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

Parminder Jeet Singh
Digital Society Activist

Dr E. J. James
PVC, Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences

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