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'''Bhavin Turakhia''' is Founder, CEO and Chairman of [[Directi|The Directi Group]].<ref>[http://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 LinkedIn]</ref> He is also CEO of [[ResellerClub]], [[.pw]], [[LogicBoxes]], and [[BigRock]], which are all a part of The Directi Group.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/management/ Management Profiles - Directi]</ref><ref>[http://www.bigrock.com/bigrock-management.html Management Profiles - BigRock]</ref>
'''Bhavin Turakhia''' is Founder, CEO and Chairman of [[Directi|The Directi Group]].<ref>[http://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 LinkedIn]</ref> He is also CEO of [[ResellerClub]], [[.pw]], [[LogicBoxes]], and [[BigRock]], which are all a part of The Directi Group.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/management/ Management Profiles - Directi]</ref><ref>[http://www.bigrock.com/bigrock-management.html Management Profiles - BigRock]</ref>


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Bhavin formerly served as chairman for the ICANN [[Registrar Constituency]] for two consecutive terms. He was the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.webinnovation.in/2008mum/SpeakersProfile.htm Web Innovation Speakers Profile]</ref>
Bhavin formerly served as chairman for the ICANN [[Registrar Constituency]] for two consecutive terms. He was the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.webinnovation.in/2008mum/SpeakersProfile.htm Web Innovation Speakers Profile]</ref>


In a letter dated December 8th, Bhavin, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry participants, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new [[gTLD]] program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and that the program had taken lots of people a long time to develop, hence it had not been rushed.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators]</ref> Read the letter [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].
In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bhavin Tuakhia, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The  letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].


==Awards==
==Awards==
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 20 May 2021
Organization: Directi
Affiliation: GNSO
Region: Asia
Country: India
Email: bhavin.t [at] directi.com
Website:

   http://bhavin.directi.com

LinkedIn:    Bhavin Turakhia
Featured in the ICANN 57 - Hyderabad playing card deck

Bhavin Turakhia is Founder, CEO and Chairman of The Directi Group.[1] He is also CEO of ResellerClub, .pw, LogicBoxes, and BigRock, which are all a part of The Directi Group.[2][3]

In 1998, at the age of 19, he founded The Directi Group with his brother Divyank with a $600 loan from their parents. Directi is now an industry-leading Web Services Provider serving a growing customer base in 230+ countries; it is currently valued at $300+ million.[4][5]

Mr. Turakhia has been instrumental in defining Directi's corporate structure and business process automation, which enables Directi to continue growing at triple digit rates year after year.

He is a frequent speaker at various seminars. He also serves as a technical advisor to the local CyberCrime Investigation Cell, and designed and launched CodeChef, a plaftorm for coding competitions.[6]

ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]

Bhavin formerly served as chairman for the ICANN Registrar Constituency for two consecutive terms. He was the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of ICANN.[7]

In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bhavin Tuakhia, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support ICANN's new gTLD program, in response to the Senate Hearings taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.[8] The letter can be found here.

Awards[edit | edit source]

He has won several awards, including the Entrepreneur of the year award in 2005.[9]

Education[edit | edit source]

Turakhia was first exposed to computers at a young age, and dove quickly into learning basic programming, devoting much of his free time to the hobby. He began teaching teachers and other students, and by early high school had already programmed several games in Basic.

After high school, Turakhia studied science at DG Ruparel College in Mumbai, later transferring to Sydenham College, where he studied Commerce.[10]

References[edit | edit source]

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