Vidya Ayer
Vid Ayer has boot-strapped an entreprenuer firm earlier and is currently undergoing the process for the second. She is also involved with the local entreprenuer communities like Kickstart.in and OCC (open coffee club), which is planning to have a women entreprenuer's cell soon.
Vid joined the Libre software community in 2000 and started volunteering in 2003 with LinuxChix and then Ubuntu, Debian, IndiChix (local chapter of Linuxchix.org), and KDE-Women. Over the years she founded Ubuntu-Women, a project synonymous with gender equality within Ubuntu. She admins lists and is an editor for Ubuntu Fridge and moderator for Brainstorm.
Areas of interest for talks/presentations include :
+ Libre Software, and contributing to the software community.
+ Founding and managing a project in the community.
+ Women, OpenSource and project/community management.
+ Contributing to the Ubuntu community.
+ Startups and financial management.
+ Entreprenuership, Women and Open source.
+ Marketing, Finance, Communication and Business skills.