Speakers / Freedom Fest 2023
Pinarayi Vijayan
Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala
Julian Gordon
VP - Asia Pacific, Linux Foundation
Prof M Narasimha Murthy
IISc Bangalore
Prof Gaurav Raina
IIT Madras
Prof C Pandurangan
IISc Bangalore
V. Sivankutty
Hon.Minister for General Education & Labour
Antony Raju
Hon.Minister for Road Transport, Motor Vehicles & Water Transport
G. R. Anil
Hon. Minister for Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
P. Rajeeve
Hon. Minister for Industries
R. Bindu
Hon. Minister for Higher Education & Social Justice
P. Mohammed Riyaz
Hon. Minister for Public Works & Tourism
M. B. Rajesh
Hon. Minister for Local Self Governments and Excise
K. N. Balagopal
Hon. Minister for Finance
Dr Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr T. M. Thomas Issac
Former Finance Minister and Chairman-Academic Committee
M. A. Baby
Former Minister for Education
Arya Rajendran S.
Hon. Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Dr Roland Kulke
Transform Europe Brussels
Sabriye Tenberken & Paul Kronenberg
Founders, Kanthari Braille Without Borders Charitable Trust
Dr Rasigan Maharajh
Chief Director at I.E.R.I
Dr Dinesh Abrol
Research Scientist, (NISTADS), New Delhi
Prof. Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Aalborg University
Prof. Lakhwinder Singh
CDEIS, Punjabi University
Dr Glenda Kruss
Executive Head, CeSTII unit, Human Sciences Research Council
Prof. Judith Sutz
Professor, University of the Republic, Uruguay
Prabir Purkayastha
President, FSMI
Olivier Crepin
Leblond, ISOC UK
Amrita Choudhury
Member-MAG, UN IGF, and Chair, APRALO, ICANN
Nandini Chami
IT for Change
Mishi Choudhary
Software Freedom Law Centre India
Dr Mohan Agashe
Actor, Psychiatrist
Anjum Rajabali
Screenwriter & Script Doctor
Dr Piyush Antony
Senior Social Policy Advisor, UNICEF
Dr U. C. Jaleel
Open Source Covid Foundation
Dr. Jayan Thomas
Professor of Economics, IIT Delhi
Dr Arun Surendran
Principal, Trinity College of Engineering, Trivandrum
Dr P. V. Aravind
Professor, University of Groningen
Dr E. J. James
PVC, Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences
Parminder Jeet Singh
Digital Society Activist
Vijayadas S. J.
Chief Project Examiner, KIIFB
Dr S. Shaji
Asst Professor, University of Hyderabad
Dr Santhosh Mathew
Country Lead - Public Policy & Finance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr Mala Ramanathan
Professor, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
Apar Gupta
Internet Freedom Foundation
Rishab Bailey
Researcher
Jossy Joseph
Journalist, Author
Mohammed Zubair
AltNews
Shahina K. K.
Journalist
Dr V. Venu IAS
Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala
Dr Ajay Kumar IAS (Rtd)
Former Defence Secretary, GoI
Dr.Akila Radhakrishnan
Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF
Gurumurthy Kashinath
IT for Change, Bengaluru
Prasanna Lohar Banker
Former Head of Innovation - DCB Bank
Sudeep Chaudary
Head India Blockchain, NPCI
Mahesh Govind
Founder, Digiledge
Saran Joseph
Deputy Vice President, Federal bank
Sunil Raveendran
Allianz Technologies
Shaji N. Karun
Chairman, KSFDC
Dr. Vinod Scaria
IGIB, New Delhi
Ramesh Hariharan
Strand life sciences, Bangalore
Dr. Neil Sankar
Indapta Therapeutics, USA
Dr Ramchand C
CEO, MagGenome
Prasanth Sugathan
Legal Director, SFLC.IN
Dr Rathan U Kelkar IAS
IT Secretary
Dr.Santhosh Babu IAS (Rtd)
Managing Director, KSITIL
Dr B Ekbal
Public Health Activist
Dr Achuth Sankar S. Nair
Dept of Computational Biology & Bio Informatics, University of Kerala
Prof T. Pradeep
IIT Madras
Muralee Thummarukudi
Director, G20 Global Initiative Coordination Office, UNCCD
Sam Santhosh
Founder Chairman & Global CEO, MedGenome
Ajikumar Parayil
Founder and CEO, Manus Bio
Madhu S. Nair
Chairman & Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Ltd
Dr S. Irudaya Rajan
Former Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS)
Prof. Manoj Changat
Head, Department of Futures Studies
Dr Pradeep Srivastava
Executive Director, TIFAC
Dr K. J. Joseph
Director, GIFT
D. S. Nagesh
Scientist, SCTIMST
Satish Babu
Member, At-Large Advisory Committee, ICANN
S. D. Shibulal
Infosys
Dr P. V. Unnikrishnan
Member Secretary, K-DISC
Kiran Chandra
General Secretary, FSMI
Dr A. Sabu
Pro Vice Chancellor, Kannur University
K. Anvar Sadath
Chief Executive Officer, KITE
T. Gopakumar
Secretary, DAKF
Dr Saji Gopinath
Digital University Kerala
Anoop Ambika
Kerala Start Up Mission
Dr Joy Elamon
Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA)
Sunil Prabhakar
Digital Media Expert
Dr Sunil T. T.
International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)
Dr Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose
Kerala State Disaster Management Authority
G. Jayaraj
Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT)
Dr K.P. Sudheer
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)
Dr Asharaf S
Digital University Kerala
Anu Kumari IAS
Kerala State IT Mission
Dr Veena N. Madhavan IAS
Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE)
R. S. Babu
Kerala Media Academy
Remeshan Palery
Uralungal Labour Contract Co-Operative Society (ULCCS)
Dr K. Ravi Raman
Kerala State Planning Board
G. Shankar
Kerala Professional Network
Dr P. K. Jayaraj
Senior Consultant (English & Pedagogy), KITE
Mr. Bose Krishnamachari
Artist and Curator
Adv. V.K.Prasanth
MLA Vattiyoorkavu
Dr. Ashraf
Dean(Development) , DUK
Mr. Josy Joseph
Investigative Journalist, Author
Mrs. Gauthami
Cine Actress
Ms. Lakshmi Menon
Governing council member,NIF
Mr. N P Chandrasekharan
Kairali TV
Mr. R Rajagopal
The Telegraph
Mr. Sashi Kumar
Asian College of Journalism
Dr. Sreejith Alathur
IIM Kozhikode
Mr. Vinod Jose
The Caravan