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{{CompanyInfo|
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| logo            = Insig2016.png
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| type            = Internet Governance School
| type            = Internet Governance School
| industry        =  
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| founded        = 2016
| founded        = 2016
| founders        = [[Satish Babu]], [[Dr. Govind]]
| founders        = [[Satish Babu]], [[Dr. Govind]],<br> [[Amrita Choudhury]], [[Ranjit R Nair]]
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| headquarters    = India
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| keypeople      = [[Satish Babu]], Chair, ISOC Trivandrum<br>
[[Dr. Govind]], Chair, ISOC Delhi<br>
[[Dr. Govind]], Chair, ISOC Delhi<br>
[[Amrita Choudhury]], ISOC Delhi<br>
[[Ranjit R Nair]], Secretary, ISOC Trivandrum<br>
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The '''India School on Internet Governance''' ('''inSIG''') is an annual school planned to be held in different parts of India. The main objective of inSIG is to train various stakeholders in India in the area of Internet Governance, thus providing them skills to participate in Internet Governance process in India as well as Globally. inSIG has collaborations with various other Schools on Internet Governance across the world and is working closely with Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG)<ref>[http://apsig.asia Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance]</ref>
The '''India School on Internet Governance''' ('''inSIG''') is an annual school planned to be held in different parts of India. The main objective of inSIG is to train various stakeholders in India in the area of Internet Governance, thus providing them skills to participate in Internet Governance process in India as well as Globally. inSIG has collaborations with various other Schools on Internet Governance across the world and is working closely with Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG)<ref>[http://apsig.asia Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance]</ref>
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* Increase representation of India in various International Internet Governance debate spaces;
* Increase representation of India in various International Internet Governance debate spaces;


==Topics covered during inSIG<ref>[http://isig.in/program-schedule/ inSIG Program Schedule]</ref>==
== Editions ==
inSIG organizes annual events hosted by ISOC Chapters in the country (as of Oct 2022, there are six Chapters). Information on all editions of inSIG are available at its [https://insig.in website].
 
As of Oct 2022, editions were organized in 2016 (Hyderabad), 2017 (Trivandrum), 2018 (Delhi), 2019 (Kolkata), 2020 (Mumbai/Virtual), 2021 (Chennai/Virtual) and 2022 (Hyderabad).
 
The first edition of the India SIG was convened in Oct-Nov 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad, immediately prior to the ICANN57 meeting held at the same city. The event had 44 participants from 9 countries and 22 speakers from 12 countries.
 
The second edition, [[inSIG 2017]] organized during 24-26 October 2017 at the Travancore Hall, Technopark, Trivandrum. It brought together about 73 participants (including 56 Indian and 6 International Fellows), and about 15 experts from India, and abroad including the Secretariat. A special run-up event aimed at equipping students and researchers to participate in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) process was also conducted on 23 Oct 2017 as a run-up adjunct event to inSIG2017. 
 
Interestingly, the seventh edition of inSIG (inSIG2022), returned to the same institution (IIIT Hyderabad), that was the venue of the first edition.
 
==Topics covered during inSIG<ref>[http://insig.in/2016/program-schedule/ inSIG Program Schedule]</ref>==
* IG in India: History and context
* IG in India: History and context
* IG: History, Context and Principles
* IG: History, Context and Principles
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* Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries
* Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries


== inSIG 2016<ref>[http://www.insig.in First Edition of India School on Internet Governance]</ref> ==
== Video Recording ==
From 31st October 2016 to 2nd November 2016, the first edition of India School on Internet Governance was held with 44 participants from 9 countries and 22 speakers from 12 countries just before the 57th ICANN International Public Meet, which was also held in Hyderabad. The inSIG 2016 was organised by ISOC Trivandrum and ISOC Delhi. It was supported by [[National Internet Exchange of India]] (NIXI), Government of India; [[ICANN]], IIIT Hyderabad, [[APNIC]] and APSIG
The complete video recording of inSIG 2016 is live and public. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM--pP9ebbHGL8p0BkMjV9g Link]
 
