Talks
Dr. V Sasi Kumar
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation of India.
He worked at the Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from January 1979 to December 2007. His research field was the physics of clouds and rainfall. His interests include Free Software and music.
About his talk
He will be delivering the inaugural talk for this year's FOSSMeet. He will be giving a general introduction to Free and Open Source Software, the philosophy behind it, and the cool things that have been happening in the community recently. This talk would undoubtedly serve as an initiation into the FOSS community for those who have not already fallen for it!
Atul Chitnis
Atul Chitnis is Chief Products Officer and Senior Vice President at Geodesic Limited.
Arguably one of India's best known technologists, Atul has been at the forefront of India's technology evolution since the 1980s, correctly predicting and driving new technology waves such as data communication, networking, the Internet, wireless and mobile computing, and Open Source, among others. His focus areas include mobile and hand-held computing, wireless data networks, Linux and Open Source Software, virtual communities, technology convergence (including Voice over IP and entertainment oriented technologies such as Internet Radio), and the identification and understanding of future technologies.
