IT’S THE 20TH EDITION!
April 20, 2023
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The 2023 edition of Open Source India (OSI) will be its 20th edition! We cannot thank the Open Source community and the industry enough for
COMMUNITY ADVISORS
Srivathsa NS
Srivathsa NS is a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Unisys.
Srivathsa NS is a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Unisys. He is also globally responsible for Intellectual Property including Patents from Technology and Business perspective. Earlier, he was responsible for providing engineering leadership to development of products related to Network Security, Cloud and Biometrics. He has been the development leader in India for the award winning Stealth product suite. He has more than 25 years of development experience in Operating Systems, High Performance Computing, Open Source, Systems Management, Servers, Storage and Security with several leading product companies.
Prior to joining Unisys, Srivathsa led engineering teams responsible for Dell’s Systems Management as well as Enterprise Linux on Dell Servers. He was also part of HPC groups in Dell and Sun Microsystems. He started his career at Indian Institute of Science, in their Supercomputer Research Centre.
Srivathsa has a Masters Degree in Computer Applications and a MS in Software Systems. He did a Senior Management Program from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). He is currently pursuing a Chief Technology Officer(CTO) Programme at Cambridge Judge Business School. He actively participates in the technology community, through keynote talks, panel discussions and as a guest speaker.
Apart from new waves of technologies which influence Business Strategy and Value, he is also interested in the business and economics of Open Source. He has also helped build careers associated with open source, apart from giving talks on open source careers. He has been one of the advisors to the Open Source India conference for many years, since 2010.
Anisha Udayakumar
AI Software Evangelist (APJ), Intel
Anisha is an AI Software Evangelist at Intel, with a focus on the OpenVINO™ toolkit. In her prior role as an Innovation Consultant at a notable Indian IT service and consulting firm, she guided numerous business leaders on leveraging emerging technologies for future business ventures. She has a rich history of exploring next-gen technologies like AI, Extended Reality, and 5G, to devise innovative solutions addressing business challenges. Particularly drawn to the visual, Anisha has a knack for crafting computer vision-based solutions and proof of concepts. Her recent projects include delivering vision-based algorithmic solutions that significantly contributed to a global retail client’s sustainability objective.
Now at Intel, Anisha’s mission is to enrich the developer community by showcasing the potential of OpenVINO in enhancing their AI journey. She thrives on engaging with developers, fostering a deeper understanding and utilization of OpenVINO toolkit to ignite novel AI solutions. Anisha is a lifelong learner and an innovator, always eager to explore and share the transformative power of technology with the developer community
Suman Debnath
Principal Developer Advocate for Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Suman Debnath is a Principal Developer Advocate for Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over a decade in technology, he is deeply committed to leveraging open-source software tools like PyTorch, Numpy, Spark, and Pandas to advance machine learning and data engineering. He is passionate about large-scale distributed systems and is an avid fan of Python. He has also developed several performance benchmarking and monitoring tools for distributed storage systems.
Suman has actively contributed to the open-source community, speaking at numerous conferences including Open Data Science Conf (ODSC) APJ, Python Web Conference, PyCon Italy, PyData Ireland, and OpenSource India. He emphasizes the critical role of open-source software in enhancing a software engineer’s capabilities and driving technological innovation.
In April 2024, Suman was honored to join the Forbes Technology Council, an acknowledgment of his ongoing contributions and expertise in the tech industry.
Frederick Noronha
Independent Journalist and Alternative Publisher
Publisher of books and founder-editor of Goa,1556 — which has so far helped create some 160+ mostly non-fiction books related to Goa. Journalist for four decades. He has written extensively on Free Software, Open Source, ICT-for-development, IT and related issues. Also has spent the last 35 years building and supporting online networks nationally and regionally. His interests include book reviews, alternative communications, radio-related issues, and documentary film in India. He has covered the FOSS movement in India, Wikipedia, Open Access, Creative Commons and related campaigns.
Independent Journalist and Alternative Publisher
Publisher of books and founder-editor of Goa,1556 — which has so far helped create some 160+ mostly non-fiction books related to Goa. Journalist for four decades. He has written extensively on Free Software, Open Source, ICT-for-development, IT and related issues. Also has spent the last 35 years building and supporting online networks nationally and regionally. His interests include book reviews, alternative communications, radio-related issues, and documentary film in India. He has covered the FOSS movement in India, Wikipedia, Open Access, Creative Commons and related campaigns.
Janardan Revuru
Janardan Revuru is JavaScript and web standards evangelist
Janardan Revuru is JavaScript and web standards evangelist. He is a Computer Science Engineer and MBA in Marketing. He has been working on Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Data Protection (DP) management software at HPE & Dell EMC. He is passionate about web technologies, open source software and agile software development. He has been an author and speaker at national and international conferences. He is recognised as a web community leader by Microsoft, Google and Huawei. He is the co-founder of the popular JavaScript Meetup which has 10,000+ members.
Amith K K
Amith is a Senior Engineer under The Office of the CTO at Unisys
Amith is a Senior Engineer under The Office of the CTO at Unisys, where he plays a pivotal role in leading and architecting the development of prototypes, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and research material for integrating emerging technologies into enterprise solutions, helping the organization stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
In addition to his technical acumen, Amith is also an avid thought leader in the tech industry. He has authored and published multiple articles, research papers, and patents on various emerging technologies, showcasing his expertise and innovative ideas. His passion for sharing knowledge with others has led him to regularly host workshops, tech-talks, and contribute to open-source initiatives.
He’s also won and judged at multiple national-level hackathons, including Smart India Hackathon, CentuRITon, Smart Odisha & UIP
Divyanshu Verma
Divyanshu is the Co-Founder of Redinent Innovations and CEO of Redinent Innovations
Divyanshu is the Co-Founder of Redinent Innovations and CEO of Redinent Innovations, a cyber security Start up.
He is an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore, IIT-Delhi and BHU with more than 21 years of experience in Technology RnD, Business Strategy cyber–Security, Networking, IoT security Hardware and software security compliance and standards.
Previously he served at leadership and technical positions in Intel, Broadcom, Ericsson, Dell etc. Before starting as an Entrepreneur, Divyanshu was heading a significant Technology Function at Intel for Connected Home Division (CHD), which was a part of Client Computing Division( CCG).
Divyanshu is Co-inventor of 3 patents and has co-authored papers in IEEE. He previously worked in the United States and Europe and has managed multi-cultural teams in geo locations such as south East Asia, Israel, Europe and the United States.
Divyanshu has delivered key notes and other talks at World Bank, Linux Symposium Canada, and many national and International Conferences. He was Recognised as one of the “Change Makers of Asia” at Phoenix Literature Fest in 2022.
Latest Updates
Google is Back
April 20, 2023
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Glad to have Google Cloud continue its Gold Sponsorship for the forthcoming edition of Open Source India too. Expect some great talks and engaging discussions
Online Registration is ON!
April 20, 2023
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The online registration for 20th edition of Open Source India has begun’ You can register for the FREE Community Pass right now, and later upgrade