The FOSS Group, IIST is IIST's FOSS chapter aimed at promoting the use of Free and Open Source Software tools in the fields of core research pertaining to Aerospace, Avionics and the physical sciences. The group, germinating from the basic idea of a shared and thus free community, is aimed at promoting a complete or near-complete adoption of FOSS based platforms for all academic research and development activities going on at IIST. The group conducted software workshops and lectures to improve the overall comfort of students with FOSS software and scientific computing in general.