ksta took to the streets, demanding foss be installed in computers in schools. “Teachers boycotted classes and said they would boycott examinations if the class x ‘it Practicals’ was held using the Microsoft package,” recounts V K Sasheedharan, then a ksta member. The government buckled under the pressure and finally accepted the demand to include foss in the it@school project.

Sathya’s confidence emerges from a series of events that began eight years ago.