Andrey Extremely incompetent with computers at first, he was transformed by participating in Linux Networking class taught by Manu and by taking interest in high-end hardware. He joined Blue Light in July 2011 as an apprentice system administrator and soon took all hardware-related tasks upon himself, fuelling his motivation with obsessive belief that only quality hardware can provide a safe platform for any computing tasks, open source or not. Interests: hardware, remote administration, networking, non-fanatical approach to operating systems.
Anand My passion is doing research on Open Source technologies. I have years of experience in systems administration on Windows and Linux operating systems and some knowledge in web development tools / templates like Joomla and WordPress.
Bharathy Started to work with Linux from my school times in Future School, Auroville. Taking care of the Financial Service servers, and the Town Hall network and supporting Town Hall computer users.
Bhanu Office Administration & Manager.
Charles Came to computing in 1982 from power station operations. Initially in engineering software, segued into systems administration. Started UNIX in 1992 and Linux in 2008. Linux Questions' contributor catkin. Special interests: bash shellscript, documentation, quality processes, "work smart, not hard".
Damien 10 years of good experience as a Software Engineer in Paris until 2009 in the mainstream world (Windows, Oracle, ASP, mysql, php, Perl ...). Shifted to Ubuntu as a user with Blue Light in 2009; no way to return ... Part of Blue Light to conceive and develop web applications in FOSS environment (mostly Apache, mysql, php, Jquery ...). Like to insist on conception and documentation ...
Daniel Came into touch with IT world in 1985 when dealing with the programmable calculator MK-54. Since then computers became his love and good friends. Supporting Town Hall computer users.
Dyuman Started off playing around with Visual Basic in Windows, shifted to Linux around 4 years ago. Currently doing Linux system administration, networking, programming and a bit of electronics
Phillippe IT Engineer from 1994, never done anything else than working with computers. Dealt with system administration, project management, development: application architect, Python guru, open source evangelist.
Sam Spent most of his time in front of a screen since he was 2 years old. He touched a computer for the first time at 11 and fell in love with the green screen of the Amstrad CPC with which he spent the next 2 years programming in Basic. The drama started with Windows 95. He stayed with the Microsoft OS and successors for the next 15 years to finally shift to Linux and become systems administrator in 2010. Left in February 2014, joined back in July 2014.

