<s>
Swecha	B-Application
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
formerly	O
called	O
as	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Andhra	O
Pradesh	O
(	O
FSF-AP	O
)	O
later	O
changed	O
name	O
to	O
Swecha	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
Telugu	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
released	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Movement	O
of	O
India	O
(	O
FSMI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
is	O
a	O
social	O
movement	O
working	O
towards	O
educating	O
the	O
masses	O
with	O
the	O
essence	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
to	O
provide	O
knowledge	O
to	O
the	O
commoners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
organizes	O
workshops	O
and	O
seminars	O
in	O
the	O
Indian	O
state	O
of	O
Telangana	O
and	O
Andhra	O
Pradesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presently	O
Swecha	B-Application
is	O
active	O
GLUG	O
(	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
User	O
Group	O
)	O
in	O
many	O
engineering	O
colleges	O
like	O
International	O
Institute	O
of	O
Information	B-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
Hyderabad	O
,	O
Jawaharlal	O
Nehru	O
Technological	O
University	O
,	O
Hyderabad	O
,	O
Chaitanya	O
Bharathi	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
St.	O
Martin	O
's	O
Engineering	O
College	O
,	O
Sridevi	O
Women	O
's	O
Engineering	O
College	O
,	O
Mahatma	O
Gandhi	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
SCIENT	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
CMR	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
Hyderabad	O
,	O
Jyothishmathi	O
College	O
of	O
Engineering	O
and	O
Technology	O
,	O
MVGR	O
College	O
of	O
Engineering	O
,	O
K	O
L	O
University	O
and	O
Ace	O
Engineering	O
College	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
take	O
forward	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
its	O
ideological	O
implications	O
to	O
all	O
corners	O
of	O
our	O
country	O
from	O
the	O
developed	O
domains	O
to	O
the	O
underprivileged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
create	O
awareness	O
among	O
computer	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
work	O
towards	O
usage	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
all	O
streams	O
of	O
sciences	O
and	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
take	O
forward	O
implementation	O
and	O
usage	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
school	O
education	O
,	O
academics	O
and	O
higher	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
work	O
towards	O
e-literacy	O
and	O
bridging	O
digital	O
divide	O
based	O
on	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
mobilizing	O
the	O
underprivileged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
work	O
towards	O
a	O
policy	O
change	O
favoring	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
all	O
walks	O
of	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
hosted	O
a	O
National	O
Convention	O
for	O
Academics	O
and	O
Research	O
which	O
was	O
attended	O
by	O
researchers	O
and	O
academicians	O
from	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abdul	O
Kalam	O
while	O
inaugurating	O
the	O
conference	O
and	O
declaring	O
it	O
open	O
has	O
asked	O
everyone	O
to	O
Embrace	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Philosophy	O
associated	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
One	O
needs	O
to	O
know	O
what	O
is	O
going	O
on	O
in	O
your	O
mobile	O
phone	O
or	O
computer	O
,	O
"	O
said	O
D	O
.	O
Bhuvan	O
Krishna	O
,	O
co-convener	O
of	O
Swecha	B-Application
project	O
which	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
anyone	O
and	O
everyone	O
to	O
modify	O
fills	O
this	O
gap	O
,	O
felt	O
speakers	O
at	O
an	O
event	O
organised	O
to	O
spread	O
the	O
word	O
of	O
Free	O
and	O
open-source	O
software(FOSS )	O
and	O
celebrate	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
latest	O
web	O
browser	O
from	O
the	O
Mozilla	O
Foundation	O
's	O
stable	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
,	O
has	O
organised	O
a	O
15-day	O
workshop	O
in	O
Chaitanya	O
Bharathi	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology(CBIT )	O
for	O
budding	O
software	O
engineers	O
from	O
across	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
students	O
with	O
an	O
opportunity	O
on	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
students	O
contributing	O
towards	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
as	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
only	O
allow	O
students	O
to	O
exercise	O
their	O
creative	O
faculties	O
but	O
also	O
will	O
help	O
society	O
to	O
free	O
itself	O
from	O
the	O
clutches	O
of	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
,	O
an	O
organisation	O
floated	O
to	O
promote	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
movement	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
has	O
organised	O
a	O
one-day	O
workshop	O
on	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Department	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
and	O
Systems	O
Engineering	O
,	O
Andhra	O
University	O
College	O
of	O
Engineering	O
,	O
the	O
students	O
who	O
attended	O
the	O
workshop	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
faculty	O
members	O
joined	O
to	O
formally	O
launch	O
the	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
User	O
Group(GLUG )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
mass	O
movement	O
for	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
Swecha	B-Application
organizes	O
Freedom	O
Fest	O
to	O
promoting	O
use	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
About	O
1,500	O
students	O
from	O
80	O
colleges	O
from	O
Andhra	O
Pradesh	O
,	O
Tamil	O
Nadu	O
,	O
Chhattisgarh	O
converged	O
on	O
the	O
campus	O
to	O
voice	O
their	O
concerns	O
against	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
share	O
their	O
passion	O
for	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
hosted	O
A	O
2	O
Days	O
International	O
Technical	O
Symposium	O
on	O
Free	O
Internet	O
(	O
DFI	O
)	O
&	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
in	O
Hyderabad	O
,	O
Gachibowli	O
in	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
24	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
4700	O
participants	O
attended	O
including	O
the	O
20+	O
delegates	O
from	O
ThoughtWorks	B-Application
&	O
Social	O
Activist	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
