The Jury
Atul Chitnis
 
Atul Chitnis is Chief Products Officer and Senior Vice President at Geodesic Limited. Arguably one of India's best known technologists, Atul has been at the forefront of India's technology evolution since the 1980s, predicting and driving new technology waves such as datacommunication, networking, the Internet, wireless and mobile computing, and Open Source, among others. His focus areas include mobile and hand-held computing, wireless data networks, Linux and Open Source Software, virtual communities, technology convergence (including Voice over IP and entertainment oriented technologies such as Internet Radio), and the identification and understanding of future technologies.
  
Kishore Bhargava
 
Kishore Bhargava is a technology consultant based out of New Delhi since 1985. His primary area of focus has been the conceptualization, installation and maintenance of the technology infrastructure of large, multi-locational organisations. He has assisted several global corporations, as well as non-governmental organizations in defining their technology roadmap and installing world-class solutions for their operations in India and elsewhere in the world. All of this using free and opensource software and technologies. Kishore is one of the founder members of the India Linux Users Group-Delhi Chapter and an active member many other user groups across the country. A manager on the team that brings you both freed.in and foss.in.
  
Prasanto Kumar Roy
 
Prasanto Kumar Roy, a technology journalist for two decades, is chief editor of CyberMedia’s IT and telecom publications, and CIOL.com, India's top tech portal. He also drives CyberMedia’s green evangelization program, and is deeply interested in mobile technology and products. He travels widely, lectures on technology and media issues, and is especially interested in the world’s cuisines.
  
Nishant Padhiar
 
Nishant Padhiar started his career with India's first specialist home-theatre electronics magazine, AV MAX where he used his skills as a qualified Sound Engineer to pioneer subjective and objective AV product reviewing in the country. During his stint at AV MAX, he garnered several other qualifications, including the coveted THX Certified Home-Theatre Technician. He was only the 2nd person in the country to have qualified from the world-renowned THX Installer-Certification program. As the Editor of AV MAX, Nishant Padhiar also launched the Indian version of the popular global gadget magazine of UK origin, known as T3 (Tomorrows Technology Today). T3 was the first magazine of it's kind in India to blend humor, technology, artful photography and cutting-edge design in a single magazine of world-class quality. Currently, he serves as the Editor of What Hi-Fi? and Stuff, two of the biggest-selling magazines in their respective genres both in India and internationally.
  
Vikram Chandra
 
Apart from playing the CEO and Managing Director of NDTV Networks PLC, Vikram Chandra also anchors news and the popular debate show, The Big Fight, on NDTV 24X7. You can also catch him on Gadget Guru for a weekly round up of all the latest Gadgets, new launches from around the world and product reviews.
  
Rajiv Makhni
 
India's Tech Guru Rajiv Makhni anchors TV shows on technology including Gadget Guru on NDTV 24x7. He is also a columnist and writes for major publications in India and abroad including the Outlook group, Hindustan Times, Mansworld, T3, Travel and Leisure International, The Man, M Magazines etc.
  
Arshad Warsi
 
Arshad Warsi is a Bollywood actor best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006).
  
Sridhar Raman
 
In a media career spanning over 20 years, Sridhar Raman has headed editorial operations at leading newspaper, magazine and online brands. He has been Resident Editor at The Times of India, Editor www.cnet.com in India, Editor Chip, Network Computing and ComputerActive magazines and Senior Editor, Digital at Ananda Bazaar Patrika. He has also held senior editorial positions at The Indian Express and The Financial Express. Currently he offers wide-ranging media consultancy to publishing and media houses and writes on a variety of subjects including technology, gadgets, business and lifestyle.