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'''Fouad Riaz Bajwa''' is an [[ICT]] and Internet Public Policy Analyst, Researcher and Advocate from the beautiful city of Lahore, Pakistan. He is a highly successful advisor and has been engaged as a Principal Policy Analyst and Consultant in public policy reforms and sector development for a fragile country's government efforts to develop an efficient IT Industry and boost the economy. Fouad's experience spans International projects and teams dealing with formulation of national public policy, regulations, development practices, monitoring and evaluation covering Human Development, Industry Development, Trade Analysis, ICT and IT Policy, [[Internet Governance]], Internet Public Policy, National Software Development Ecosystems, Internet Rights and Freedoms, Policy Analysis and Advocacy for policy reform.  

'''Fouad Riaz Bajwa''' is the CEO at Agriculture Republic and Digital Dera. Before that, he was an [[ICT]] and Internet Public Policy Analyst, Researcher and Advocate in the beautiful city of Lahore, Pakistan. He has long been an advisor and engaged as a Principal Policy Analyst and Consultant in public policy reforms and sector development for a fragile country's government efforts to develop an efficient IT Industry and boost the economy. Fouad's experience spans International projects and teams dealing with the formulation of national public policy, regulations, development practices, monitoring and evaluation covering Human Development, Industry Development, Trade Analysis, ICT and IT Policy, [[Internet Governance]], Internet Public Policy, National Software Development Ecosystems, Internet Rights and Freedoms, Policy Analysis and Advocacy for policy reform.  

He has been contributing to the [[ICANN]] Community since 2009. Fouad has been working towards guiding global ICT public policy at the multilateral and bilateral levels consulting on policy issues as an ICT Expert occasionally with various United Nations bodies etc. He serves as a Principle Digital Rights Policy Advisor for a national level digital and human rights protection body in Pakistan.

He has been contributing to the [[ICANN]] Community since 2009. Fouad has been working towards guiding global ICT public policy at the multilateral and bilateral levels consulting on policy issues as an ICT Expert occasionally with various United Nations bodies etc. He serves as a Principle Digital Rights Policy Advisor for a national-level digital and human rights protection body in Pakistan.

He was recently working as a Senior Public Policy Analyst developing an IT Industry Development policy and advice for a fragile developing country in South Asia. For the past 17 years, he has been working in the domain of ICT Industry development, Information Technology IT-sector development, Internet and DNS Industry Development, mass capacity development initiatives and promoting the usage and adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)<ref>User Submitted</ref> He has also acted as the Webmaster for the Pakistani government.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/ ICANN.org Homepage Feature]</ref>

He was recently working as a Senior Public Policy Analyst developing an IT Industry Development policy and advice for a fragile developing country in South Asia. For the past 17 years, he has been working in the domain of ICT Industry development, Information Technology IT-sector development, Internet and DNS Industry Development, mass capacity development initiatives and promoting the usage and adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)<ref>User Submitted</ref> He has also acted as the Webmaster for the Pakistani government.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/ ICANN.org Homepage Feature]</ref>

Mr. Bajwa is leading the Internet Research Project Pakistan IRP2 and his organization's work on the Pakistani ICTs, Telecoms, Internet and IT Industry advocacy has been highlighted by the Pakistani national mainstream electronic and print media; He has been serving as the Co Vice-Chair of ICANN's [[APRALO|Asia Pacific Regional At Large Organization]] (APRALO), with an original tenure from 2010 through June, 2012; he was re-elected for a second two year term running through June, 2014.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/Regional+Leaders Apralo Regional Leaders, Community.ICANN.org]</ref> He is also involved with APRALO's umbrella organization, ICANN's [[ALAC]].<ref>[http://ciopakistan.com/2012/01/pakistan-and-the-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+ciopk+(CIO+Pakistan+RSS+Feed) CIO Pakistan News Feed, CIOPakistan.com]</ref>

Mr. Bajwa is leading the Internet Research Project Pakistan (IRP2) and his organization's work on the Pakistani ICTs, Telecoms, Internet and IT Industry advocacy has been highlighted by the Pakistani national mainstream electronic and print media. He has participated in [[ICANN]] for over 12 years. He was the Co Vice-Chair of ICANN's [[APRALO|Asia Pacific Regional At Large Organization]] (APRALO), with an original tenure from 2010 through June 2012; he was re-elected for a second two-year term running through June 2014.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/Regional+Leaders Apralo Regional Leaders, Community.ICANN.org]</ref> He has been also involved with APRALO's umbrella organization, ICANN's [[ALAC]].<ref>[http://ciopakistan.com/2012/01/pakistan-and-the-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+ciopk+(CIO+Pakistan+RSS+Feed) CIO Pakistan News Feed, CIOPakistan.com]</ref>

An interview with Fouad with CIO Pakistan, on the topic of [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]], can be found [http://ciopakistan.com/2012/01/pakistan-and-the-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+ciopk+(CIO+Pakistan+RSS+Feed) here].

An interview with Fouad with CIO Pakistan, on the topic of [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]], can be found [http://ciopakistan.com/2012/01/pakistan-and-the-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+ciopk+(CIO+Pakistan+RSS+Feed) here].