Biography:Faisal Farooqui (activist)

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Faisal Farooqui
Born1976 or 1977
NationalityIndian
OccupationActivist, Entrepreneur
Years active2000-present

Faisal Farooqui is an Indian activist, writer and entrepreneur.[1][2] He is an advocate of net neutrality and time zone reforms in India.[3][4] He is the founder & CEO of MouthShut.com[5] and a founding-member of startup angel investment network, Lead Angels.[6]

Farooqui petitioned for freedom of expression on the Internet- he challenged India's IT Rules in the Supreme Court of India which resulted in the Honorable Supreme Court striking down the IT Act's Sec. 66A and reading down of many other sections in a lawsuit known as Shreya Singhal v. Union of India and (MouthShut.com & Faisal Farooqui v/s Union of India) [7] [8][9]

India's national news channel Doordarshan named Farooqui as a youth icon. He received the Manthan Award for Best Youth website in 2006 from IT Minister Sachin Pilot[10]

Early life and education

Farooqui was born in Mumbai , India. He attended St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai.[11] For higher studies, he moved to the United States where he received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Information Systems and Finance from the Binghamton University.[12]

Career

After graduation, he started working at American Management Systems as a telecommunication consultant.[11]

In 2000, he left the United States and moved to India to establish MouthShut.com.[11][13] He is known for introducing web 2.0 in India.[14]

He is also known for popularizing the concept of advertising on rickshaws for marketing purposes.[15][16]

Recently, he became spokesperson for Indian actor, Dilip Kumar, because of their long-standing family relationship.[17][18]

Net Neutrality

Faisal Farooqui is an advocate of an unrestricted neutral internet.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Menon, Rashmi (8 January 2020). "Why some CEOs don't care about MBAs". https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/business-of-life/why-some-ceos-don-t-care-about-mbas-11578497893474.html. 
  2. ↑ "Mouthshut.com has built a robust technology infrastructure: Faisal Farooqui, Founder and CEO, MouthShut.com". 15 November 2019. https://www.expresscomputer.in/amp/videos/excl-interviews/mouthshut-com-has-built-a-robust-technology-infrastructure-faisal-farooqui-founder-and-ceo-mouthshut-com/43576/. 
  3. ↑ Kanti, Anurit. "Shifting India's Time-Zone By 30 Minutes Will Have Economic, Social, Health And Environmental Benefits: Faisal Farooqui". http://businessworld.in/article/Shifting-India-s-Time-Zone-By-30-Minutes-Will-Have-Economic-Social-Health-And-Environmental-Benefits-Faisal-Farooqui/11-09-2017-125868. 
  4. ↑ "Nine Indian startup CEOs write to TRAI against zero-rating platforms". 30 December 2015. https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/facebooks-free-basics-9-indian-startup-ceos-jointly-write-to-trai-chairman-against-it/. 
  5. ↑ https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/newsmaker-faisal-farooqui-115032601198_1.html
  6. ↑ Saraswathy, M. (11 November 2013). "Former IIT Bombay team members start angel network". Business Standard India. https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/former-iit-bombay-team-members-start-angel-network-113111100606_1.html. 
  7. ↑ "Section 66A: 21 petitions that changed the system" (in en). 2021-07-14. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sec-66a-21-individuals-who-changed-the-system-2325682/. 
  8. ↑ Das, Soma. "Section 66A of IT Act: We took up battle, big guys didn’t, says MouthShut founder Faisal Farooqui". https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/section-66a-of-it-act-we-took-up-battle-big-guys-didnt-says-mouthshut-founder-faisal-farooqui/articleshow/46683331.cms?from=mdr. 
  9. ↑ "Section 66A of IT Act: Entire digital ecosystem will take off from here, says MouthShut founder Faisal Farooqui". 25 March 2015. https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/entire-digital-ecosystem-will-take-off-from-here-faisal-farooqui/57177/. 
  10. ↑ https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/15690_manthan-awards-announced-in-14-categories
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Naik, Sushma (3 October 2009). "Swades, the dotcom way". http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20051003/technologylife02.shtml. 
  12. ↑ "Alumnus credits Binghamton for inspiring his award-winning review website". September 2014. https://www.binghamton.edu/alumni/news/alumni-connect/sep-2014/international-alumnus.html. 
  13. ↑ Surabhi Agarwal (26 March 2015). "Newsmaker: Faisal Farooqui". Business Standard. http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/newsmaker-faisal-farooqui-115032601198_1.html. 
  14. ↑ Adgully Bureau (31 July 2012). "Opinion, that matters: MouthShut's Faisal Farooqui". http://www.adgully.com/exclusive-opinion-that-matters-mouthshut-s-faisal-farooqui-51240.html. Retrieved 8 March 2017. 
  15. ↑ Mitra, Moinak (23 March 2007). "Chunnu, Munnu left out as autos load dotcom ads". http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Infotech/Internet__Telecom/Chunnu_Munnu_left_out_as_autos_load_dotcom_ads/articleshow/1795954.cms. Retrieved 8 March 2017. 
  16. ↑ Seetha (25 September 2006). "Dotcoms discover a new marketing vehicle" (in en). https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-dotcoms-discover-a-new-marketing-vehicle-1055159. 
  17. ↑ Hindi, TV9 (7 July 2021). "Dilip Kumar Social Media : कौन हैं फैसल फारूकी जो हर पल देते थे दिलीप कुमार की हेल्थ से जुड़ी जानकारी, जानिए क्या है एक्टर से रिश्ता". https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/dilip-kumar-death-know-who-is-faisal-farooqui-who-used-to-give-actor-health-update-know-what-is-his-relation-with-him-725587.html. 
  18. ↑ "कौन हैं फैसल फारुकी जो देते थे दिलीप कुमार का हेल्थ अपडेट?". 7 July 2021. https://www.prabhasakshi.com/bollywood/who-is-faisal-farooqui-who-gave-dilip-kumar-health-update. 
  19. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-interviews-blog/internet-users-represent-new-india-with-aspirations-and-they-want-net-neutrality-faisal-i-farooqui/
  20. ↑ www.ETTelecom.com. "Net neutrality: Wary of the DoT matrix - Tele-Talk by Faisal Farooqui | ET Telecom" (in en). http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tele-talk/net-neutrality-wary-of-the-dot-matrix/796. 




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