Bajwa, Fouad

Fouad Bajwa is a Pakistani national who has been an Internet evangelist and user since 1993. Fouad is a serial social entrepreneur and has been responsible for spinning off ICT and human development initiatives, online communities of learning and practice and Free & Open Source Software programs in Pakistan and abroad. He is an active international ICT for Development specialist, Practitioner, Researcher and Writer. He advises and consults civil society, public and private sectors, national governments, multilateral and bilateral institutions in the framework of strategic access and use of Information and Communications Technologies for Human Development (ICT4D), Internet Governance, ICT Policy, Open ICT Ecosystems, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). During his career spanning more than 12 years, Fouad has been engaged with sectors including academia, business, media, public sector, civil society both regionally and globally. He is a member of key ICT governance think thanks and serves on the boards of various non-profit organizations around the globe and has served as a member of the Champions Network of the prestigious global ICT competition and award, the Stockholm Challenge, an ICT Advisor to the World Bank Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunity and Board of the Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA). Fouad is a member of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) and the Internet Governance Caucus IGC. He is active in Internet Governance related activities and is an alumni of the DiploFoundation and Internet Society. Fouad speaks on Civil Society issues at various levels at national and global level with respect to Free & Open Source Software and ICT4D. Fouad is also actively involved in ICANN constituency activities. He has been a participant and observer of the World Summit on Information Society WSIS Geneva 2003 - Tunisia 2005 and Post-WSIS Action Lines also known as the WSIS Forum 2009 and the UNCSTD session 2009. Fouad currently manages various FOSS communities in Pakistan, Linux Professional Institute Pakistan, Gerry Morgan Foundation GMF-Pakistan Liaison and is the Director of the Organization for Internet and Innovation Oi2.