Kailash Nadh

Kailash Nadh is an Indian software developer who serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Zerodha, India's largest stock broker. He has held the position since 2013, when he started the company's technology team. Nadh is known for his advocacy of free and open-source software (FOSS) and is the creator of several open-source projects, including listmonk, a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager. He is also a co-founder of the FOSS United Foundation, which promotes free and open-source software development in India.

Career

Zerodha Nadh joined Zerodha in 2013, where he started the company's technology team and built its trading platforms from the ground up. Under his leadership, Zerodha has maintained a notably small in-house technology team relative to the scale of its operations.

Announcing the fund, Nadh said that a significant portion of Zerodha's success was owed to free and open-source software, and that the company's structured approach was intended to address the problem of financial sustainability for open-source projects.

FOSS United Foundation In 2020, Nadh co-founded the FOSS United Foundation, a non-profit organisation that promotes free and open-source software communities and activities in India.