Sunil Abraham (an Ashoka Fellow) is the executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore/New Delhi. CIS is a 9 year old policy and academic research organisation that focuses on accessibility, access to knowledge, internet governance and telecommunications.

He is also the founder and director of Mahiti, a 17 year old social enterprise that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of ICTs for the voluntary sector by using free software. Starting 2004, for 3 years, Sunil also managed the International Open Source Network, a project of UNDP’s APDIP, serving 42 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sunil currently serves on the advisory boards of Mahiti and Samvada. Sunil is also the chair of the advisory board of the Open Society Foundations – Information Programme.