# RFC for suggestions of names for policy committee **URL:** \ **Category:** Policy\ **Created:** [29 November 2022 07:59 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517 "2022-11-29T07:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Venkatesh_Hariharan)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 07:59 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/1 "2022-11-29T07:59:02Z")
We are looking for names of techies who have a pragmatic understanding of how government and public policy works. This is for a committee that we have suggested that MEITY set up to revise the open source policy which is due for a refresh. Looking forward to suggestions from this group ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 08:37 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/2 "2022-11-29T08:37:51Z")
I have two suggestions. Not sure, if they have the bandwidth for this: 1. @Nemo 2. @rahulporuri Please let us know, if you can make some time for the above request by Venky. ---
**Author:** ![knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/knadh/32/30_2.png) [@knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/knadh)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 10:43 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/3 "2022-11-29T10:43:56Z")
I’m deeply interested in this. FOSS+policy and the need for the FOSS (and tech) community to actively engage in policy affairs. Telco bill, privacy bill, CERT-IN regulations, SEBI cyber security regulations … stuff happening relentlessly with what seems to be very little engagement from the massive tech community. I’m willing to volunteer for this and self-nominate (while feeling weird about it)! ---
**Author:** ![rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rushabh/32/12_2.png) [@rushabh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rushabh)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 11:44 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/4 "2022-11-29T11:44:08Z")
We can also bring in some of the younger generation of open source entrepreneurs (founders of Chatwoot, Hasura, Tooljet etc) ---
**Author:** ![rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rahulporuri/32/565_2.png) [@rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rahulporuri)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 15:21 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/5 "2022-11-29T15:21:31Z")
Thanks @fossdot . I’m definitely interested in being part of such a committee. Personally, my OSS contributions mainly revolve around the Scientific Python ecosystem so I hope I can bring a different perspective to such a committee. My claim to fame is that some of the FOSS packages that I help maintain at work were used in the 2020 NASA Mars Helicopter Mission (see badge in [rahulporuri (Poruri Sai Rahul) · GitHub](https://github.com/rahulporuri)). Ref [Open Source on Mars: Community powers NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter · GitHub](https://github.com/readme/featured/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter). I’m bringing this up because credentials matter when it comes to government matters 😅 ---
**Author:** ![rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rahulporuri/32/565_2.png) [@rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rahulporuri)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 15:23 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/6 "2022-11-29T15:23:00Z")
I know a couple of people at Hasura so I can try reaching out to them if you think we should pursue this @rushabh . ---
**Author:** ![rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rahulporuri/32/565_2.png) [@rahulporuri](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rahulporuri)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 15:28 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/7 "2022-11-29T15:28:12Z")
I would recommend involving [Prabhu Ramachandran](https://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/). He is a faculty at IIT Bombay, a nominated member of the Python Software Foundation, wrote a popular FOSS Python package and is one of the Principal Investigators of the [FOSSEE project](https://fossee.in/). ---
**Author:** ![Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Venkatesh_Hariharan)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2022 05:01 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/8 "2022-11-30T05:01:19Z")
Vishal, Sai & team. These committees are usually selected on the basis of experience and seniority. Prabhu Ramachandran of IITB would be a good fit. Sai, I agree with you that credentials matter and the NASA Mars Helicopter is a very cool credential! Not sure if that is sufficient for the government, but will ask. ---
**Author:** ![Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Venkatesh_Hariharan)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2022 05:03 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/9 "2022-11-30T05:03:24Z")
Rajoshi from Hasura might be a good fit. I interacted with her once and found her to be a very sharp thinker. However, I think she now spends most of her time in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Venkatesh\_Hariharan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Venkatesh_Hariharan)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2022 05:52 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-for-suggestions-of-names-for-policy-committee/1517/10 "2022-11-30T05:52:39Z")
Have uploaded a note on the committee and its Terms of Reference here. https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-meity-committee-on-foss/1522