August 5 9:00 AM-5:00 PM IST
Open Source Summit India is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It’s the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.
Why Attend
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Connect with the people shaping open source
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Learn from maintainers, architects, and industry leaders
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Discover new technologies and real-world solutions
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Collaborate on ideas that move projects forward
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Grow your skills, your network, and your career
LFDT Talks & Panels
Panel: Building Infrastructure in the Open — How India Is Leading the Way in Forging Trusted Digital Systems
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5 · 11:55 AM IST
Speakers:
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Julian Gordon, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT)
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Ankita Patidar, Co-Chair, LFDT India Chapter; Blockchain Architect, AYANWORKS
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Hrishikesh Nashikkar, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
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Sid Ugrankar, Qila
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Kamlesh Nagware, Co-founder, FSV Labs; Co-Chair, LFDT India Chapter
This panel highlights the pivotal role of India’s open collaboration in creating trusted digital public infrastructure. With leadership from LFDT India Chapter Co-Chairs Kamlesh Nagware and Ankita Patidar, the session will showcase India’s advancements in decentralized identity, digital payments, and blockchain-based systems.
Panel: Trustworthy AI — Enhancing Human Agency and Machine Accountability in the Age of Agentic AI
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5 · 12:30 PM IST
Speakers:
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Aravind Voruganti, IDS
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David Menezes, People+ai
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Jollydeep Kaur, NxtGen
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Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Dhiway
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Kamlesh Nagware, Co-founder, FSV Labs; Co-Chair, LFDT India Chapter
This discussion explores how agentic AI can be aligned with human values, emphasizing accountability, transparency, and the unique role India is playing in building trustworthy AI systems through open source.
Keynote
Building for Billions: Reimagining an Internet of Value for the Digital Economy
Speaker:
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Pramod Varma, Co-Creator, Finternet & Beckn Protocol; Former Chief Architect of Aadhaar, UPI, and India Stack
Pramod will share insights on how India’s innovations in digital identity, payments, and open protocols are laying the groundwork for a next-generation Internet of Value designed to serve billions and power the global digital economy.
About LFDT India Chapter
The Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) India Chapter is a leading regional hub advancing blockchain, digital identity, and decentralized trust technologies in India. Serving as a bridge between global open source ecosystems and India’s dynamic digital public infrastructure initiatives, the Chapter plays a key role in driving adoption, education, and collaboration.
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Kamlesh Nagware, Co-founder of FSV Labs, serves as Co-Chair of LFDT India Chapter. A recognized blockchain influencer and advisor, he contributes to Hyperledger governance and mentors startups across Web3, tokenization, and CBDC initiatives.
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Ankita Patidar, Blockchain Architect at AYANWORKS, is also Co-Chair of LFDT India Chapter, where she provides technical leadership, drives community engagement, and helps accelerate enterprise adoption of open source decentralized trust technologies.
Together, they lead the India Chapter’s efforts to connect developers, enterprises, and policymakers in building trusted digital systems for the future.
Register here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-india/
Details:
Start:
August 5 9:00 AM
End:
August 5 5:00 PM