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APNIC 52

Anupam Agrawal (Cooperation SIG Chair position)

Nominee details

Title
Mr.
Name
Anupam Agrawal
Position
Chair
Organization
India Internet Foundations
Economy
INDIA

Anupam Agrawal

Biographical info

Education/qualifications
  1. Chartered Accountancy from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  2. Fellow European Summer School on Internet Governance
  3. Chevening Fellow on Cyber Security
  4. Convenor – AG 10 (Outreach) in ISO/IEC JTC 1 on ICT Standardisation
Experience and involvement in APNIC activities
  1. Chair of India Internet Foundation (IIFON) – a not for profit organization working on critical Internet Infrastructure and Internet measurements. IIFON supports Community IX namely Kolkata IX, hosts root server instances and is working on Internet Measurements. This has provided the understanding for synergies and efficiencies required for management of Internet number resources. IIFON is having an MoU with APNIC for collaboration on capacity development.
  2. Senior Consultant at TATA Consultancy Services in Corporate Industry Forums & Standards Cell. Engaged with ICT Standardization communities globally through different SDOs.
  3. Past Chair of Internet Society Kolkata Chapter which worked with APNIC on IPv6 capacity development in the local region over last 10 years.
  4. Member APNIC Working Group on Policy Development Review.
  5. Member INSIG Core Committee

Nominee statement

Digital transformation of society has been fast forwarded by pandemic which necessitates that every human on earth now should have affordable access to digital networks. Cooperation and collaboration are the only principles on which the road ahead can be paced for an outcome which includes all and benefits all.

While APNIC works towards its vision of for a global, open, stable, and secure Internet. governments and other organizations take decisions which impact the future of Internet which has been at the heart of digital transformation. Herein community needs to share their opinions and point of views by engaging in discussion and conversations with different stakeholder communities allowing for effective collaboration and cooperation.

APNIC is at inflection points of the changing networking profession requiring specific capacity development efforts and global society transformation requiring extensive outreach and better connect with members from different stakeholder communities. The cooperation SIG in APNIC has a higher role to play and if elected as the Chair, I would focus on strengthening the Cooperation SIG as forum for discussing the issues of relevance to APNIC community with different stakeholders’ community and providing specific inputs to APNIC secretariat on their outreach efforts.

Nominated by

Organization:
India Internet Foundation

Reason for nomination

Anupam Agrawal has been engaged with the APNIC community for more than 10 years now and currently is engaged with activities related to Internet governance and Critical Internet infrastructure both at local & regional levels. He is also engaged with different stakeholder communities including academia and standards development organizations. His leading the cooperation SIG will allow for increased relevance to APNIC’s existing and new members and connect better with other stakeholders including government and organizations.

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