Fouad Riaz Bajwa
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| Country: | Pakistan |
| Email: | fouadbajwa[at]gmail.com |
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Fouad Riaz Bajwa is a Human Technology Evangelist, Campaigner, Social Entrepreneur, Web Architect, Artist, Performer, Speaker & Writer from Lahore, Pakistan. He motivates, advocates Internet based Open Innovation adoption and builds Open technology communities that facilitate social development through technology innovation![1]
He has acted as the Webmaster for the Pakistani government.[2]
Mr. Bajwa is the co-Founder and Director of Oi2; he is also the co-Vice Chair of ICANN's Asia Pacific Regional At Large Organization (APRALO), with a tenure from 2010 through June, 2012.[3] He is also invovled with APRALO's umbrella organization, ICANN's ALAC.[4]
An interview with Fouad with CIO Pakistan, on the topic of new gTLDs, can be found here.
Internet Work
He advocates, teaches, speaks, writes and researches on issues related to the Internet, Human and Social Development Technology, Internet Governance, IG4D, Free & Open Source Software, Community Development, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, Blogging and Online Entrepreneurship.
Fouad has been actively involved in public policy information activism for the development of pro-people Information Technology and/or Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Electronic Laws in Pakistan.[5]
He is also an ICT consultant and his main interest is within ICTs and FOSS. Fouad heads LPI Pakistan, a Master Affiliate of the Linux Professional Institute(LPI). LPI has trained more than 4000 people since its inception.[6]
Fouad is an ISOC Global member,[7], Next Generation Leader, [8] and also served as an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF.[9] He is on the board of the APRALO, and currently acting as its co-Vice Chair.[10] He is also a community member at the DiploFoundation.[11]
Fouad participated in the WSIS'05-World Summit on Information Society Tunisia 2005 and has been a member of the UN Secretary General's MAG Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum since 2009.
Fouad Riaz Bajwa founded and acted as the secretary for the Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan (FOSSFP), Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan, which advocates the use of Open Source Software for humanitarian and socio-economic development.[12]
Fouad enjoys many aspects of life, including but not limited to music, dancing, traveling, writing, web design, art, and general adventures.