# Planning BiharFOSS Conference

**URL:** <https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269>\
**Category:** Conference\
**Created:** [25 February 2025 11:31 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269 "2025-02-25T11:31:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\
**Post date:** [25 February 2025 11:31 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269/1 "2025-02-25T11:31:45Z")

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Hello everyone,

FOSS United has collaborated with IIT Patna to host the first-ever FOSS event in Bihar, the BiharFOSS Conf.

This conference is scheduled for March 22nd at IIT Patna. More details can be found on the event page: [BiharFOSS Conf](https://fossunited.org/c/bihar/2025).

The agenda of this event is to bring together professional students from engineering backgrounds and initiate a conversation to build a FOSS community in the state of Bihar.

We will focus on the FOSS Club program by encouraging students to apply for it.

Workshops, technical talks, and discussions on FOSS philosophy will be covered by the speakers during the conference.

### Budget

| Expense | Count | Amount | Subtotal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Food & Tea | 200 | 200 | 40,000 |
| Scholarship | 50 | 1,000 | 50,000 |
| Miscellaneous | | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| | | | **Total: 95,000** |

| Income | Count | Amount | Subtotal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ticket - Student | 100 | 150 | 15,000 |
| Ticket - Professionals | 50 | 350 | 17,500 |
| T-shirt Sale | 20 | 100 | 2,000 |
| Free Passes (IIT Patna & Scholars) | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | **Total: 34,500** |

| Free Tickets | |
| --- | --- |
| IIT Patna Students | 50 |
| Scholars | 50 |
| **Total** | 100 |

| Invited Speakers | Status |
| --- | --- |
| [James Reilly](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jreilly112/) | Confirmed |
| [Anuvrat Prashar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuvratparashar/) | Confirmed |

### Sponsorship:

[Sponsorship Deck](https://fossunited.org//files/biharfosss-sponsorship-deck.pdf) is here.

### Scholarship

We will offer scholarships (covering bus/train travel + free tickets) to up to 50 students to attend the conference. We will open the application soon.

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If you’ve any comments, feel free to post here : )

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**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2025 05:57 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269/2 "2025-02-26T05:57:21Z")

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The scholarship form is open now - [Scholarship - BiharFOSS 2025](https://fossunited.org/c/bihar/2025/scholarship)

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**Author:** ![Manu\_Shaurya](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Manu\_Shaurya](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Manu_Shaurya)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2025 06:12 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269/3 "2025-03-16T06:12:19Z")

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Is this one limited to IITP students?

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**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2025 06:54 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/planning-biharfoss-conference/5269/4 "2025-03-16T06:54:22Z")

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Hi, No.

Any students from Bihar can apply.