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W3C to inaugurate an India Office on 6th May 2010

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international community that develops standards to ensure long term growth of the Web, will inaugurate an India Office on 6th May 2010 at an event organized by the Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) of the Department of Information Technology, Government of India.

TDIL will be hosting the W3C office in New Delhi. The launch will be a collaborative effort between TDIL and W3C during the "World Wide Web:Technology, Standards and Internationalization Conference" being organized by TDIL in New Delhi on May 6th and 7th, 2010 at The Lalit Hotel. The Manufacturer's Association for Information Technology (MAIT) and NASSCOM have partnered with TDIL for supporting this conference.

The conference will have a keynote by Dr. Jeffrey Jaffe, the CEO of W3C. Several noted speakers from the government department as well as industry leaders will also address the gathering. Detailed schedule of the conference is available here.

I will be representing Infosys at this event and will be speaking on, and chairing a panel discussion on Web Content Accessibility in Indian Languages.

Posted by Dr Ajay Kolhatkar on May 5, 2010 8:08 AM |

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