“If you have something that you don’t  want anyone to know, may be you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”, said Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO. Most of us do not think about privacy while using technologies to communicate about us and those around us, until we meet with violation of our privacy. It would often be too late by that time. Internet with its near infinite memory would be having much more information about us that we would want it to. 

October being ADHD awareness month, an awareness programme was organised on the 28th of this month. Dr. Anil Kumar and Dr. Dinesh of Child Psychiatry of Trivandrum Medical College graced the occasion by their presence. Dr. Anil Kumar, the Guest speaker, apprised the parents about ADHD, its features, different forms of manifestations, its management, medication etc through video. Nearly 20 parents got the rare opportunity to listen to such a dedicated and experienced speaker.

"Maambu", A group of language enthusiasts who champion the use of Malayalam on the Internet, organised a one day seminar on  " Malayalam Computing: Challanges and Responsibilities", with the support of SPACE and Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad at Parishad Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram on 12 October 2013. SPACE also conducted a free software installation fest at the venue.

Child Psychiatry update is a regular programme conducted every month by the Psychiatry Department of Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. Doctors, Medical students, other para medical professionals and students and parents of children treated in their department are updated on the latest news and developments in this field through this programme.

A half day session on HTML5 and Firefox OS App was held in the forenoon of September 28th for the 5th semester students of Central Polytechnic Trivandrum (CPT).