ICYMI:
NLSIU Bengaluru, IIIT Delhi and FOSS United are organising, “Roundtable on FOSS in India”, on Friday July 11 in New Delhi.
At the rountable, we’ll also be presenting NLSIU’s forthcoming report, “The Rise of FOSS in India: Empirical Evidence and Insights from Cross-Sectoral Case Studies”
- When: Friday, July 11 | 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Where: R&D Block, IIIT Delhi [ OSM Maps / Google Maps ]
- Registration Link
About the report: Drawing on case studies from healthcare, education, finance, and IT, the report examines how Free and Open Source Software is being adopted across India, by everyone from start-ups and non-profits to large corporations and public sector institutions.
Full Agenda
| TITLE | TIME |
|---|---|
| 10:30-11:00 - Registration & Tea | |
| Report Release and Keynote Address | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (60 mins) |
| Welcome remarks: Arul George Scaria, Professor, NLSIU (5 mins) Pankaj Jalote, Founding Director and Distinguished Professor, IIITD (5 mins) | |
| Keynote talk: Abhishek Singh, DG NIC & Additional Secretary, MeitY; Government of India (30 mins) | |
| Release of the report ‘The Rise of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in India: Empirical Evidence and Insights from Cross-Sectoral Case Studies’, prepared by National Law School of India University, Bengaluru & overview of the report (20 mins) | |
| Session 1- Strategic Importance of FOSS for India | |
| Chair: Venkatesh Hariharan, India Representative, Open Invention Network Renuka Sane, MD- Trustbridge Jaijit Bhattacharya - President, Center for Digital Economy and Policy Parminder Singh - Independent Researcher Rahul Sai Poruri - CEO, FOSS United | 12:00 PM -01:00 PM (60 mins) |
| Lunch Break (1:00 PM- 2:00 PM) | |
| Session 2 - Role of FOSS In India’s BFSI Sector | |
| Chair - Suryaprakash Mishra, Associate Professor, NLSIU Sairee Chahal, Founder, Mahila Money Sushil Kurri, CTO, PocketATM Shuvam Misra, Founder Chairman, Remiges Vishnu Sudhakaran, Engineer, Zerodha | 2:00 PM-2:45 PM (45 mins) |
| Session 3 - Role of FOSS in Indian IT | |
| Chair: Rahul De, Independent Consultant, Retired professor & Dean, IIM Bangalore, author of AI for Managers Akhila Somanath, Co-founder and COO, Tech4GoodCommunity Kishore Bhargava, CEO, LinkAxis & Open Source veteran Vineet Dahiya, Director & Promoter, InfoAxon | 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM (45 mins) |
| Tea Break 3.30 PM - 4 PM (30 mins) | |
| Session 4 - Education Sector & FOSS | |
| Chair: Rahul Sai Poruri - CEO, FOSS United Shobha Tyagi, MRIIRS Karkee U, Founder of Villipuram GNU Linux User Community Vigneswara Ilavarasan, IIT Delhi | 4:00 PM- 4:45 PM (45 mins) |
| Concluding remarks Venkatesh Hariharan, Open Invention Network Suryaprakash Mishra, NLSIU | 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM (15 mins) |