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'''Waleed Khaliqi (ولید خالقی)''' Waleed Khaliqi is an IT Technologist, Social Activist and blogger from Kabul, Afghanistan; who has been actively involved in community and capacity building of his Afghan fellows since 2012. He is the former President of National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan (NITPAA), where he held charge during Oct 2016 – Jan 2019 | '''Waleed Khaliqi (ولید خالقی)''' Waleed Khaliqi is an IT Technologist, Social Activist and blogger from Kabul, Afghanistan; who has been actively involved in community and capacity building of his Afghan fellows since 2012. He is the former President of National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan (NITPAA), where he held charge during Oct 2016 – Jan 2019 | ||
<references />. Tenure, he was instrumental in making NITPAA an At-Large Structure of ICANN, and registering it with Afghan government as a formal non-for profit NGO. | <references group="http://nitpaa.org.af/team_member/waleed-khaliqi/" />. Tenure, he was instrumental in making NITPAA an At-Large Structure of ICANN, and registering it with Afghan government as a formal non-for profit NGO. | ||
Waleed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Majoring in Network and Telecommunication, from Kardan University. In addition, he has Diplomas in Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting Management, and English Literature. | Waleed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Majoring in Network and Telecommunication, from Kardan University. In addition, he has Diplomas in Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting Management, and English Literature. | ||
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| Region: | Asia |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Email: | waleed_khaliqi [at] live.com |
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Waleed Khaliqi (ولید خالقی) Waleed Khaliqi is an IT Technologist, Social Activist and blogger from Kabul, Afghanistan; who has been actively involved in community and capacity building of his Afghan fellows since 2012. He is the former President of National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan (NITPAA), where he held charge during Oct 2016 – Jan 2019 . Tenure, he was instrumental in making NITPAA an At-Large Structure of ICANN, and registering it with Afghan government as a formal non-for profit NGO.
Waleed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Majoring in Network and Telecommunication, from Kardan University. In addition, he has Diplomas in Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting Management, and English Literature.
He is a full time government employee, where he works as a Technical General Manager with Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture.
Waleed remained inSIG 2016 and MEAC-SIG 2017 fellow and has participated in ICANN 57 in Hyderabad, ICANN 60 at Abi Dhabi and IGFA 2018 at Kabul. He is one of the Key Organizers of Afghanistan School of Internet Governance (AfSIG) “sig.afig.af” which has been organized in 2017 and 2018 and will be practiced in 2019 as well.
Waleed writes articles for media, and has skills in online/offline journalism and blogging. besides writing for his own blog (MyNetworkingLabs.Com), Waleed has also written for AfIG.af, NITPAA.org.af and Bakhtarnews.com.af.
Awards[edit | edit source]
Waleed was recognized as exceptional alumni of Kardan University who is under the age of 40 and thus won the “40 Under 40” Award in 2017.
Career[edit | edit source]
2014 - Now[edit | edit source]
Waleed Works as a General Technical Manager with Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC).
2012 - 2014[edit | edit source]
Worked in different positions with different government and non government organizations including RANA Technologies as a Network Engineer, and Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture as a Sr. IT-Officer.
Volunteer[edit | edit source]
President, National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan (NITPAA)[edit | edit source]
NITPAA is a not-for-profit, membership-driven organization, that relies on volunteer collaboration of its members. The organization became part of At-Large Structure as an ALS under the APRALO region in 2016. NITPAA is also organizer of AfSIG and organized the very first version of the School in year 2017.
Computer Science Club of Kardan University[edit | edit source]
In Support of the community and Capacity building of his Afghan fellows, Waleed is also involve in the Computer Science Club of his University as an Alumni and is supporting the initiative along with Kardan leadership.
ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]
Participant in ICANN57, Hyderabad, India.
Participated in ICANN 60, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Involvement in Internet Governance[edit | edit source]
Waleed represents NITPAA as an ALs in APRALO At-Large Structure, and is interested in raising awareness about the IG related issues in between public. Thus he is one of the key organizers of Afghanistan School of Internet Governance organized in 2017 and 2018.
Participated in inSIG 2016 which was the very first Indian School of Internet Governance in Hyderabad.
Education[edit | edit source]
Waleed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Majoring in Network and Telecommunication, from Kardan University. In addition, he has Diplomas in Information Technology (DIT), Business Administration (DBA), Accounting (DIA), and English Literature (DEL). He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and has academic background in Cisco Tracks as well.
Languages[edit | edit source]
Waleed Speaks Dari, Pashto, English and Urdo