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Catalyst ICT4D Collective. He is a British academic and public figure, specialising in the uses of digital technology by the world’s poorest and most marginalised peoples. Trained as a geographer, he believes in crossing boundaries between disciplines and sectors, as well as in the importance of international understanding between peoples and governments

Pramod Tandukar is the Executive Director of the Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (ACORAB) in Nepal. He is passionate about the development of the community radio sector in Nepal and has played a pivotal role in its expansion and development.  His leadership and expertise have been instrumental in the formulation of ACORAB’s Strategy-2030 which aims to transform community radio stations into vibrant hubs for local communication and community engagement.

Throughout his career, Pramod has made significant contributions to organisational growth and success, with a focus on strategic leadership, resource mobilization, organizational development, institutional strengthening, partnership development and project management.  Prior to his current role, he served at the International Centgre for Intgegrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).  He holds a Master’s degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

• Dr R. Sreedher is presently the Professor Emeritus, at Apeejay Stya University, Sohna, Delhi and was till recently the Director of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA).
• He has been working with Electronic media from 1972 onwards in various capacities.
• He joined All India Radio as Assistant Editor Science Reporting in 1976. Was Producer spoken word at AIR Coimbatore , Science officer AIR Chennai from 1980-87, Director of Programmes Education at Delhi from 1988-1993, Dy Director Staff Training, Dy Director Sports, Director Farm and Home, and Station Director at All India Radio Bhopal from 1996-98
• Till today, Dr Sreedher is remembered and sought after for unconventional broadcast formats by AIR like Vinmeen Arimugam En Eppadi, Teleconference with people on the move etc He had conceptualised, devised, produced the world’s largest Radio serial for children titled Human Evolution simultaneously in 18 languages and for 144 weeks.
• He was also the Member of the Innovation Sub Council for Media innovation for Government of India and also on the committee of restructuring Prasar Bharati both of which were headed by Sam Pitroda
• He was one of the three experts at the Technical Expert committee formed to advise the Prasar Bharati Board on all matters relating to All India Radio and Doordarshan from 2012-14
• He worked in Doordarshan in various capacities like Director of Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata, Controller of programmes Films and sponsored, Chief Producer, DDK , Chennai. He is credited with launching DD movie channel and DD Bangla channe.l.
• Personally he was involved in launching the Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vani EducationalTelevision and FM Channels through IGNOU and before he left IGNOU had the distinction of launching 14 radio channels and four TV channels
• He was also a consultant for UNESCO in revamping the educational media centre in Afghanistan
• Dr Sreedher is associated with the Community Radio Movement from its inception and in fact had a small role even in the formulation of the original as well as revised policies . He has motivated more than 80 Stations out of 110 today. He was responsible for the launch of India’s first community radio station in Anna University Chennai
• Widely travelled abroad – more than 20 countries and also served as consultants to UNESCO, UNICEF and Commonwealth of Learning in matters of Educational media.
• He worked as Director of Educational Media Centres at IGNOU (1998- 2003), Anna University (2003-2005) and IIT Roorkee (2005-2006).
• Finalist at World Technology Network award for Education in 2002 and Elected Fellow of WTN
• He received the National Award for Science Popularisation award in 1991
• He has also won five Akashvani awards for innovative radio production.
• He was the syndicate member of Tamilnadu open university and also held several positions in Research Councils of CSIR, Boards of National Institute of open Schooling, Consortium of Educational Communication, UGC, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Vigyan Prasar , Academic council member of several universities, Board of studies member of many institutions and Visiting Faculty at various Educational Instit

Yuliya leads non-profit organisation TaC-Together against Cybercrime International, which works on the empowerment of users on safe and responsible Internet, child online protection and the Internet Governance issues. TaC International proposes victim assistance, works on educational tools for professionals (such as law enforcement or judges) and corporate users, as well as develop awareness raising activities mainly through its Youth IGF project. 

Yuliya is an expert belonging to a number of international organisations on ICT markets and cybercrime/cybersecurity and author or co-author of a number of regulatory texts in different countries. She regularly advises governments and private sector entities on cybersecurity strategies. 

Yuliya has co-initiated such projects as: Youth IGF Movement (2011), EU Observatory on better participation of vulnerable groups in the Information Society (2016) or the Empowerment of vulnerable children online (2013). 

She recently initiated a development of awareness-raising tools for users on cybersecurity, together with the University of Beira Interior (Portugal). 

Yuliya is an appointed #SaferInternet4EU Ambassador by the EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and former MAG member to the UN  SG on the IGF - Internet Governance Forum (three terms). 

She is a graduate from the Institute of Political Sciences of Paris and also holds a Master degree in European Affairs and the L.L.M. in Internet Law.

Paul has been the chairman of ICT4D.at since 2014 and in his spare time enjoys using his skills for the common good.  He graduated as a computer scientist with a focus on media informatics from the Vienna University of Technology, where he is currently also doing his PhD.  He works with INSO (the Research Group for Industrial Software) as a researcher and lecturer in the field of mobile technologies and ICT4D. He is currently employed as a software developer for mobile technologies within a fast growing Austrian company.   He has won several national and international awards for his innovative work at Os – a collective to tackle social issues through the use of ICTs