The venue was Saranga Hall of International Institute of Information Technology (IIITH), Hyderabad.<ref>[http://iiit.ac.in International Institute of Information Technology]</ref>
===Participants===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
! Indian Participants !! International Participants
|-
| Adarsh B U
| [[Nooria Ahmadi]] (Afghanistan)
|-
| Anurag Vijay Agrawal
| [[Babu Ram Aryal]] (Nepal)
|-
| Dr. Manish Arora
| [[Mohammad Abdul Awal]] (Bangladesh)
|-
| Arul R.
| Kilnam Chon (South Korea)
|-
| Dr Venkatesh Choppella
| [[Mubashir Hassan]] (Pakistan)
|-
| Shibendu Debbarma
| [[Haoran Huang]] (China)
|-
| Harsh Ghildiyal
| [[Ihtisham Khalid]] (Pakistan)
|-
| Lokesh Gujjarappa
| Ahmad Waleed Khaliqi (Afghanistan)
|-
| [[Shahul Hameed]]
| Maheeshwara Kirindigoda (Sri Lanka)
|-
| Parthiv Hejmadi
| [[Conglun Liu]] (China)
|-
| Abhishek Jain
| Limei Liu (China)
|-
| Anand Krishnan
| [[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]] (Brazil)
|-
| Dr Kotaro Kataoka
| Raphael Silveiras (Brazil)
|-
| [[Arshad Mohammed]]
| [[Mohibullah Utmankhil]] (Afghanistan)
|-
| Prof. Poolla R.K. Murti
| Zhai Wen (China)
|-
| Niharika Nandan
|-
| Japleen Pasricha
|-
| Sabarinath Pillai
|-
| Dr Ravi Pillutla
|-
| Dr K S Rajan
|-
| Gnanajeyaraman Rajaram
|-
| Dr Shatrunjay Rawat
|-
| Syed Nazir Razik
|-
| Dr Vijay Sekhar
|-
| Senthilkumar K B
|-
| Swati Shinde
|-
| [[Manmeet Pal Singh]]
|-
| Dr.S.Umamaheswari
|-
| [[Sibtain Zaheer]]
|}
 
===Program Schedule<ref>[http://isig.in/program-schedule/ inSIG Program Schedule]</ref>===
====Day 1: Monday, 31 Oct 2016====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
! Time !! Code !! Topic/Activity !! Speakers
|-
| 09:00
|
| Registration
|
|-
| 09:15
| M0
| Welcome and Participant Introductions
|
|-
| 10:00
| M1
| IG in India: History and context
| Dr Govind, Ex-CEO, [[NIXI]] & ISOC Delhi
|-
| 10:45
|
| Tea break
|
|-
| 11:00
| M2
| IG: History, Context and Principles
| [[Milton Mueller]], [[NCUC]]
|-
| 12:00
| M3
| The IG Ecosystem and Entities
| [[Alan Greenberg]], [[ALAC]]
|-
| 13:00
|
| Lunch break
|
|-
| 14:00
| M4
| Panel: IG in Asia-Pacific: Regional Variations
| [[Kilnam Chon]] (APSIG), [[Kelvin Wong]] ([[ICANN]]-APAC), Mahesh Uppal (ComFirst)
|-
| 15:00
| M5
| inSIG Keynote: The State of IG Today
| [[Ram Mohan]], [[ICANN Board]]
|-
| 16:00
|
| Tea Break
|
|-
| 16:15
| M6
| Internet Governance and Diplomacy
| Nick Thorne, Former UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva
|-
| 17:15
|
| Close of Day
|
|}
 
====Day 2: Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016====
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
! Time !! Code !! Topic/Activity !! Speakers
|-
| 09:00
| T1
| IG Perspectives: The Public Interest
| Alan Greenberg, ALAC
|-
| 10:00
| T2
| IG Perspectives: Social, Political and Cultural
| Milton Mueller, NCUC
|-
| 11:00
|
| Tea break
|
|-
| 11:15
| T3
| IG Perspectives: Governmental
| Rahul Gosain, Government of India
|-
| 12:15
|
| Lunch
|
|-
| 13:15
| T4
| IG Perspectives: Tech and Engineering
| Srinivas Chendi, [[APNIC]]
|-
| 14:15
| T5
| Panel: The IANA Transition: Testimony to Multistakeholderism in Action
| Chair: Izumi Okutani (CRISP/[[JPNIC]]), Milton Mueller (NCUC), Dr Govind (ISOC-DEL)
|-
| 15:15
|
| Tea break
|
|-
| 15:30
| T6
| Panel: ICANN Accountability Post Transition: Workstream 2
| Chair: [[Asha Hemrajani]] ([[ICANN Board]]), [[Sébastien Bachollet]] ([[At-Large]]), Izumi Okutani (JPNIC), Vinay Kesari (CCWG), [[Becky Burr]] ([[Neustar]])
|-
| 16:30
| T7
| Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model: Past, Present and Future
| [[Rinalia Abdul Rahim]], [[ICANN Board]]
|-
| 18:30
|
| inSIG Dinner
| Paradise, Gachibowli <ref>[http://www.paradisefoodcourt.com/ Paradise Food Court, Hyderabad]</ref>
|
|}
 
