Bio: A technologist with varied experience spanning 15 years. Currently Principal Architect of the Gov. of India UID project - the world's largest identity database. Experience includes leading an architecture services group, IP creation and selling, architecture consulting and delivery of complex systems. Passionate about Open Source and a lead committer for the MindTree Insight project. Has been an invited speaker on technology topics at Microsoft Architecture Days, iCMGWorld Architecture Summit and others. Also blogs frequently and is an occasional guest columnist for CIOUpdate.com