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Organization credits
3
Services
Data migration, E-commerce, Migration, Multilingual websites, Multisite installations, Usability
Sectors
Community, E-Commerce, Education, Government, Healthcare, Non-profit, Publishing, Urban planning
Locations served
India
Headquarters
Hyderabad
Organization type
Volunteer community organization
People
12 (list)

Meet Free Software Movement of India

Free Software Movement of India is a non-profit organization committed to promote Free Software in of India. It has trained around more than 25,000 people since past 7 years.

Drupal Contributions

Free Software Movement of India is a non-profit organization which has a nation-wide presence & is advocating Drupal adoption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Movement_of_India

FSMI has member organizations in many states of India

Presence

State wise their presence is in:

Swecha - Andhra Pradesh http://swecha.org
FSMK - Karnataka http://fsmk.org
FSFTN - Tamil Nadu http://fsftn.org
FSMWB - West Bengal http://fsmwb.org
Muktdhyaan - Maharashtra
Swadhin - Orissa http://swadhin.in
Rajasthan Free Software Initiative
Free Software Movement Himachal

Sectoral movements:

Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom (DAKF) www.dakf.in
Knowledge Commons www.knowledgecommons.in
National Consultative Committee of Computer Teachers Association (NCCCTA)
Appropriate Technology Promotion Society (ATPS) www.atps.in
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo-India)

Initiatives:

FSMI conducted Drupal training session at National Conference for Academics & Research http://ncar2010.fsmi.in/tutorials
Drupal trainings in Summer camps by Swecha in 2009, 2011 & 2012:
http://wiki.swecha.org/doku.php?id=sumcamp_2011 & http://wiki.swecha.org/doku.php?id=sumcamp_2012
Swecha was official organizer of Drupal Hyderabad workshop, 2010
Swecha packages Drupal & it's documentation into it's custom GNU/Linux distribution eSwecha
Mentoring Engineering students on Drupal modules as their final year projects
FSMI & most of the member sites are running on Drupal
Drupal training at National level conference, NCAR: http://ncar2010.fsmi.in/tutorials
Software Freedom Day: http://swecha.org/sff-2012

Swecha provided free venue, internet & resources for:

Hello Drupal trainings: http://groups.drupal.org/node/181219
Drupal 7 release party www.swecha.org/content/drupal-7-release-party
Drupal barcamp: http://groups.drupal.org/node/100369
For most of the Drupal Hyderabad meetings & trainings since 2010

Region wise Drupal trainings conducted by Swecha:

Visakhapatnam: www.swecha.org/visakhapatnam-district-workshop
West Godavari Region: www.swecha.org/content/west-godavari-district-workshop
Vijayawada: www.swecha.org/krishna-guntur-prakasam-district-workshop
Krishna district: www.swecha.org/content/session-gudlavalleru-engineeing-college
Hyderabad: www.swecha.org/workshop-cmr-engineering-college , www.swecha.org/content/zonal-workshop-cvsr-college-engineering
Orissa, Workshop on Free Software, 2nd October 2010: http://nist.edu/seminar&conferences/seminar&conferences.html

Also many similar workshops happening since 2006 which are organized by Swecha, FSFTN, FSMK, etc. throughout India.

FSMI has been organizing National level events and has experience with managing such huge scale events & mobilizing people from different sectors like Industry, Education & NGOs.

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