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Maker Party, Pune 2013

Me...from behind the Firefox curtains during the show (Photo courtesy: Niraj Kasar) When Mozilla decides to begin their Webmaker party from 15th June 2013, how can the Mozilla India community not abide by the date!  The Mozilla India community began their Webmaker party with the MakerParty, Pune . This event was aimed at introducing the Mozilla World to the fresh batch of M.Sc(CA) students in Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research who are new to the FOSS world and are taking their first steps into the Open Source Communities.The event did serve its purpose right. Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research is  like the unofficial event venue for most of the FOSS events taking place in Pune. The infrastructure is provided free of cost and thus the budget is never a concern. Getting permission to use this venue is again a very easy job when the Deputy director of the college is the chairman of OSI (Open Source Initiatives). When my HOD sa