The IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-GIS team is delighted to make a major announcement on the schedule of its flagship GIS-based activities (i.e.) Mapathon (for details, please visit: https://iitb-fossee-mapathon.fossee.in), GIS Case Study, GIS Internship, GIS Summer School, etc for the year 2023. For more details, please visit https://gis.fossee.in/schedule

FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools in academia and research. The FOSSEE project is developed at IIT Bombay and is part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

URL: https://gis.fossee.in/schedule

Email: mohamedkasim@iitb.ac.in ; gis@fossee.in

Phone: (022) 2576-4111

Venue: IIT Bombay & IIT Tirupati (Hybrid mode)

Important dates:

Major announcement of IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-GIS activities:  

January 26, 2023

(IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-GIS website: https//gis.fossee.in)

IIT Bombay-FOSSEE MAPATHON

Registration open till

March 31, 2023

Formal Inauguration @IIT Tirupati campus

February 22, 2023

Pre-orientation & FAQ session

March 31, 2023

Submission Window

April 1, 2023 to April 15, 2023

Doubt clearing session #01

April 05, 2023

Doubt clearing session #02

April 12, 2023

Evaluation Window

April 16, 2023 to April 26, 2023

Result Declaration

April 30, 2023 (Tentative)

IIT Bombay FOSSEE GIS CASE STUDY

IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-GIS Case Study window

May 01, 2023 to May 30, 2023

(The eligibility criteria for the case study is to (i). either become a champion or winner in the Mapathon; or (ii). participate in the Indian Rural Data Observatory challenge (organized jointly by FOSSEE & the Rural Data Research and Analysis Lab, IIT Bombay).

IIT Bombay FOSSEE GIS INTERNSHIP

GIS Internship Registration window

Juney 01, 2023 to July 05, 2023

Internship starts

June 01, 2023

Internship ends

June 15, 2023

Awarding ceremony

July 20, 2023 (Hybrid mode)

IIT Bombay FOSSEE GIS SUMMER SCHOOL

IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-GIS Summer school window

July 20 to August 05, 2023

Venue: IIT Tirupati ( more details shall be informed to the selected participants)