Digital colonization and open source technologies
Thursday Mar 20, 2008
We are fortunate to have Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director of Government Strategy for Sun Microsystems, talk to us on "Digital Colonization and Open Source Technologies". The talk will focus on the economics of global IPR regime and the importance of quickly adopting open source technologies.
Besides his strategic role for Sun, Dr. Jaijit is Adjunct Faculty at IIT Delhi, Vice President of IOTA, Government of West Bengal. He is responsible for the creation of the next generation of solutions for governments, based on open standards. He has numerous research papers to his credit in leading journals and conferences. He is the author/co-author of three books on e-Governance including the first book on e-Governance in India, ‘Government On-line – Opportunities and Challenges’ released by former president of India - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
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