I amVivekVC and a practicingLead Solution Architect fromCochin(Kochi) currently based inChennai, India.

My hobbies apart from being aWikipedian include learning about the latest technology trends,blogging,free/open source software,debian,indymedia (and otherIndependent Mediacollectives), TheFree-culture movement andhacktivism

I am also the Founder ofThe FOSS India Collective which aims to be a communications network for friends,well wishers and community members ofFree Culture andFOSS movements,hacker spaces,open standard initiatives,HAM_Radio/Amateur_radio_homebrew &full disclosureinformation security communities in India.

• My Website:http://www.vivekcherian.net
• My Blog:http://www.vivekvc.wordpress.com

• My WikiMedia Community Involvement Photos:

Me andJimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales the founder of Wikipedia at the Hotel Khyber, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai,India(Photo Dated 31st October 2010) :http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek_jimmy.JPG

Me,Erik Möller (Deputy Director of Wikimedia Foundation) and Prakash Advani (Manager - Central Asia Canonical,Ubuntu) at Homi Bhaba Center for Science Education at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mankhurd, Mumbai. During this event I had interactions withDanese Cooper, the CTO of Wikimedia Foundation andAlolita Sharma, Engineering Program Manager of Wikimedia Foundation. (Photo Dated: December 11th 2010):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek-erik.jpg

Me lighting the candle on the occassion of the 10th Anniversay of Wikipedia held at VJTI,Matunga,Mumbai. This funtion was presided by Barry Newstead, Global Development Officer, Wikimedia Foundation (Photo Dated 15th January 2011):https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek_VC_with_the_Wikipedia-10th-anniversary_cake.jpg

• Media Citations: The Hindu Business line (New Delhi Edition) dated January 14 2011, which contains an interview I gave to correspondent Divya Trivedi of the Hindu Delhi office.http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/article2326353.ece

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