The world is moving at an accelerating pace towards open source and open standards. Open standards are documents that outline agreed-upon conventions to enable different programs to work together, along with some means to ensure that they actually do. By using open standards, an organization can pick and choose among competing products and not be locked in to any one of them.
Open source simply means that the underlying software code is available for inspection and modification. The best open-source projects are the ones that actually amplify a standard, increasing its acceptance in the marketplace and enhancing it.

This program will address the need for vertical open standards domain knowledge and open source software skills for various industry verticals and drive to reduce the gap between industry requirement and availability of trained technology professionals for the same.

This program, is aimed at producing skilled professionals in the open source software and domain open standards by providing the student with the insights into the world of open source software, the collaborative methodology being followed, the licensing terms, expose the student to popular open source software tools, and bringing-in the right mix of theory with practicals, to enable the student to understand the open domain standards, that are being used in the healthcare and retail industries.