====Day 3: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2016====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
! Time !! Code !! Topic/Activity !! Speakers
|-
| 9:00
| W1
| Participating in IG organizations and processes
| [[Olivier Crepin Leblond]], [[At-Large]]
|-
| 10:00
| W2
| IG Issues: Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries
| Parminder Jeet Singh, IT4Change
|-  
| 11:00
|
| Tea break
|
|-  
| 11:15
| W4
| Participating in IG organizations and processes (Part 2)
| [[Sandra Hoferichter]], EuroDIG
|-
| 12:15
| W3
| IG Perspectives: Legal
| Vinay Kesari, CCWG
|-
| 13:15
|
| Lunch
|
|-
| 14:00
| W5
| IG Issues: Zero Rating, Net Neutrality, Intermediary Liability
| Sunil Abraham, CIS
|-
| 15:00
|
| Tea break
|
|-
| 15:15
| W6
| Panel: Challenges for the Post-Transition Ecosystem: Accountability, Governance & Diversity;
| Chair: John Laprise (IG Strategist), Sandra Hoferichter (EuroDIG), Prashant Sugathan (SFLC), Kilnam Chon (APSIG), Nick Thorne (Former UK Ambassador to UN)
|-
| 16:30
| W7
| Distribution of certificates &#038; Closing
|
|}
===Closing Ceremony===
One the final day of inSIG 2016, all the participants were given certificates for participating in inSIG 2016. All the volunteers from IIITH, who helped in organising the program were also given certificates and gifts.
===Documentation & Archiving===
All the videos filmed and course material used in inSIG 2016 was documented and will be provided online for everyone to access.
==inSIG 2017==
inSIG being an annual program will be held in Q4 of 2017 in India.


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category: Organizations]]
[[Category: Organizations]]
[[Category:Internet Governance Schools]]

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Type: Internet Governance School
Founded: 2016
Founder(s): Satish Babu, Dr. Govind,
Amrita Choudhury, Ranjit R Nair
Headquarters: India
Country: India
Website: India School on Internet Governance
Twitter: @IndiaSIG
Key People
Satish Babu, Chair, ISOC Trivandrum

Dr. Govind, Chair, ISOC Delhi
Amrita Choudhury, ISOC Delhi
Ranjit R Nair, Secretary, ISOC Trivandrum

The India School on Internet Governance (inSIG) is an annual school planned to be held in different parts of India. The main objective of inSIG is to train various stakeholders in India in the area of Internet Governance, thus providing them skills to participate in Internet Governance process in India as well as Globally. inSIG has collaborations with various other Schools on Internet Governance across the world and is working closely with Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG)[1]

Each year, applications are invited and after a competitive and heavy selection process, a fixed number of participants are selected for inSIG. The fellowships are also provided to participants who apply for fellowship and satisfy certain criteria.

Vision[edit | edit source]

  • Motivate youth in India to get involved in Internet Governance processes in India;
  • Make civil society more participative in Internet Governance issues;
  • Create awareness about Internet Governance in India;
  • Increase representation of India in various International Internet Governance debate spaces;

Editions[edit | edit source]

inSIG organizes annual events hosted by ISOC Chapters in the country (as of Oct 2022, there are six Chapters). Information on all editions of inSIG are available at its website.

As of Oct 2022, editions were organized in 2016 (Hyderabad), 2017 (Trivandrum), 2018 (Delhi), 2019 (Kolkata), 2020 (Mumbai/Virtual), 2021 (Chennai/Virtual) and 2022 (Hyderabad).

The first edition of the India SIG was convened in Oct-Nov 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad, immediately prior to the ICANN57 meeting held at the same city. The event had 44 participants from 9 countries and 22 speakers from 12 countries.

The second edition, inSIG 2017 organized during 24-26 October 2017 at the Travancore Hall, Technopark, Trivandrum. It brought together about 73 participants (including 56 Indian and 6 International Fellows), and about 15 experts from India, and abroad including the Secretariat. A special run-up event aimed at equipping students and researchers to participate in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) process was also conducted on 23 Oct 2017 as a run-up adjunct event to inSIG2017. 

Interestingly, the seventh edition of inSIG (inSIG2022), returned to the same institution (IIIT Hyderabad), that was the venue of the first edition.

Topics covered during inSIG[2][edit | edit source]

  • IG in India: History and context
  • IG: History, Context and Principles
  • The IG Ecosystem and Entities
  • The State of IG Today
  • Internet Governance and Diplomacy
  • IG Perspectives: The Public Interest
  • IG Perspectives: Social, Political and Cultural
  • IG Perspectives: Governmental
  • IG Perspectives: Tech and Engineering
  • Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model: Past, Present and Future
  • Participating in IG organizations and processes
  • IG Issues: Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries
  • IG Perspectives: Legal
  • Zero Rating, Net Neutrality, Intermediary Liability
  • Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries

Video Recording[edit | edit source]

The complete video recording of inSIG 2016 is live and public. Link

References[edit | edit source]

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