Sunil Abraham

Sunil Abraham = Indian author and activist, with a focus on helping nonprofits in their use of free software.

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Bio

"Sunil Abraham is the Director of Policy at the Centre for Internet and Society based in Bangalore. The Centre for Internet and Society aims to critically engage with concerns of digital pluralism, public accountability and pedagogic practices, in the field of Internet and Society, with particular emphasis on South-South dialogues and exchange. Sunil is a social entrepreneur and Free Software advocate. He founded Mahiti in 1998 which aims to reduce the cost and complexity of Information and Communication Technology for the Voluntary Sector by using Free Software. He was elected an Ashoka fellow in 1999 to ‘explore the democratic potential of the Internet’. He was granted a Sarai FLOSS fellowship in 2003. Between June 2004 and June 2007, Sunil also managed the International Open Source Network a project of United Nations Development Programme’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme serving 42 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.'

Details

Full Name: Sunil Abraham Ayrookhuziel

Date of Birth: 17-06-1973

Nationality: Indian

Phone: +91 80 3536028

E-mail: sunil@mahiti.org

Place: Puthencavu

Status: Married

Address: 30/2 Miller Road, Benson Town, Bangalore - 560 046.

Publications

As Editor

1. FOSS: Education by Tan Wooi Tong. Ó APDIP-UNDP. Published by Elsevier. ISBN: 81-8147-565-8

2. FOSS: Government Policy by Kenneth Wong. Ó APDIP-UNDP. Published by Elsevier. ISBN: 81-8147-755-3

3. FOSS: Localization by Anousak Souphavanh and Theppitak Karoonboonyanan. Ó APDIP-UNDP. Published by Elsevier. ISBN: 81-8147-754-5

4. FOSS: Open Standards by Nah Soo Hoe. Ó APDIP-UNDP. Published by Elsevier. ISBN-13: 978-81-312-0538-9 & ISBN-10: 81-312-0538-X

5. FOSS: Licensing by Shun Ling Chen. Ó APDIP-UNDP. Published by Elsevier. ISBN-13: 978-81-312-0422-1; ISBN-10: 81-312-0422-7

6. FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya. Ó APDIP-UNDP. To be published by Elsevier.

As Author

1. Who's afraid of the Old Fox, Information for Development, May 2003

2. IOSN: Building a global resource, Information for Development, October 2005

3. Agency and Enterprise Handbook for ICT in the Indian Small Scale Sector along with Dr. Richard Heeks and Dr. Richard Duncombe of Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. May 2004.

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