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=Rajan Vaish=
==About me==
Hi,
Hi,
I am Rajan Vaish from India.A Computer Science Major currently pursuing my B.S (4th year) from Jaypee University of Information Technology,Solan,India .I have been programming in C & C++ for last 3 years and lately started working on Java.Apart from the same I have also worked on technologies like .NET(using C#),AJAX some PHP & J2EE.
I am Rajan Vaish from India. I have been serving as Fedora Project Ambassador since Summer 2008.During this time I have been promoting Fedora Project and motivating/teaching people to use Fedora at schools and work. I served as lead member of Linux User Group at [http://www.juit.ac.in/ Jaypee University of Information Technology,Solan,India] and have given a talk at [[FedoraEvents/ReleaseParty/F10/Noida|Winter Academic Program 2008 at JIITU, Noida, India]].
I have worked on UNIX and basic Shell Programming .Latter I was introduced to Linux world in College's Networking Lab,where on Fedora using C programs we were taught to Network(LAN).I have also used Linux for Compiler design Labs using LEX and YACC tools .
Lately by participating at Google Summer of Code,I got an opportunity to intern for OLPC ( One Laptop Per Child ) and to develop a Geography teaching tool for children using Open Source technologies like OpenLayers,MapServer,GeoRSS and QGIS,where I also have to develop installer/packages for Windows/Linux (OLPC XO Laptops run on Fedora)/Macintosh of the tool created.
I have not contributed to the Linux community earlier but with my existing knowledge and will to learn more and with my coming experiences with OLPC ,Fedora is going to last in my life forever and thats the platform I will be using for my final year project where I will be implementing a Ph.D thesis on a Computer Networking project from Stanford University.In the contributers program I saw that one can contribute in a number of ways,so I can help the  community  grow by spreading word about the same in my University and bring more value to the Fedora group.At times I can contribute to the Web Development and I have also worked on Internationalization while working on [http://www.googlemodules.com/author/Rajan+Vaish/ Google Gadgets] within 10 days of their release they have a statistics of more than 150 queries per day.I would love to be part of Fedora Ambassadors Program and contribute in anyway I can.Thanks !!
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[http://linkedin.com/in/rajanvaish Rajan Vaish]
Being part of open source community, I have been closely associated with organizations like [http://laptop.org One Laptop per Child (OLPC)] and [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSM) ] since 2008, and have tried promoting Fedora Project.
*2008 - OLPC intern (worked on XO laptops running over Fedora).
*2009 - OSM intern under Google Summer of Code (worked on an accessible platform independent application).
*2010 - OSM co-admin for Google Summer of Code (encouraging development over Fedora).
*2010 - OSM mentor for an accessible project under OSM (encouraging development over Fedora). 
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I love being part of Fedora Ambassadors Program and will always try to contribute in anyway I can.Thanks.
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[http://rajanvaish.com Rajan Vaish]
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Country/Region : INDIA
Country/Region : INDIA
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 17 September 2016

Rajan Vaish

About me

Hi, I am Rajan Vaish from India. I have been serving as Fedora Project Ambassador since Summer 2008.During this time I have been promoting Fedora Project and motivating/teaching people to use Fedora at schools and work. I served as lead member of Linux User Group at Jaypee University of Information Technology,Solan,India and have given a talk at Winter Academic Program 2008 at JIITU, Noida, India.
Being part of open source community, I have been closely associated with organizations like One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSM) since 2008, and have tried promoting Fedora Project.

  • 2008 - OLPC intern (worked on XO laptops running over Fedora).
  • 2009 - OSM intern under Google Summer of Code (worked on an accessible platform independent application).
  • 2010 - OSM co-admin for Google Summer of Code (encouraging development over Fedora).
  • 2010 - OSM mentor for an accessible project under OSM (encouraging development over Fedora).


I love being part of Fedora Ambassadors Program and will always try to contribute in anyway I can.Thanks.
Rajan Vaish
Country/Region : INDIA

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