Anupama A is our next Program Manager

The admin council has chosen Anupama A as the Program Manager for the 2006 Annual Conference of our chapter.

Distinguished Chapter Services Awards

Frederick Menezes and Tharun Unni from our chapter won the society-level
Distinguished Chapter Service Awards.

STC India Chapter held the following Learning Sessions during February-April.

The major event was a One-Day Symposium on Technical Writing Trends held at Bangalore on February 18, 2006.

Session Topic	Structured Authoring
Session Speaker	Steve Cogorno, Staff Engineer with Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Topic Summary	This presentation introduced the concept of structured authoring and the benefits it brings to organizations. The session also featured discussions on how to leverage existing content and repurpose it for new applications, reduce translation costs, improve quality, and deliver content faster and easier. The presentation also featured a short demo of Epic editor.
Date of the Session	February 18, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sun Microsystems
Organized by	Gururaj B.S.

Session Topic	Best Practices for API Documentation
Session Speaker	Jacob Royal, Member Technical Staff, Sun Microsystems India
Topic Summary	The presentation provided an introduction of API documentation, explained the challenges in authoring API documentation, and covered guidelines for authoring API documentation. The presentation also included a demonstration on generating API documentation using tools such as Doxygen, Doc-o-matic, and JavaDoc.
Date of the Session	February 18, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sun Microsystems
Organized by	Gururaj B.S.

Session Topic	Implementing Content Management Systems for Technical Publications
Session Speaker	Vasudha Rangarajan, Manager - Technical Publications at EMC Corporation.
Topic Summary	The presentation introduced Enterprise Content Management (ECM), explained the principles for defining and managing content, and discussed the benefits of using a Content Management System to put the pieces together.
Date of the Session	February 18, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sun Microsystems
Organized by	Gururaj B.S.

Session Topic	Guilty as charged: Aiding and abetting document granularity
Session Speaker	Francis Anthony, Technical Writer at EMC Corporation.
Topic Summary	The presentation featured a case study on the Tech Pubs solution implemented in EMC Documentum. The case study also discussed ways to automate and manage documentation projects using CMS workflows and lifecycles.
Date of the Session	February 18, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sun Microsystems
Organized by	Gururaj B.S.

Session Topic	XMetaL Author v4.6 Demystified
Session Speakers	Manoj Bokil, Sr. Information Developer at Symantec Corporation Sucheta Kadethankar, Associate Information Developer at Symantec Corporation
Topic Summary	The presentation explained the use of X-Metal for authoring structured documents.
Date of the Session	March 18, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Symantec Corporation
Organized by	Manoj Bokil STC India Chapter Pune City Representative

Session Topic	Nuances of blogging
Session Speaker	Kiruba Shankar, Associate Director at Sulekha
Topic Summary	The presentation discussed information on setting up blogs.
Date of the Session	March 25, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sulekha
Organized by	Kiranmayee, STC India Chapter Chennai Representative

Session Topic	The HR/Recruiter perspective of the Technical Writing profession
Session Speaker	Suresh, Shar Inc. Pvt.
Topic Summary	The presentation discussed the perception of HR personnel about technical writing, explained the placement procedure and provided tips for success of technical writing in India.
Date of the Session	March 25, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Sulekha
Organized by	Kiranmayee, STC India Chapter Chennai Representative

Session Topic	Know Thy Network
Session Speaker	Amita Jagannath and Vaibhav Bhatia of Hewlett-Packard
Topic Summary	The presentation provided an introduction to networking and network topologies.
Date of the Session	April 8, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Interwoven Software Services India Pvt Ltd.
Organized by	Akash Dubey, STC India Chapter Bangalore Representative

Session Topic	Peer Review
Session Speaker	Meghashri Dalvi
Topic Summary	The presentation discussed the need for peer reviews, the review process, and the challenges involved in peer reviews.
Date of the Session	April 29, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Dr. P.N. Singh Centre for HRD
Organized by	Vidyut A. Sonde, STC India Chapter Mumbai Representative

Session Topic	RoboHelp
Session Speaker	Anusha Thiagarajan
Topic Summary	The presentation featured an introduction to RoboHelp and explained the procedures for authoring online help using its various features.
Date of the Session	April 29, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	K9 Technologies
Organized by	Kiranmayee, STC India Chapter Chennai Representative

Session Topic	Evaluating the Quality of Translation
Session Speaker	Sunil Gokhale
Topic Summary	The presentation provided information on translation quality assessment and measurement in the context of technical translation.
Date of the Session	April 29, 2006
Sponsor/Venue	Symantec Corporation
Organized by	Manoj Bokil STC India Chapter Pune City Representative