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A Report on the Micro Soft Academic Development Programme (MADP) being organized and chaired by 3^rd year students of CSE department under the name of

VIJAYAWADA DOTNET USER GROUP OF STUDENTS (VDUGS) 

Group online active page:   vijaywadastudentdotnet@groups.msn.com

VDUGS

We are the student wing of MUGH-VDUGS – a community of developers on .NET in and around Vijayawada. VDUGS is created, managed and driven entirely by members from the student community.

VDUGS aims at getting .NET onto the campuses by involving the members in a variety of activities like regular meets, technical sessions and inviting them to various Microsoft events and by facilitating interaction with Microsoft and other professionals.

Apart from being a part of an active online discussion board, VDUGS members also keep themselves busy through a variety of offline activities like technical events, contests, community initiatives, to name a few.

VDUGS is as much for those who are totally new to .NET as it is for more advanced developers. Feel free to discuss any technology related issues on this group and interact with each other and bond as a community! After all it's your group!

If you are a person brimming with passion for technology and are willing to go the extra mile, then this is where you have to be! Sign up and let’s change the world together!

Microsoft® .NET is more than a product or service. It's a revolution in the making. Its goal is to improve connectivity across networks, including the Internet, and make data more freely discoverable and interchangeable — even between computers running different operating systems. Soon Microsoft will introduce .NET products that will dramatically improve videoconferencing, expand mobile access to quality-rich information, and even impact the living room TV. The possibilities and potential of .NET are enormous.

The Student Chapter of the .NET User Group Vijayawada Student is a student group dedicated to promoting, improving, and developing interest in Microsoft .NET technologies among campus students of Vijayawada. The group promotes professional, social, and educational interaction among students interested in .NET or related technologies, by facilitating students' communication with academia, Microsoft and other corporate representatives. This group also encourages the student community to look at the non-developer side ,encouraging the students to look into the Microsoft office and also go through the various features that can be enjoyed in the future Microsoft operating systems. This group would encourage students to also take part in the SIG's (Special Interest Groups) which would enable them to learn the internal details of the SIG of there choice thus enabling them to move into the professional aspects that are essential for that particular industry.

VDUGS Activities:

1. Regular technical sessions for beginners and advanced developers

   1. Fortnightly meets for all members

   2. Sessions at different colleges

   3. Hands-on-lab sessions

2. Interact with industry professionals

3. Sessions on the latest Microsoft technologies

4. Technical contests

   1. Date with .NET – a bi-annual techno cultural event

   2. Algorithm Contests

   3. Think.NET – an online technical quiz on our site

5. Online discussion board

6. Interact with other User Groups in India

7. Invitation to Microsoft events!

8. Access to resource kits and developer tools

9. The VDUGS Library -> members can borrow books on .NET!

10. All this and more absolutely free of cost!

 

THE VIJAYAWADA DOTNET USER GROUP OF STUDENTS

Help/Info/FAQ

1. Who are we?

VDUGS, Vijayawada Dotnet User Group Student is managed and driven by Microsoft Student Champs, who are the on-campus representatives for Microsoft, from across various colleges in and around Vijayawada.

We are part of Microsoft's Academic Developer program  and we come under  mugh- The Hyderabad microsoft user group, which is a user group of professional developers on .NET in Hyderabad and which currently has more than 2000 members and is India's 2^nd most active and largest .NET user group!

VDUGS was formed five months back and since then has grown from a small community of around 30 members to nearly 330+ members today and has conducted two major event (The official launch of dotnet user group vijayawads) apart from many sessions at various colleges in and around  Vijayawada .

2. Why are we here?

We are here because we have a passion for technology that our current engineering curriculum cannot please. We want to learn and spread word of the latest Microsoft technologies - especially .NET, which is going to play very important role in the future! .NET is the future as far as Microsoft is concerned. Major parts of the next version of Windows are being written in .NET.

3. What do we do?

We do a lot of .NET related activities and our main meeting point and message board is this online group, where we can communicate with each other and post questions on .NET, which will be answered by professionals from Microsoft and also student developers who have worked on .NET.

We also have regular seminars in various colleges and also organise technical events and competitions, etc. etc.. All our activities will be announced on the group's (http://groups.msn.com/vijaywadastudentdotnet/ )  , so please visit it often and keep yourself updated with the group's events, lest you miss out on some good event!

4. How do I send a message to the group (or) How do I reply to a message that I got from the group?

Just send a mail to vijayawadastudentdotnet@groups.msn.com to send a message to all members. To reply to a message, just reply to that email from your inbox. You can use the web editor for both posting and replying to messages at http://groups.msn.com/vijaywadastudentdotnet  Just click on the 'Messages' link on the left. All members are requested to introduce themselves on the Introduction board  at our group site and use the General board for more technical posts.

5. I don't know anything about .NET...how do I contribute?

Well, just post a message on the group along the lines of 'What is .NET' or 'Can someone help me with this doubt',etc,etc...but please be active on the groups. Post messages as well as responding to messages. It doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong..no one will ridicule you...but we will all learn something in the process.

In fact, that's the important message of this post..please be active on the group. Send messages as well as participate in discussions. Messages can be about anything at all...but make sure you send them...:-) (and please dont send forwards or any such junk mail)

Also try and be regular at our UG meets to learn and experince .NET and to strengthen the community bond.  

6. Why am I not getting all messages?

MSN Groups is not really the best piece of software Microsoft has written and often has problems delivering mails. Please check on the group site http://groups.msn.com/vijaywadastudentdotnet  from time to time for messages that you may have missed.

Also Check Your E-mail Settingsin the 'Member Tools' section and change the Messages settings to 'Inbox' or 'Daily Digest' so that you get messages in your inbox. And also verify that you have entered your correct email address! 

7. How do I contact the VDUGS Team?

You may mail us at  vijaywadastudentdotnet@groups.msn.com

Or contact any one of us -

The BDotNETStudent Team:

1.     Sheeba, Manager (9392123006),(KLCE)  sheeba0911@hotmail.com

2.    CH,Rakesh,Student champ( KLCE) C_17rakesh@hotmail.com  

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