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  • FOSSEE Arduino Day 2026:

    FOSSEE Arduino Day 2026, organized by the FOSSEE Project at IIT Bombay from 23–25 March 2026, emerged as a vibrant nationwide celebration of innovation, creativity, and open-source hardware. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from 1000+ school students and 500+ college students who actively explored Arduino, electronics, and real-world problem-solving. School students were introduced to hands-on learning and design thinking, while college participants showcased innovative projects through live presentations demonstrating practical applications of technology. The event fostered a strong spirit of experimentation and collaboration while strengthening the open-source hardware ecosystem and inspiring young minds across the country to build, innovate, and lead. The event details can be found here: https://arduinoday26.fossee.in.

  • Hands-on Workshop on Blender, in Collaboration with PGCA, IIT Bombay:

    The FOCAL team under the FOSSEE project conducted a hands-on workshop titled “Blender: Introduction to 3D Modeling and Basic Engineering Modeling and Animation”, organized by Post Graduate Academic Council, IIT Bombay, on 21 and 22 March 2026. Blender is a free and open-source 3D software that supports multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is widely used for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, visual effects (VFX), and game asset creation. This hands-on workshop was designed as an interactive and experiential learning session, enabling participants to develop practical skills through active participation rather than traditional lecture-based instruction. 

  • eSim Hands-on Workshop in Collaboration with PGAC, IIT Bombay:
    The eSim Team, in collaboration with Post Graduate Academic Council (PGAC), IIT Bombay, conducted a Hands-on Workshop on the Open Source EDA Tool eSim at LC002 on 18th March 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The session was led by the eSim team members of the FOSSEE project.
     
    The workshop provided practical exposure to electronic circuit design and SPICE-based simulation through guided demonstrations and hands-on exercises. It witnessed active participation from around 20 students from B.Tech, Master’s, and PhDs from IIT Bombay and other institutes, along with staff members, including international attendees from Myanmar. The session was highly interactive, with queries and doubts effectively addressed, making it an engaging and impactful learning experience for all participants.

  • Basics of OpenFOAM workshop at Azeotropy 2026:

    The FOSSEE CFD team conducted a workshop on the Basics of OpenFOAM workshop at Azeotropy 2026-Chemical Engineering Symposium, IIT Bombay on 14th March 2026. Participants learnt how to use OpenFOAM to solve a problem in CFD (a Case). They could simulate and run a Case during the workshop. 75 Chemical Engineering students attended the workshops at the Bytes Lab of IIT Bombay. 

  • eSim Camp on Research Migration – Empowering Open-Source Research in Electronics:

    The FOSSEE - eSim  team conducted a half day online workshop on eSim titled eSim Camp on Research Migration – Empowering Open-Source Research in Electronics in collaboration with the Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru, Karnataka on 28 February 2026. This session focused  on introducing the capabilities of eSim 2.5 and educate the students on the process of migrating any published research work into the open-source simulation ecosystem, using eSim. The session was attended by around 200 students along with the faculty members. This session aimed, to encourage the students to contribute to open source, and build simulation competency aligned with industry standards. 

  • FOSSEE Open Source Hardware Hackathon 2026 :

    The FOSSEE Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Hackathon 2026 emerged as a vibrant platform for innovation, attracting an impressive participation of 2200+ students from diverse academic backgrounds. The hackathon was conducted for a duration of a month from 16 February till 16 March 2026. Centered around real-world challenges in Healthcare, Energy, and Smart Infrastructure, the hackathon empowered students to design and build impactful open-source hardware solutions aligned with sustainability goals. With a strong emphasis on hands-on learning, collaboration, and reproducible innovation, the initiative reflects the growing momentum of open technology in shaping a more inclusive and self-reliant future. Regular hand holding/ doubt clearing sessions were conducted for the participants so that they can deliver the best solutions for the selected problems. In the final round there were around 500 submissions received, out of which around 103 submissions were selected as winners in various categories. The results were announced as a culmination of the FOSSEE Arduino Day  on 25 March 2026. The details of the event and the winners can be found in this link: https://oshw26.fossee.in. 

  • DevConf.IN 2026 in Pune:

    The DevConf.IN 2026 was hosted at MIT World Peace University, Pune on 13 - 14 February 2026. The eSim team of FOSSEE project, delivered a session titled “eSim: Building an Open-Source EDA Ecosystem for Education, R&D, and Community Innovation”. The session was attended by around 40 participants. The talk introduced eSim as a fully open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) toolchain for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit simulation, built on established FOSS tools such as ngspice, KiCad, GHDL, and Verilator. The technical overview of eSim’s architecture, simulation workflows, portability across environments, and its evolving AI-assisted capabilities aimed at improving usability and debugging were also presented in detail. The session also highlighted how open-source EDA tools can support education, research, and community driven innovation, while aligning with national initiatives such as the Indian Semiconductor Mission and broader open digital infrastructure efforts.

  • eSim Camp at JSPM's Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Pune:

    An eSim Camp was successfully conducted at JSPM's Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra on 13 February 2026. Around 100 students from the Electronics and Telecommunications department attended the session.  The camp included a hands-on session on eSim where students gained practical exposure to circuit design and simulation. Various academic, research, and project opportunities that can be explored through eSim were also discussed.  The Principal and the Head of the Department (Electronics and Telecommunication) were also present with their continuous support and encouragement throughout the event. Their guidance and cooperation were instrumental in ensuring the smooth execution of the camp.

  • Hands-on workshop on Scilab (in collaboration with PGAC, IIT Bombay):

    The FOSSEE project in collaboration with the Post Graduate Academic Council (PGAC) of IIT Bombay conducted a hands-on workshop on Scilab, a FOSS computational platform used for modelling, simulation and numerical computation. The workshop was conducted in the lecture hall complex of IIT Bombay on Saturday 31 January 2026. This workshop aimed to provide the students with a basic introduction to Scilab. The workshop was conducted using Scilab Spoken Tutorials to ensure effective learning of fundamental concepts. Around 21 post graduate students from various disciplines joined. Prof. Madhu Belur, a Co-PI of the FOSSEE project delivered a talk on the benefits of using open source software, particularly Scilab, instead of proprietary software such as MATLAB. He emphasized on how learning open source tools help students build stronger résumés, improve technical skills, and enhance employment opportunities. A demo of Scilab and the various activities under Scilab was given. The Spoken Tutorial videos of Scilab series were also shared with the students. They were given a detailed walk through on how to use this resource to learn Scilab. Overall, the feedback from participants was positive, and they showed enthusiasm for advanced workshops on Scilab in the future.

  • Workshop on intermediate and advanced level of OpenFOAM:

    A workshop on intermediate and advanced level of OpenFOAM was organised at IIT Bombay on 9 January 2026, following the one day symposium on CFD using OpenFOAM. Prof. Chandan Bose, Project lead of FOSSEE-CFD and the FOSSEE team members conducted the workshop. Dr. Rahul Halder from SISSA Italy presented a demonstration session during the workshop. There were some demonstration as well as hands-on training sessions on OpenFOAM. Around 20 students from IIT Bombay who are using OpenFOAM in their course/ research work attended the workshop.

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