Sunil Abraham is an Indian technology policy analyst and free software advocate, and the director of public policy at Facebook India.[1] He was formerly an endowed professor at ArtEZ University of Arts[2] and the co-founder and executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society. He is a board member of Open Society Foundations.[3] and an honorary steward at Shuttleworth Foundation.[4] He joined Facebook in October 2020 to lead their Public Policy division in India.[5]
Sunil Abraham | |
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.jpg) Sunil Abraham | |
| Born | 17 June 1973 |
| Alma mater | Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering |
| Occupation(s) | Director of Public Policy, Facebook India[1] Endowed Professor, ArtEZ University of Arts, Former Executive Director at the Centre for Internet and Society |
Career
In 1998, Abraham founded Mahiti, a company providing low-cost software services to the voluntary sector,[6] where he continues to serve as a board member.[7] Abraham was elected as an Ashoka Fellow in 1999,[8] and received the Sarai FLOSS Fellowship in 2003.
He managed the United Nations' International Open Source Network from 2004 to 2007.[9][6]In 2008, he co-founded the Centre for Internet and Society, a non-profit research organisation based in India.[6][7]
Views
Abraham has spoken in favour of greater online free speech,[10][11] digital privacy, and net neutrality.,[12] He has criticized some of the aspects of Aadhaar,[13] the biometric-based unique identity system of India. He was an early proponent for a data protection law for India.[14]