Anivar A Aravind

Organization:	Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
Affiliation:	ALAC, Fellowship Program, GNSO, GDD
Region:	Asia
Country:	India
Email:	anivar@indicproject.org
Website:	anivar.net
LinkedIn:	Anivar A Aravind
Twitter:	@anivar

Anivar A. Aravind is Founder Executive Director of Indic Project, a civic-tech non-profit initiative that works on language engineering, technology standards, and digital rights of native language users. He is a software engineering executive, mentor, and strategist with 12+ years of progressive experience in mentoring many free and open-source software projects and start-ups in the social technology space to find their feet, assisting in various capacities. Anivar’s passion is in the intersection of technology, policy, and law from the perspective of human rights & software freedom. He is an advisory board member of Software Freedom Law Centre India.

Career History

Anivar has taken a leadership role in free Software and free Knowledge communities of scale, like Mozilla, Libreoffice, & Wikipedia. Over the years he helped in building and sustaining FOSS language technology communities like Swathanthra Malayalam Computing(SMC) in India, Initiated successful advocacy efforts on ICT public policy Improvements, and contributed to the launch and maintenance of many thematic and regional networks & conferences. He is a Mozilla Rep and contributing member of Software in Public Interest(SPI), Python Software Foundation(PSF) &The Document Foundation(TDF)

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

Anivar is engaging with NCUC from 2009 onwards and representing Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (SMC), in APRALO, NCSG & NPOC. He was an ICANN57 Fellow and part of Neo Brahmi IDN Label Generation Panel. Anivar has a long track record of initiating, sustaining, and running various technical, policy, and developer platforms and mobilizing people's support and participation in such initiatives. He has a deep understanding of the Internet ecosystem and standardisation process and actively engages with Internet Governance and various digital rights campaigns.

Education

B.Tech in Information Technology from School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).