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  • 2000 - August - Project taken up to prepare GUI shell of Linux in Indian languages. Likely to get complete by the end of the year.
  • 2000 - July - Development of Indian language (Multi-Lingual) application on Linux.
  • 1999 - May - System ported to work on Linux; FREE download available.
  • 1999 - April, Awarded by Shri Nitish Kumar, Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Government of India.
 with Minister for Railways India (63799 bytes)
  • 1998 - A few of the companies were supported for developing Indian languages versions of their software. 
  • Presentation made to Shri Manohar Joshi, the then Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra
 with Chef Minister of Maharashtra, India (63799 bytes)
Mr. Venkatesh Hariharan, Mr. Hemant Adarkar, Mr. Harsh Kumar with Shri Manohar Joshi,
  • 1997 - December; Free distribution from a stall in Pragati Maidan at IT India/Comdex Exhibition.
 Bharatbhasha Stall at IT India/Comdex 97 (59510 bytes)
  • Views expressed by the MAIT and NASSCOM presidents at that time were:
    • "The BharatBhasha project is very significant as it will make computers accessible to the other 855 million Indians who speak vernacular languages." said Mr. Manu Parpia, President of MAIT.
    • "The BharatBhasha project will enable the infotech culture to percolate down to the grassroots level where there is tremendous interest in computers." said Mr. K Ramani, President of NASSCOM.
Secretary of DOE, Chiefs of MAIT & NASSCOM (63799 bytes)
Mr. S. Ghosh, Secretary, Department of Electronics, Government of India, Mr. Manu Parpia, President of MAIT and Mr. K Ramani, President of NASSCOM.

  • 1997 - July: Presented the system at a Workshop organized by Digital Computing at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.
  • 1997 - March: The main files were put on the INTERNET for easy access and wider distribution.

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