Pune User Group (PUG) partnered with Microsoft to organize a full day developer's conference - ACAD DevCon 2009 on January 18, 2009 at COEP College Auditorium, Pune. The unique event saw more than 1000 students in attendance from various colleges in and around Pune city.

MVPs Mahesh Mitkari and Vikram Pendse actively participated in organizing the event along with Microsoft Student Partners from Pune. Other MVPs also attended the event. Siddharth Prakash, Program Manager, Microsoft Student Partner Program gave the keynote speech. The keynote was followed by technical sessions and a quiz contest.

Whether you are a home user, an information worker, or even a developer or an IT professional, you need a fast, safe, and easy Web browsing experience. Internet Explorer 8 takes the Web experience beyond the page for quicker and more reliable browsing with peace of mind.

To learn more about the features and the innovations, attend this series of live webcasts on IE 8, and put the Web at your service.

Register today at http://www.microsoft.com/india/webcasts!

January 21, 2009 – Ranjana Jain, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

What’s New in Internet Explorer 8?

In this session we will demonstrate the cool new features in the new Internet Explorer that’s coming your way.

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January 22, 2009 – Shantanu Kaushik (MVP)

For Home users: Do and get more with IE 8
See what we've done to put the web at your service and make Internet Explorer 8 the best browser for everyday browsing. Features like accelerators, web slices, InPrivate browsing, and Smart screen filter will be explained.

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January 27, 2009 – Shantanu Kaushik (MVP)

For IT Pros: IE8: Deployment, compatibility, and possibilities
The browser is becoming an increasingly central part of your IT environment. We will discuss about various tools and services that will help you and your company to obtain a benefit over the edge.

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January 29, 2009 – Shantanu Kaushik (MVP)

For Developers: What's next with IE 8
The evolution of the internet has introduced new ways to access the information people care about most—whether it is from interactive Web pages, rich media, user-generated content or powerful search engines. We will discuss about how you can get your site ready for IE8.

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To learn more about IE8, and ask questions, check out another MVP initiative, www.spreadIE8.com.

Welcome to the first post on the South Asia MVP Blog. First let me share the partners in crime responsible for this initiative:

 16th Nov 2008, MVP Open Day, Goa

Yes, the MVPs were the set of people who encouraged us to setup this blog. Going forth you will also be hearing from the MVP bloggers here as guest posts.

If you are not aware of the MVP Award, please refer to the official MVP Program site.

We have the following objectives in mind for our blog:

1. Highlight the South Asia MVP Contributions in the community
2. Highlight the South Asia MVP bloggers and their posts
3. Share South Asia MVP Award announcements

Like any organic being, we hope that this blog will grow and nurture on MVP contributions and the community. If you have any suggestions/ comments that you have for this blog, please feel free to share the same in the comments.

Today we would like to leave you with a small tip:

If you wanted to know what MVPs are blogging about, you can access www.indiamvps.net where we have consolidated all the South Asia MVP Blogs.