Sankalan was born in the year 2005, with the aim of being a confluence of technical minds gathering from all over the country. Since its inception, Sankalan has grown bigger and stronger each year, providing students with a platform to showcase their talent, skills and abilities in a plethora of events ranging from coding and technical paper presentation, to turn court and just-a-minute. Students from eminent institutions converge every year to share our dream and vision of making Sankalan a breeding ground where great minds think, plan and create.
Industry bigwigs like Microsoft, Sapient and Aricent have been associated with Sankalan and there have been new partnerships forged each year. Eminent personalities from the industry and academia bless Sankalan with their presence every year, interacting with students, exchanging ideas and participating in seminars. With the 'Open' atmosphere surrounding Sankalan, it has evolved into being not just a technical festival, but a celebration of technology. Two days of intense competition coupled with heaps of fun, and novel exposure provide students with a stage to learn, appreciate and celebrate information technology in its purest of forms.
Sankalan is an eclectic mix of technical and non-technical events. Coding, Web designing, debugging, technical paper presentation, it quiz, etc complete the diaspora of technical events, whereas LAN gaming, turn court and JAM form a gamut of non-technical events. This year, there is a new event in our roster - Electronics. Paying tribute to the digital purity of 1's and 0's, this event will test the ability of students to code 'bare-bones' in 8085 assembly language and design circuits. Nirvana for chip-heads who breathe Computer Science!
'Compiling Innovations' are the two words which describe Sankalan. Talent should be encouraged and innovation applauded. There should be free flow of knowledge and ideas. In line with our open philosophies, the theme at Sankalan this year will be 'Open Source' software. The movement pioneered by Open Source evangelists such as Eric S. Raymond and Richard Stallman has resulted in a creative explosion, aiding not only academia and research with innovative and free software, but also supporting small and large businesses with revolutionary solutions. Be it the Apache web server with two-thirds market share, or the Linux kernel which is seeing increased use in homes and offices and a strong base in research and academic institutions, Open Source software is playing an instrumental role in driving innovation and growth. In doing our bit to encourage FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), we will provide Open Source platforms in all our technical events this year. The Sankalan website is hosted on a LAMP stack (Linux Apache MySql PHP), and Ubuntu will be the platform of choice this year for coding/development events.
With 'Open' hearts, minds and arms, we invite you to Sankalan 2011 to be held on 5th and 6th of March, 2011 at the Convention Centre, University of Delhi (North Campus). Join us as we celebrate Information Technology and Computer Science with the spirit of being 'Open'. Till then, as they say... Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish and Be Open!
Sankalan 2011 web-site : http://cs.du.ac.in/sankalan2011
Sankalan 2011 web-site : http://cs.du.ac.in/sankalan2011
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