Hello all,

> There appears to be a growing recognition of FOSS and Linux in
> e-governance, education and industry and if seminars and events can be
> arranged periodically, it will help guide the efforts of everyone in
> the right direction.

Very true. FOSS is now like every where.

With open source events You
a. make friends
b. come to know the latest trends/technology in the market.
c. can market your skills.
d. get free t-shirts/Goodies/CDs etc...

Few of the events are listed here.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RegionalTeams/India/EventTracker

I have been to Gnuify(http://www.gnunify.in/) twice Once as an
audience and once as a speaker. Ofcourse the experience was different
:) . Its a worth attending event . There are both technical and non
technical discussions. There is some thing for every one, from
beginners to experts.

The next big event is coming in this November, FOSS.IN/2008(http://foss.in/).
I will be attending it this time.

You can only realize the benefits of such events when you attend one of them.

Hope to meet you in one such event.

Cheers.
Neependra