[GNU/LinuxInIndia] BANGALORE Prajña : Cognizant FLOSS Corps

Prajña : Cognizant FLOSS Corps

I have started a new group (so far unofficial) in Cognizant which
endeavours to help in the upliftment of the rural & urban poor of
India by giving them a digital edge achieved by implementing &
teaching FLOSS based solutions in academic institutions & self help
communities.

We are Prajña : Cognizant FLOSS Corps.

Prajña, in Sanskrit, stands for wisdom, intelligence which we try to
impart & also comes closest to the translation of Cognizant. I plan to
use swan as a mascot. Swan is closest to Hamsa, Saraswati's vahan &
represents wisdom & knowledge too :)

It is still in its infancy (only two days old) and not much has been
setup, except for securing the help of some people who have promised
help in their personal capacities. I am putting a mind map here on my
plans for this group & solicit your feedback & suggestions.

The idea for starting such a group got seeded in my mind while I was
researching for the previous post of mine called " Satyagrah for
Swatantra Software in India". The blog has also been posted in
Cognizant's internal blogs (ch1blogs, short for Channel One Blogs)
where I maintain a blog called FLOSS Bites. I was very much impressed
& driven by the recent efforts of ilug-cal to implement LTSP in rural
schools & teaching the MLAs (I have mentioned it in my post too).

My idea got watered further during my various discussions on these
internal blogs wrt Charity in Hinduism & Cognizant's Corporate Social