India School on Internet Governance
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| Type: | Internet Governance School |
| Founded: | 2016 |
| Founder(s): | Satish Babu, Dr. Govind |
| Headquarters: | India |
| Country: | India |
| Website: | India School on Internet Governance |
| Key People | |
| Satish Babu, Chair, ISOC Trivandrum Dr. Govind, Chair, ISOC Delhi | |
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
- 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;
Topics covered during inSIG[2]
- 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
inSIG 2016[3]
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 venue was Saranga Hall of International Institute of Information Technology (IIITH), Hyderabad.[4]
Participants
| 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[5]
Day 1: Monday, 31 Oct 2016
| 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
| 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 [6] |
Day 3: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2016
| 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 & 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.