About me

My name is Anivar Aravind, Friends call me anivar or ani.

I get involved in more things than I can do justice to, with my various identities struggling for occasional bursts of dominance. Some among them Anivar Aravind

Information Architect: There is a beauty in the design of information structures, whether these be community spaces or databases, for human or machine consumption
Hacktivist: The term means “a person work toward social change by combining programming skills with critical thinking.” Definitely i am targeting this brand.
Campaigner: I always like to be an Online campaigner for various peoples movements in the country. I’m Also associated/initiated various campaigns in Kerala.
FLOSSopher: The philosophy flavor of Freedom in Computing. I love to be identified as a strong proponant of Free Culture movements, Open Access movements & Free Standards
Initiator: co-founder of GAIA & Stolengeneration, founder of moving Republic etc.
Occasional writer. I get to see my name in a print publication once or twice a year. The subjects are mainly non-tech & related to various campaigns. But in my experience the response from Print media is always higher than online media