Academic Team
The author team comprises of the following 7 members:
- Prof. Sridhar Iyer
- Malati Baru
- Vijyalakshmi
- Sameer Sahasrabudhe
- Dr. Farida Urmani
- Kaumudi Sahasrabudhe
- Usha Viswanathan
- Sahana Murthy
Prof. Sridhar Iyer | Editor
Department Of Computer Science, IIT Bombay
Sridhar Iyer is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay. Prior to this, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Guwahati. His research interests include: eLearning technologies, networking protocols and multimedia tools for distance education, wireless networking and applications, and some areas in program / protocol verification.
Sridhar Iyer received his B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD from the Dept of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay.
“Computer Masti focuses on development of concepts with broad usage instead of mere emphasis on skill development which are specific to particular technologies.”
Malati Baru | Editor
Project Manager, IIT Bombay
“Computer Masti has evolved out of many contributions from many authors bringing together a variety of creative ideas”
Vijyalakshmi | Editor
Project Manager, IIT Bombay
She has a fascination for systems and their administration. She is conversant with various flavors of Unix operating system. She is also conversant with Novell Netware and Windows OS. Currently her focus is on Open Source Software and systems.
“Computer Masti is not only for children, it can be adapted for adults and any one who wants to become computer literate.”
Sameer Sahasrabudhe | Designer
Project Manager, IIT Bombay
Currently he is working as a Project Manager for TICET, a Tata Teleservices IITB Center of Excellence. Many wonder what he is doing there. and the answer is, he is leading a content creation project for mobiles!!!
Prior to this he was working as Project Manager for the eOUTREACH program of Project Ekalavya, at Department of CSE, IIT Bombay. They create high quality Audio Visual Content for engineering students, and release it in Open Source.
“We have tried to give Computer Masti a Kids friendly look so that children find it easy to use this book.”
Dr. Farida Urmani | Author
Post – Doc Fellow, IIT Bombay
“The story format of the lesson encourages the young students to ask questions, and become independent thinkers. In addition, collaborative learning is facilitated though group activities included in each lesson.”
Kaumudi Sahasrabudhe | Illustrator
“Most of the lessons can also be followed by using the illustrator of Moz, Tejas and Joyti.”
Usha Viswanathan | Author
Project Manager, IIT Bombay
“Computer Masti is What, Why, How and When of computers and their integration in day to day life.”
