Training

SPACE conducted a two day workshop on “ICT for Children with Special needs” at the Dept. of Rehabilitation Science and Special Education, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli on 10th & 11th January 2013. Around 20 post graduate students from the department attended the programme.
Mr. Rijoy and Mr. Deepuraj from SPACE introduced and explained ICT tools in free software which are used by the visually challenged and autistic students.

SPACE and IIITM-K jointly organised a training workshop on Alfresco Document Management System on 2 January 2013 at IIITM-K Lab, Technopark. The resource person Mr. Joseph John, an engineer based in the UAE,  is a promoter of free and open source tools.

64 students selected by Community Agrobiodiversity Centre, Kalpatta received training in ICT tools during workshops held between 27 to 30 December 2012. For purposes of convenience, the participants were divided into two groups of 30 and 34 students based on their age.

SPACE programme for setting up rural information, technology and documentation centres has been extended to Wayanad through Community Agrobiodiversity Centre of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF). The centre will spearhead activities to document and preserve the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage of the tribes of Wayanad and also explore other possibilities that ICT offers.

SPACE conducted a two day workshop on GNU/Linux System Administration at Mariyan Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram from 18-19 December 2012. Mtech students and faculty members of the college participated in the hands-on training.