Amrita University showcases its great minds to the world. As a beginning, two of our Amritians are participating in the prestigious TEDx event at AMRITA as guest speakers. Mr. Korath V Mathew, who is the current Director of AKSHAYA Project, Kerala State IT Mission, and Mr.N.Krishnadas, who is the Ambassodor of GreenIT Campaign are participating in the event.

Korath V Mathew is presently the Director of Akshaya, a landmark ICT project of Kerala state IT Mission focused on empowering the citizens through ICT. Launched in Malappuram District of Kerala in November 2002 as an e-literacy campaign to bridge the digital divide, Akshaya Citizen Service Centers(CSC) have now spread all across the state delivering a multitude of G2C, B2C, G2B and G2G services.In addition, the ubiquitous network of 2000 Akshaya Centers also focuses on Distance learning , e-learning, E- Krishi and many specialized services. Prior to this job he worked as an ICT Consultant to many projects, namely, ERP implementations, SaaS solutions, GIS systems, Datacenter services, VPN/WAN connectivity, BPR, E Governance projects and PPP model for E-governance.

N Krishnadas, is pursuing his PhD at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. His research area is Information and Systems and he is conducting his research on Green IT. He decided to pursue his management research career to leverage upon his expertise in Computer Science Engineering (B.Tech). He has successful internship experiences with Microsoft and Honeywell. He has published research papers in International Journals and has presented papers in reputed International Conferences. He has won many awards in various management/engineering events including the Indian Innovator and Best Manager Award. He has special interest in field of e-governance and has made significant contributions in this field. He aspired to become a Green IT expert and contribute to Information Systems and Environmental Sustainability.