N. Ram

    Narasimhan Ram (born May 4, 1945) is an Indian journalist. He has been the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu since June 27, 2003. Ram also heads the other publications of The Hindu Group such as Frontline, The Hindu Business Line and Sportstar, and has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
    
    The topic "Freedom in software and media" will be dealt by Mr. N. Ram

Debesh Das

    Debesh das is Minister of IT, West Bengal. He is the man who moved West Bengal towards IT Revolution.
   
    The topic " Freesoftware in e-Governance" will be dealt by Dr. Debesh Das









M. Subramanian

M. Subramaniam is the current mayor of Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.     

    The topic "Freedom - Information - Technology" will be dealt by Mr. M. Subramanian

   

Prabir Purkayastha

Prabir is a reputed Engineer and Secretary of Delhi Science Forum.

    The topic " Software Patents" will be dealt by Dr. Prabir.

Kiran Chandra

Director of Free Software Foundation, India

    The topic " Freedom and Computing" will be dealt by Mr. Kiran Chandra.