Career
As one of India"s original hackers, Ashish has worked to raise awareness about FOSS in India. In 1993 he co-founded The X Group, the first company to offer professional commercial support for open-source software in India, with Raj Mathur. He is an open source developer and the author of several extensions to the Perl programming language, including PerlVision, Crypt::GPG, Crypt::Schnorr::AuthSign, Persistence::Database::structured query language and Persistence::Object::Postgres.
In pre-Internet India, Ashish created and operated the Primal Scream Bulletin Board System, and created the country"s first inter-city Fidonet echo.
Soon after the launch of Internet services in India, Ashish co-founded Sense/NET, a very popular Internet privacy service, with Vipul Ved Prakash. In 1997 Ashish created the award-winning website for Connect Magazine, the first Indian magazine with an online edition
In 1999, he was involved with Laissez Faire City, where he developed Laissez Faire City"s OpenPGP compatible messaging engine, and also deployed secure wireless links for Laissez Faire City"s consultate in Costa Rica. Since 2000, he has been actively involved in various security and privacy related efforts.
