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{{Infobox person
| name = Atul Chitnis
| image = Atul chitnis foss.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1962|02|20}}
| birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|06|3|1962|02|20}}
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[FOSS.IN]]
| occupation = Consulting, writer, Public Speaker
| spouse = Shubha
| children = Geetanjali
| website = {{URL|AtulChitnis.net}}
}}

'''Atul Chitnis''' (20 February 1962 – 3 June 2013) was an Indian consulting technologist. He was one of the organizers of [[FOSS.IN]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article845424.ece |title=More Join the Chorus for Free Software |first=Vasudha |last=Venugopal |date=24 October 2010 |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai}}</ref> (formerly '''Linux Bangalore''') which was one of Asia's [[free and open source software]] (FOSS) conferences.

==Career==
In 1989, Chitnis set up a [[Bulletin Board System]] (BBS) called CiX<ref>[http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/COUNTRIES/BBSCULTURES/INDIA/ The BBS Documentary Library]</ref> which provided an entry point for many users to online communities.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/search/2002/aug/21net1.htm Rediff Guide to the Net: Features: The Way We Were]</ref><ref>[http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?artid=101682 The Future of Media?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202094235/http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?artid=101682 |date=2 February 2009 }}</ref> He was the author of a [[PCQuest]] magazine column – COMversations.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} Chitnis gave talks on data communication in Indian industry, the Internet and intranets.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} As a Consulting Editor for [[PCQuest]],<ref name="pcquest">{{cite news|title=Remembering Atul Chitnis|url=http://www.dqindia.com/dataquest/news/189512/remembering-atul-chitnis|newspaper=[[PCQuest]]|date=3 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619093309/http://www.dqindia.com/dataquest/news/189512/remembering-atul-chitnis|archivedate=19 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> he worked on the [[PCQuest (magazine)#PCQ Linux Initiative|PCQuest Linux Initiative]].

Working as a volunteer in the FOSS community such as the [[Bangalore Linux User Group]], and through seminars and articles, he encouraged use of FOSS technologies. Chitnis was one of the organizers of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513102009/http://linux-bangalore.org/2004/ Linux Bangalore] series of FOSS community driven conferences. [[FOSS.IN]] is said to have been one of Asia's largest annual FOSS events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/article_1218648.php/Bangalore_readies_for_one_of_worlds_largest_FOSS_events |title=Monsters and Critics |accessdate=10 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106042301/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/article_1218648.php/Bangalore_readies_for_one_of_worlds_largest_FOSS_events |archivedate=6 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105112915.asp |title=CIOL: Free world event FOSS.IN/2005 opens in Bangalore |accessdate=10 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202093242/http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105112915.asp |archivedate=2 February 2009 }}</ref> Atul also served as one of the members of the faculty committee at the National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=2 |title=NRCFOSS Faculty Committee Meeting |accessdate=30 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804052944/http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=2 |archivedate=4 August 2007 }}</ref> He often spoke at various fora on FOSS technology and adoption. {{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

==Death==
Atul Chitnis was diagnosed with [[intestinal cancer]] in August 2012.<ref name=DNAdeath>{{cite news|first=Akansha |last=Pandey|title=Atul Chitnis's death moves people|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/1843121/report-atul-chitnis-s-death-moves-people|newspaper=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|date=3 June 2013}}</ref> He died on 3 June 2013.<ref name=NBWDeath>{{cite news|title=R.I.P Atul Chitnis : The Man Who Changed the Open Source World|url=http://www.nextbigwhat.com/atul-chitnis-297/|newspaper=NextBigWhat}}</ref><ref name=NDTVdeath>{{cite news|title=Shine on, You Crazy Diamond: Atul Chitnis (1962–2013)|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond-atul-chitnis-1962-2013-374678|newspaper=[[NDTV]]|date=3 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=cioldeath>{{cite news|title=Open Source guru Atul Chitnis, 51, no more|url=http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/189508/open-source-guru-atul-chitnis-51|newspaper=[CIOL]|date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Atul Chitnis}}
*[http://atulchitnis.net Chitnis' personal website]

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