[ubuntu-in] Ms-Office mandatory for Engineering colleges ?

[James Sebastian]

Dear all,

Today's Hindu reports this.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/issues/engineering-students-locked-into-microsoft-office/article4640546.ece

and I could see this from a link in AICTE website.

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-365/All-India-Council-for-Technical-Education/India-Institute-Deploys-7.5-Million-Office-365-Seats-to-Improve-Governance-Learning/710000002268

How a government body can mandate a commercial application when open source
alteratives like Libre Office or other on the cloud competing solutions are
there ?

And what is the way to protest this and make this to notice of decision
makers ?
I could not find an email id in AICTE website.

Regards,
James Sebastian
Ubuntu and Open Source enthusiast.
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