About

FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools to improve the quality of education in our country. We aim to reduce dependency on proprietary software in educational institutions. We encourage the use of FLOSS tools through various activities to ensure commercial software is replaced by equivalent FLOSS tools. We also develop new FLOSS tools and upgrade existing tools to meet requirements in academia and research.
The FOSSEE project is part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

Active Faculty Members involved in FOSSEE


1 Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran Dept. of Aerospace Engg PI
2 Prof. P Sunthar Dept. of Chemical Engg. CO-PI
3 Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh Dept. of Civil Engg. CO-PI
4 Prof. Pennan Chinnasamy Centre for Tech. Alt. For Rural Areas CO-PI
5  Prof. Kumar Appaiah       Dept. of Electrical Engg. CO-PI
6 Prof. Radhendushka Srivastava Dept. of Mathematics CO-PI
7 Prof. Ashutosh Mahajan Industrial Eng. & Operations Research CO-PI
8 Prof. Manaswita Bose Dept. of Energy Sci. & Engg. CO-PI
9 Prof. Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan Dept.of Mechanical Engg. CO-PI
10 Prof. Chandan Bose Visiting Faculty, Dept.of Chemical Engg. CO-PI

FOSSEE: Project Progress

  April 17 - Sep 17 (No. of Institutions) Oct 17 - Mar 18
(No. of Institutions)		 Apr 18 - Mar 19
(No. of Institutions)		 Apr 19 - Mar 20
(No. of Institutions)		 Apr 20 - Mar 21
(No. of Institutions)		 Apr 21 - Mar 22
(No. of Institutions)		 Apr 22 - Mar 23
(No. of Institutions)
Target 175 500 1000 1000 1100 1100 1200
Outcome 189 872 1080 1062 1195 1110 1200

For the definition of institutions, please refer here.