<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br clear="all"></div>Hello all<br><br></div>I started teaching LaTeX in Banaras Hindu University, India in the year 2005. Regarding this I wrote an article in PracTeX journal also.<br><br></div>From then onwards I am conducting workshops/training programmes on LaTeX at Banaras Hindu University (twice or thrice a year) and other institutions on invitation.<br><br></div>My workshops are of hands on nature and are attended by 40 students in a programme. Most of them are research scholars or Postgrad students.<br><br></div>I follow LaTeX Tutorials prepared by TUG India in 2002. My lectures/demonstrations are as follows :<br><br></div>1) Installing ProTeXt and TeX Studio on windows machines and configuring them.<br></div>2) Introductory LaTeX document and conventions followed in preparing the .tex file (tutorial 1 & 2 of LaTeX Tutorials). What are the benefits of LaTeX in comparison to wordprocessors (by example of \tableofcontents, \listoftables & article and amsart classes).<br></div>3) Bibliography, Using BibTeX, creating bibliography data files using JabRef or other software. Introducing packages and where to find the documentation for these packages.<br></div>4) Mathematics<br></div>5) Tables (tabular)<br></div>6) Inserting Graphics (table and figure environments)<br></div>7) Creating presentations using Beamer<br></div>8) Creating long documents like thesis, report (with report and thesis classes)<br></div>9) Some other opensource software like gnuplot etc. for creating plots etc. and by showing VisualFAQ what we can accomplish and what are the packages needed for that.<br><br></div>In Banaras Hindu University (BHU) these classes are held in evenings, one lecture one day for 6 - 10 days. Outside BHU 10 lectures in 3 days.<br><br></div>By the end of the training the students will be able to write their papers.<br><br></div>Now the research scholars in the Deptt. of Statistics and Deptt. of Mathematics of our University prepare their papers and Thesis using LaTeX only and many forgot about Word!!!<br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Duvvuri VLKDP Venu Gopal<br>Asstt. Registrar, I.Ag.Scs. &<br>LaTeX Guru<br>Banaras Hindu University<br>visit my blog : <a href="http://telugutex.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://telugutex.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://kashikedar.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://kashikedar.blogspot.com</a></div>
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