# FOSS Roundtable and Report Launch | New Delhi | July 11

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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”** _

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- When: Friday, July 11 | 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Where: R&D Block, IIIT Delhi [[OSM Maps](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/220356974) / [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Mu2SKfTyWy31o5qr6) ]
- **[Registration Link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftdQbMSa7C7U02DDdvQfrh5HGN1SmOgnrOq_PdVEoFda0QFA/viewform)**

_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) |

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Here is the [released report](https://www.nls.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FOSS_Report_July-2025.pdf) (PDF).

Video recordings from the programme:

- [Session 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKQC_LONUk)
- [Sessions 2 and 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzEjvifJw0)
- [Session 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvOYVxG3QpQ)

Noted these for my reference, I haven’t gone through them yet.