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Amrita Choudhury

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Country: India
Email: amritachoudhury [at] ccaoi.in
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Amrita Choudhury is the Director of CCAOI.[1] She is also one of its founding members; the organization is a non-profit and was founded in 2008.[2]

The organization, and thus her work, focuses on the promotion of the Internet throughout India, and working with the wide spectrum of stakeholders involved in this task; such as ISPs, access facilities, end users, and policy creators. A prominent current project involves spreading digital literacy in regional languages, and thus bringing more stakeholders into the discussion.

Ms. Choudhury was an ICANN Fellow at ICANN Singapore; she has interest in becoming involved with the GNSO, and At-Large groups. She is also a member of ISOC.[3]

Career History

Amrita Choudhury has over 12 years of experience in IT and Internet Industry.[4] From 2004 to 2009, she was the Senior Manager of Sify Technologies Ltd. Prior to which, she worked at ORG Informatics as a Marketing Executive. She also worked as a Marketing Executive at NIIT Moulali for 2 years in the beginning of her career.[5]

Education

Ms. Amrita has certificates in Internet Governance and Advanced Phased Certification on Security. She has a 6 sigma black belt certification.[6] She completed a MBA in Marketing from Gauhati University and a BSc in Botany and Zoology from the same university.[7]

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