organises	O
summer	O
camps	O
every	O
year	O
in	O
which	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
students	O
participate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
camps	O
focus	O
on	O
training	O
students	O
on	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Technology	O
and	O
the	O
culture	O
of	O
sharing	O
and	O
collaborative	O
development	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
aimed	O
at	O
coming	O
out	O
with	O
a	O
localised	B-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
Telugu	O
and	O
providing	O
global	O
software	O
solutions	O
to	O
the	O
local	O
people	O
with	O
the	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
development	I-Application
model	O
by	O
working	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
all	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prime	O
objective	O
of	O
Swecha	B-Application
OS	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
complete	O
computing	O
solution	O
to	O
a	O
population	O
that	O
speaks	O
and	O
understands	O
only	O
Telugu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
target	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Distro	B-Application
being	O
the	O
entire	O
community	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
prey	O
of	O
the	O
digital	O
divide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
also	O
aims	O
at	O
providing	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
development	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
projects	O
taken	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bala	O
Swecha	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
,	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
Swecha	B-Application
for	O
tiny	O
tots	O
,	O
It	O
is	O
a	O
school	O
distro	B-Application
with	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
useful	O
interactive	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
school	O
goers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
has	O
taken	O
up	O
many	O
activities	O
in	O
training	O
the	O
school	O
teachers	O
,	O
computer	O
instructors	O
of	O
several	O
government	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
Distro	B-Application
is	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
Free	O
Software-based	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
project	O
of	O
"	O
Sarva	O
Shiksha	O
Abhiyan	O
"	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
n't	O
such	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
till	O
now	O
which	O
gives	O
full	O
freedom	O
with	O
an	O
educational	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
has	O
the	O
plans	O
of	O
localizing	O
BalaSwecha	O
for	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
Telugu	O
medium	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E-Swecha	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
Swecha	B-Application
and	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
developing	O
a	O
free	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
built	O
by	O
a	O
software	O
firm	O
..	O
neither	O
is	O
it	O
built	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
programmers	O
..	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
work	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
Swecha	B-Application
Volunteers/engineering	O
students	O
in	O
and	O
around	O
Hyderabad	O
to	O
,	O
for	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
engineering	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
widespread	O
protests	O
taking	O
place	O
across	O
the	O
country	O
after	O
the	O
arrest	O
of	O
two	O
girls	O
over	O
a	O
Facebook	O
comment	O
,	O
have	O
now	O
reached	O
Hyderabad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Swecha	B-Application
was	O
in	O
the	O
forefront	O
of	O
the	O
protests	O
against	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
the	O
representation	O
to	O
All	O
India	O
Council	O
for	O
Technical	O
Education	O
(	O
AICTE	O
)	O
against	O
the	O
deal	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
organised	O
a	O
seminar	O
on	O
"	O
Employment	O
opportunities	O
in	O
changing	O
technology	O
landscape	O
"	O
,	O
on	O
23	O
September	O
at	O
Mahima	O
Gardens	O
,	O
Member	O
of	O
German	O
Hacker	O
Association	O
Chaos	O
Computer	O
Club	O
,	O
Andy	O
Müller-Maguhn	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
Social	O
and	O
Economic	O
Justice	O
at	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
,	O
Matt	O
Simons	O
and	O
secretary	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Movement	O
of	O
India	O
Y.Kiran	O
Chandra	O
addressed	O
the	O
students	O
and	O
later	O
joined	O
the	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Movement	O
started	O
by	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seminar	O
was	O
organised	O
by	O
Swecha	B-Application
,	O
on	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	I-Application
model	O
,	O
Mr	O
Neville	O
Roy	O
Singham	O
explained	O
that	O
spying	O
or	O
surveillance	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
done	O
through	O
hardware	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
no	O
electronic	O
device	O
can	O
be	O
safe	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
surveillance	O
and	O
digital	O
snooping	O
on	O
the	O
people	O
is	O
the	O
biggest	O
threat	O
to	O
democracy	O
said	O
by	O
the	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
Internet	O
surveillance	O
and	O
spying	O
is	O
dangerous	O
and	O
threatens	O
the	O
functioning	O
of	O
democracy	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Stallman	O
told	O
students	O
at	O
a	O
seminar	O
on	O
"	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
Internet	O
Freedom	O
"	O
,	O
organised	O
by	O
Swecha	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Acharya	O
Nagarjuna	O
University	O
campus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swecha	B-Application
has	O
demanded	O
that	O
the	O
Central	O
and	O
State	O
governments	O
bring	O
in	O
policy	O
changes	O
on	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
to	O
give	O
fillip	O
to	O
hardware	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
setting	O
up	O
of	O
data	O
centres	O
and	O
software	O
design	O
centres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mr.	O
Y	O
.	O
Kiranchandra	O
Chairman	O
of	O
Swecha	B-Application
quoted	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
mobile	O
telephony	O
market	O
to	O
augment	O
his	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
