two days and Amma’s darsan on 27th can get him better placement than this bank job!!
No need to say anything about the inmates at Amrita Math and the local devotees – they are heart and soul into it, doing any possible ‘seva’ unconditionally for their ‘Mother’. The same is the mood and spirit of the students and staff of Amritapuri and other campuses of Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Amrita Vidyalayams and other institutions of Amma. All are in the ‘massive’ ‘action’ like one man.
—————————– Ramanathan PV, Department of English
gurudakshina’10
Sep 15th
For all the love,for all the care
for those bits of wisdom that you share
for the times you’ve been tough,and the times you’ve been kind.
for drilling newtonian laws into our minds.
for the times you’ve told us to speak up
and the times you’ve told us to “SIT DOWN!!!”
for the thumps on our desks to wake us up,
and all those smiles behind the frowns.
for being a friend..and a wise one too.
for being our inspiration and guru..
DEAREST TEACHERS…THANK YOU.
gurudakshina 2010
2pm,15th sept
Sudhamayi hall,A.S.E
BarCamp Kerala 9 (BCK 9) To Be Conducted in Amritapuri Campus.
Sep 7th
Have any interesting topic to share with others? Do you have the desire to learn something new? BarCamp is the perfect venue.
BarCamp Kerala is back with a bang! BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. There are no registration fees or any charges for a barcamp as this is a user-generated conference. You are invited to volunteer for various activities for putting up a successful camp.
We are fortunate to conduct BarCamp Kerala 9 at Amritapuri Campus on November 14th, 2010.
BarCamps are unconferences, which mean
NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS.
BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. There are no registration fees or any charges for a Barcamp as this is a user-generated conference. You are invited to volunteer for variousactivities for putting up a successful camp.
This is not exclusively for techies. This is a meet up of Expert techies, beginners and those who are interested in these subjects but not really into the technology.
Registration: For more information and Registration go to Barcampkerala.
Twitter Hashtag: #bck9 (please include this while you tweet about this event.)
Follow BarCamp Kerala on Twitter: http://twitter.com/barcampkerala
For those who are not familiar with the venue, here are the venue details.
Date: November 14th, 2010
For attendees from Trivandrum Side
For attendees from Alappey, Eranakulam Side
Address
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
Amritapuri.
Clappana P O
Kollam – 690525
Phone: +91 476 2801280
Contact Numbers
Saranjith. S.
email: saran.cybergost@gmail.com
phone: 980 944 0269
P. K. Binu
email: binu@amritapuri.amrita.edu
phone: 964 567 6453
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