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MUMBAI, INDIA
4 – 10 September 2026

Gazi Zehadul Kabir

Nominee details

Title
Mr.
Name
Gazi Zehadul Kabir
Position
Chief Strategy Officer
Organization
BDCOM Online Ltd.

Gazi Zehadul Kabir

Biographical info

Education/qualifications
  • M.Sc. & B.Sc. (Honours) – University of Dhaka.
  • ACMP & CXO Conclave – Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.
  • SCSA Certified – Sun Microsystems.
  • Advanced Technical Training – Deep operational training in IPv4/v6 Routing, BGP, Network Security, Internet Governance, MANRS, Virtualization, and System Automation. Conducted hundreds of similar hands-on training in all over Asia Pacific, both online and face to face.
Experience and involvement in APNIC activities
  • APNIC SIG Involvement: Active APNIC Policy SIG and Routing SIG Member, directly contributing toward effective policy development across mailing lists, online meetings, and on-site Policy SIG sessions during APNIC and APRICOT conferences.
  • SANOG (South Asian Network Operators Group): Former Chair and current Steering, Programme & Fellowship Committees Member, playing a very direct and significant role in regional Internet coordination and governance.
  • bdNOG (Bangladesh Network Operators Group): Trustee, actively helping build and guide the local network operational community.
  • ISPAB (Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh): Former Director.
  • ICANN Participation: Recognized two times as an ICANN Fellow and three times as the Mentor for ICANN Fellowship. a regular ISPCP member at ICANN and keep close eye on the activities of NCSG, specially NCUC.
  • APRICOT Involvement: Active contributor to the APRICOT Programme Committee and Fellowships.
  • Community Capacity Building: Champion Tutor for the Internet Society Foundation Online Training, regular invited speaker, and hands-on technical workshop trainer at APNIC, SANOG, bdNOG, and APRICOT events.

Nominee statement

With over 29+ years of active engineering and executive leadership experience in the internet ecosystem, I am putting forward my candidacy for the NRO Number Council (NRO-NC). Throughout my career, I have been deeply embedded in Internet infrastructure deployment, core network transformation, and technical capacity development within the Asia-Pacific region.

As a dedicated APNIC Policy SIG and Routing SIG member, I have consistently contributed to the development of robust, effective consensus policies through active participation in mailing lists, online forums, and on-site policy sessions at APNIC and APRICOT meetings. Serving alongside roles as the Former Chair and current Steering, Programme & Fellowship Committees member of SANOG, a Trustee of bdNOG, and a two-times ICANN Fellow and three-times ICANN Fellowship Mentor, I have always championed bottom-up, community-driven technical governance. My extensive work conducting hundreds of hands-on workshops, Conference Speaker and volunteering for SANOG, bdNOG,APNIC, APRICOT, and Internet Society initiatives reflects my enduring commitment to regional development and internet resource governance.

The NRO-NC/ASO-AC plays a critical role advising on global number resource policies and liaising with the ICANN framework. If elected, I will leverage my decades of practical ISP/Telecom administration experience, local policy development insights, and long-standing alignment with community consensus to objectively serve the Asia-Pacific Internet community in its global stewardship role.

Nominated by

Name
Md. Abul Bashar
Reason for nomination

I am proud to nominate Gazi Zehadul Kabir (Popular as GZ Kabir) for the NRO Number Council (NRO-NC). As a senior executive with nearly three decades of infrastructure experience and a deep, continuous contributor to Regional Internet Governance (including SANOG, bdNOG, and the APNIC Policy/Routing SIGs), GZ Kabir has been deeply embedded in Internet infrastructure deployment, core network transformation, and technical capacity development within the Asia-Pacific region.

Serving as the Former Chair and a current Steering, Programme and Fellowship Committees member of SANOG, a Trustee of bdNOG, long serving Programme and Fellowship Committee member of APRICOT, APNIC Fellow Alumni, a two-times ICANN Fellow and three-times ICANN Fellowship Mentor, and a regular ISPCP member at ICANN, he has consistently championed bottom-up, community-driven technical governance. His extensive work conducting hundreds of hands-on workshops and volunteering for Regional NOGs, APNIC, APRICOT, and Internet Society initiatives reflects his enduring commitment to regional development and internet resource governance.

The NRO-NC plays a critical role advising on global number resource policies and liaising with the ICANN framework. If elected, GZ Kabir will definitely leverage his decades of practical ISP/Telecom administration experience, local governance insights, and long-standing alignment with community consensus to objectively serve the Asia-Pacific Internet community in its global stewardship role.

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