The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is now accepting applications for the Summer Fellowship in Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education (FOSSEE) 2021. Students pursuing any degree, from any college, and at any stage of their graduation or post-graduation studies are eligible to apply for the fellowship programme.
Aspiring candidates should keep in mind that the application deadline for IIT Bombay FOSSEE 2021 is May 5, 2021. The results will be announced in the last week of May, and the Fellowship programme will begin on June 1st, tentatively.
Before beginning the fellowship programme, applicants must complete some screening tasks and learn a FLOSS. The task list and other information about the fellowship can be found at fossee.in/fellowship/2021.
“These tasks may include programming, scientific computing, holding awareness workshops, and gathering data that will be useful to the community. These screening tasks are not difficult and can be completed in two to four weeks, according to an official statement from IIT Bombay. Tasks may be submitted until May 15th.
IIT Bombay FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021: Important Dates
| Event | Date |
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Registrations and Submission opens on |
17 April 2021 |
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Registration closes on |
05 May 2021 |
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Submission closes on |
15 May 2021 |
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Announcement of the Fellowship results |
Last Week of May 2021 |
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Commencement of Fellowship will be tentatively from |
01 June 2021 |
IIT Bombay FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021: Registration And Selection Process
Candidates can learn more about the registration and selection process by clicking on the links below:
- On the official website, click the registration link. Fill out the form
- Choose one topic and submit the screening task for that topic.
- Domain experts will review the completed tasks.
- Following the review, the selected participants will be invited to participate in the FOSSEE Summer Fellowship-2021.
IIT Bombay FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021: Topics for Screening Task Submission
Following are the screening task topics alloted by IIT Bombay for FOSSWEE Summer Fellowship 2021.
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S No |
Projects |
Project Details |
Screening Tasks |
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1 |
Chemical Process Simulation |
Create process flowsheets using DWSIM and OpenModelica |
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2 |
eSim on Cloud |
Design and develop a web-based Electronic Circuit design and simulator which will be hosted on the cloud. |
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3 |
Arduino on Cloud |
Design and develop a web-based Arduino circuit design and simulator which will be hosted on the cloud. |
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4 |
FOCAL |
Creating graphics and animations using Inkscape, GIMP, Blender, etc. |
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5 |
Electronic Circuit Simulation (eSim) |
Simulate circuits using the NGHDL feature. |
In case any aspirant face any issue at any stage of FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021, can directly contact with the concerned authorities at the following address:
For general inquiries about the Fellowship and its application process, please contact us at info@fossee.in.
IIT Bombay FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021: Important Guidelines
- The FOSSEE team recommends that you choose only one of the topics listed in the table above.
- We strongly advise you to complete and submit at least one task from the chosen topic in order to improve your chances of selection.
- Each task should be completed by a single person. We do not accept group submissions
- Please ensure that your submission files contain no copyrighted content.
- The FOSSEE team will evaluate the submissions and announce the final list of selected candidates for fellowship based on the tasks submitted's completeness, correctness, and quality.
- The FOSSEE team reserves the right to select and reject FOSSEE fellows. This decision will be final and irreversible.
About IIT Bombay FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2021
The FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay, which began in 2020, aims to promote the use of free and open software tools while reducing reliance on proprietary software in order to improve the country's educational quality.
The FOSSEE project is part of the Ministry of Education's National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
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