[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination to the Board - Ravi Kumar

[K S Rajan]

V. RAVI KUMAR.

RaviKumar has been one of the founding members and an energetic person not
only responsible for the setting up of the India Chapter of OSGeo, but
also at the forefront of spreading awareness of the Open Source philosophy
and the potential (inclduing showcasing a few pilot applications) it holds
for a developing country like India.

Though not a developer himself, he has been active in OSGeo fora and has
led the development of training and tutorial materials for a range of
tools including GRASS and Mapserver. These materials have been used
externsively in the training programmes conducted by the India Chapter and
will soon be available for the community at large.