Pirate PraveenTue 16 Dec 2025 8:16AM
@kishy thanks for working on this proposal. @Kannan V M can coordinate with Navodaya I hope.
Pirate PraveenTue 16 Dec 2025 8:19AM
I think we can consider collaborating on FSCIConf too, as long as we have the say on topics. @sahilister what do you think ?
Deleted accountTue 16 Dec 2025 12:42PM
@Pirate Praveen Which city are we looking for, or is it across India?
Also @kishy for long term engagements, kindly add me as well. I will like to assist as well.
kishyTue 16 Dec 2025 2:24PM
@temporary_for_grant https://codema.in/d/6Oe38XUT/proposing-fsciconf-as-a-more-free-software-aligned-national-conference
this thread might be more relevant
Pirate PraveenFri 9 Jan 2026 4:24PM
Sahil is ok with collaborating with them for FSCI Conf (as discussed in xmpp dm).
Another collaboration could be to lobby government to expand NUUP (*99# ussd interface to upi https://wiki.fsci.in/NUUP) to all cities and all providers (Only Airtel works well, Vi works partly - only allow sending by phone number, BSNL and Jio don't work).
This would be our best bet to have UPI with 100% Free Software (LibreFin is still work in progress and without official support, risk of breakage is high like NewPipe).
We should try our best to keep UPI available to Free Software users.
kishy ·Mon 15 Dec 2025 7:00PM
We have received a grant of INR 1,00,000 from FOSS United, we can use this thread to talk about the same and any other funding opportunities.
As of right now, to proceed, I'd like the Navodaya bank account details to share with them. Since they also pitched to have a conversation over call, would anyone like to share ideas?
Quoting from the response,