Friends,
Here is a list of all the software that you can avail. Please email Ministry of Technology for any queries.
Grammarly Premium: The technology ministry will do its best to make it available, at least, on the library computers.
- Update: due to the COVID situation, public computers are not accessible and so, we cannot provide access on library computers
Microsoft Office: The full suite is freely available for Ashokans here. However, the desktop apps are not freely available. If you believe the desktop version is essential to your work, please email IT and they will provide you with access.
- Update: [OpenOffice](http://www.openoffice.org/) is a good free alternative to MS Office
Apps related to video editing, Final Cut Pro: Final Cut Pro is super expensive. I'm sorry, we won't be able to accommodate that. However, the Adobe suite we get will have Premiere Pro.
- Update: due to the COVID situation, public computers are not accessible and so, we cannot provide access on library computers
- Update: [DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/in/products/davinciresolve/). A full-featured Hollywood-grade video editor with everything in Final Cut Pro and more. It's also completely free.
- Update: Lightworks and Hitfilm are free as well.
MATLAB: Ashokans have free access to MATLAB, get it here. Email IT for futher assistance in installation.
Mathematica: Mathematica can be bought at $9 a month. If you cannot afford that, and need Mathematica, please write an email to Ministry of Technology.
A good paid PDF reader, Adobe acrobat for PDFs: There are great free alternatives available like LibreOffice & InkScape. Preview is pretty great on Mac. However, if you find that these don't fulfill your requirements, please write to Ministry of Technology.
Corel Draw, Procreate, clip studio paint: You can get Corel Draw for 4% of the retail price if you're a student. Procreate is for $10, if you need the software and cannot afford that, please do write to Ministry of Technology. Finally, sorry but clip studio paint has no offers :/
STATA, R: R is freely available. STATA is made freely available for Ashokans. Please email IT for access.
Autodesk Maya, Fusion 360: The Autodesk suite is freely available for students. Sign up for that here. Have personally used it in the past, they're such sweeties.
Sublime Text, JetBrains software,PyCharm, CLion, DataGrip: Sublime Text is free. However, all JetBrains software (PyCharm, CLion, etc.) can be freely obtained by getting a student license here. What sweeties ya.
ProtonVPN: There are other really good VPNs available for free, a google search will be quite helpful. Windscribe is also good.
Houdini, Blender, Cinema 4D: Blender is open-source & freely available. Free student licenses are available for Cinema 4D. Houdini, also has a free version.
Zoom for students: Can I interest you in a Google Meet?
JStor: Please do take it up with the library & Academic Affairs Ministry
Mendeley, Elsevier, Scribd, Magzter: Please do take it up with the library & Academic Affairs Ministry
FL Studio: Steeeep. LMMS & Ardour come up as good free alternatives. Hopefully they work well for you?
Purdue Owl's Plagiarism Checker: Couldn't find it, maybe reply with a link?
Thank you so much: No, thank you for the feedback
Write to the tech ministry or raise an issue here.