Workshop on Python

22nd June 2019

A one day main Workshop on Python was conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on 22nd June 2019 at Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida (Remote Centre ID : 1316). The workshop meant for faculties from technical institutes and schools was organized through A-View under the aegis of  'Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching' (PMMMNMTT), funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

47 registered faculty members from technical institutes and schools attended the workshop at Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida. The workshop at DGI was locally coordinated by Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, DGI, Greater Noida.

The workshop was inaugurated at 9:30 a.m. by  Prof. Prabhu Ramchandran, Course Coordinator from IIT Bombay. Giving an overview of Python, Prof.Ramchandran said that it is a very versatile and easy-to-learn programming language with an extensive library of open tools allowing users to solve a variety of problems. Prof. Ramchandran said that Python has a rich ecosystem of libraries and tools for scientific computing and data science. There are libraries that provide a powerful interactive computing environment both on the console as well as on a web-browser. Python can interface relatively easily with other well-established languages like FORTRAN/C and C++. In addition to this Python also has libraries to build user interfaces, build web applications, interface to hardware, and a whole host of other domains. This makes Python an excellent language to learn opening up a world of possibilities to users who desire to use their computers more effectively.

Giving a brief of the course, Miss Nancy - Spoken Tutorial Coordinator, IIT Bombay said that FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project at IIT Bombay has been promoting Python, and other FLOSS software, such as Scilab, OpenFOAM, eSim, Osdag, OpenModelica, DWSIM & R, and Open Source hardware, such as Arduino and OpenPLC. FOSSEE is also funded by NMEICT, MHRD. Government of India has mandated the use of open source software.

After the inaugural session, participants watched the ST-Videos on Python and also got practical exposure using side-by-side learning method.

They following topics were later covered by the participants through video lecture:

The workshop ended with a doubt clearing session with Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay and Prof. Prabhu Ramchandran.