The Linux Foundation Awards 31 Open Source Training Scholarships to Inspiring
Individuals Around the World – Winner from India
2018 represents a record number of
scholarships for training and certification awarded to help promising open
source contributors
The Linux
Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling
mass innovation through open source, has announced the recipients of the 2018
Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarships. LiFT aims to increase
diversity in open source technology by providing access to online and in-person
training and certification exams for underserved demographics at no cost to the
recipient. Since 2010, The Linux Foundation has awarded 106 scholarships worth
over $220,000 providing specialized, technical
training to those who may not have the ability to afford this opportunity
otherwise.
The scholarship recipients for 2018 in
each category are:
Blockchain
Blockbusters
Udah
Vaghvani, 23, India
Udah is using
blockchain technology to remove third-party verification authorities. In doing
this, Udah wants to make multi-source verifications available under one network
so all data is verified by the users -- eliminating the need for further
authentication. He has already created a skeleton of the application that will
be used in this process, and with the LiFT scholarship Udah wants to advance
his skill sets and move forward with completing this process.
Open Source
Newbies
Pujan
Mehta, 20, India
Pujan is a
student pursuing a full-time Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering with
interests in Competitive Coding, Open Source Development and Computer Vision.
He was selected as an Open Source Software Developer at DJ Unicode where he
develops applications to ease the life of students. Pujan was responsible for
developing the back-end of their application. Upon completion of his LiFT
training and certification, Pujan aims to train other individuals interested in
open source and motivate them to pursue advanced training. Additionally, he
plans to complete an internship in security and will use the stipend he
receives to cover the costs for the training and certifications of other people
interested in open source training.
Amith P, 18, India
Amith is a
student in India working toward his bachelor's
of engineering with a focus on electronics and communication. He appreciates
complementary open source softwares as opposed to more costly softwares. Amith
plans to become a contributor to open source through utilizing the training and
certification provided by the LiFT scholarship.
Sweety
Shukla, 19, India
Sweety is a
computer science major at NIT Rourkela with a strong interest in open source.
As a developer, Sweety has used a number of open source softwares including
Linux, Python, ThingSpeak and more. She is a firm believer in utilizing open
source as a means to work together with other developers from diverse
backgrounds and facilitating a sense of community with one another. She is
currently doing projects related to IoT and cloud computing and wants to
eventually begin contributing to the expanding open source community.
Karthik
Ramakrishnan, 18, India
Karthik is a
freshman at the Manipal Institute of Technology in India
pursuing a degree in electronics and communication engineering. He has always
shown an interest in technology and began using Linux as his primary operating
system after he completed LFS101 on edx. Following completion of his LiFT
training and certification, Karthik wants to continue exploring open source and
exchanging knowledge with others within the open source community.
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