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