Guest Lecture on "The Emergence of Open Source Software Networks"
The Department of MCA organized a guest lecture on 'The Emergence of Open Source Software Networks' on 19th March 2016. Mr.G.Pasupathi, Senior Software Developer, Razorfish LTD., Bangalore, was the chief guest for the function. The function started on a divine note with the prayer song. Ms. M.Pavithra of II MCA welcomed the gathering. The function was presided over by Dr. M.Premkumar, Principal, Paavai Engineering College.
Dr.M.Premkumar, in his presidential address, stressed the importance of gathering the new ideas and new thoughts to create innovations. He emphasized the students to utilize the college resources properly and to use opportunities around them. Finally, he insisted the students to interact with the guest and take maximum benefit out of his lecture.
The chief guest Mr.G.Pasupathi, in his inaugural address, instructed the students to gather lot of knowledge from outside world and develop the project for the current trends and market. He also gave detailed information about Open Source Software and its history, Closed Source Software and Reasons for using Open Source Software. Then, he narrated the Drupal-Open Source Content Management System (CMS), Architecture, Data Persistence, Running Drupal, Drupal Modules, Drupal Themes, Custom Content Types, File system structure, Installation of Drupal and creation of website using Drupal. The session was highly interactive and the queries of the students were clearly clarified by the guest. The outcome of the guest lecture is that the students are able to use Drupal (Open Source CMS) for developing applications and creating websites.
Earlier, Introduction of the chief guest was given by Ms.V.Gurupriya, II MCA. The function concluded with the vote of thanks by Ms.M.Kanimozhi, II MCA. Heads of various Departments, Professors, and Lecturers actively participated in the guest lecture programme and made it a grand success. Students from MCA Department participated with full zeal and were benefitted by this programme.