List of former, external members

N	Firstname	Surname	From	To	Email	Phone	Skills	Projects	Nationality
1	Akhash	Heimlich			akasha@auroville.org.in;
2	Anand	Ramachandran			anandanr@gmail.com;		systems administration on Windows and Linux operating systems / joomla and Wordpress templates
3	Andrey	Konstantinov	01/07/2011		andreyinvolute@gmail.com;	9786212768	hardware, remote administration, networking, non-fanatical approach to operating systems		Russian
4	Auradha	Markus			auradhamarkus@yahoo.in;
5	Archana	Kanniyappan			auroarchana@gmail.com;
6	Juergen	Kissman		01/09/2012	b4tasttd@auroville.org.in;
7	Tobias	Baumgarten	01/12/2011	01/02/2012	baumt@freenet.de;		Programming ( Java / Perl )	Jira Plugin to show and search the project owner and a Nagios interface in Pearl to check a specific file	German
8	Bhanu	Chander			bhanu@auroville.org.in;
9	Bharathy	Somasundaram			bharathy@auroville.org.in;
10	Biswaranjan	Ray	01/07/2012	01/08/2013	biswarestraint@gmail.com;	9853135124	Support, System Administration	Migrating Users from Windows towards Open Source/Ubuntu, User training, Maintenance etc.	Indian
11	Clayton	Barker			ammassrinath@gmail.com
12	Charles	Atkinson			c.bluelight@auroville.org.in;
13	Ivan	Garcia	01/11/2012	12/01/2012	capiscuas@gmail.com;		PYTHON/ DJANGO/ WEBAPPS/ CMS/ TRYTON/ ERPS/ LINUX	Tryton module / Subdownloader	Spain
14	Chandran	Goodchild	01/01/2012	01/08/2012	ch.goodchild@gmail.com	9787685563	Linux basics, and programming basics	FS token system	Australian / German
15	Coriolan	Weihrauch	01/01/2007	now	coriolan@auroville.org.in;	2622800	programming, networking	Asyncto, Networking, Server setup, library, gas service, financial service... and others	German / French
16	Auropriya	Venkatesan			d_auropriya2000@yahoo.com;
17	Daniel	Estis	01/04/2013	now	da@auroville.org.in;	9843318884	Networking, Windows OS	Town Hall support	Russian
18	Damien	Navineau	01/01/2009		damien.navineau@gmail.com;	9047722740	Software engineer and designer mainly in php development	ACT / Guest houses / guest service / art service / MM inner skin / meeting scheduler /	French
19	Dima	Leonov	29/01/2013	02/07/2013	dleonov10@gmail.com;	+972-54-5483983	PHP Developer	Decrease number of emails with warnings/errors, LTSP authentication policy, hotspot login	Israeli
20	Dyuman	Mezzetti			dyuman@auroville.org.in;		Currently doing Linux system administration, networking, programming and a bit of electronics
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22	Emmanuel	Verchere	01/07/2010	01/12/2010	emmanuel.verchere@gmail.com;	+336 11 13 26 50	Sys/Net Admin - Web hosting, Virtualization/storage, infrastructure (LibVirt/kvm/Ceph...)		French
23	Evgenia				evgenia@auroville.org.in;
24	Patrick	Fernandez			fernandez0203@gmail.com
25	Gumsoon	An			gumsoon@auroville.org.in;
26	Jason	Stewart	01/01/2007	01/01/2012	jasons@auroville.org.in; jason.e.stewart@gmail.com;	+44 7548 124052	linux admin, perl scripting, web work	co-founder, linux education, project admin setup, ltsp research, scripting education, advice	American
27	Johnatan				jonathan@auroville.org.in;
28	Kaushik		01/05/13	01/08/2013	kaushik.work99@gmail.com; kaushik137@gmail.com;	8939643453	C++ developer in Windows Visual Studio for over 10 years / Python	GNU Health for Kailash clinic	Indian
29	Lea	Alidiere			leayashoda@gmail.com;
30	Luis	Falcon			lfalcon@gnusolidario.org;
31	Luk	Gastmans			luk@auroville.org.in;
32	Lyle	Avl			lyle@auroville.org.in;
33	Manoj				manoj@auroville.org.in
34	Manu	Zurmuehl	01/01/2007	03/01/2014	manu@auroville.org.in;		system and network administration
35	Mark	Scott			mark@auroville.org.in;
36	Sam	Charpentier	01/10/2011	01/03/2014	mas.edolah.suweli@gmail.com;	9488328435	System admin	Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04, Service Install scripts, GLPI, LTSP for 12.04, various LDAP application, Asyncto...	French
37	Denis	Nedosekin			nedden@gmail.com;
38	Igor	Barinov	01/09/2009	01/03/2013	ozerki@gmail.com;	+91-9159186668	Network Administration	OpenERP, Ubuntu, Town Hall support	Russian
39	Pavan	Maddamsetti			pavan.maddamsetti@gmail.com;
40	Philippe	May			philippe.may@gmail.com; phil.blav@hanji.info;
41	Ravindra	Dama	01/08/2013	01/07/2014	r_dama@yahoo.com;		Software Development and Consultancy work using Mainframes OS/390, Windows OS and also familiar with UNIX OS	Blue Light Hot Spot	Indian
42	Rajeev	Shankar	15/07/2013	26/07/2013	rajeev@auroville.org.in;	919488820201	Java, Windows, Hardware	Training Program	Indian
43	Resident	Service			resservice@auroville.org.in;
44	Rohit	Grover	01/04/2001	01/09/2011	rgrover1@gmail.com;	+44 750 87 90907	Embedded systems, programming.	Savitri Bhavan, lighting within MatriMandir.	Indian
45	Ruslan	Yeskendirov	01/01/2007	now	ruslan@auroville.org.in;	9442066737, 2622110	physician, project management	Kailash Clinic, AIIH (Auroville Institute for Integral Health), personal PC, International Zone.	Kazakh
46	Saraswathi	Qbase			saraswathi@qbase.co.in;
47	Alexey	Smorodin			smorodinalexey@gmail.com;
48	Raul	aurovilledotcom			support2@auroville.com;
49	Suzanne	aurovilledotcom			suzanne@auroville.org.in;
50	Ulrich	Blass			ublass@auroville.org.in;
51	Uma	RS			umavenkata@gmail.com;
52	Veronica	Stansby			veronica@auroville.org.in;
53	Vlad				kvlad47@auroville.org.in;
54	Sergio	Garcia	10/01/2013	now	s.garcia.fer@gmail.com	7639818142	Word press, drupal, joomla, php5 mysql, template, jquery	AurovilleRadio, Sadhana forest	French

External consultants

Manu Working with Linux since 1998. Interest in system and network administration. Has a passion for Maths. Founding member of Blue Light. Left in February 2014.