Early last month, the India chapter of the United Nations based forum namely the Internet Governance Forum was announced. It's an Internet Governance policy discussion platform to bring representatives together from various groups, considering all at par to discuss public policy issues related to the Internet.
Now in a latest, IIGF is happening for the first time in the country on 20th October 2021. To involve students, industries and citizens of the country at a large scale, the IIGF committee has planned various pre-IIGF events.
Mr. Anil Kumar Jain and Dr. Ajay Data quoted on IIGF -
We expect a large number of students and people from all walks of life to be part of the pre-IIGF event.
https://www.indiaigf.in/preiigf
The Pre-IIGF Initiative -
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As part of IIGF, a series of curtain-raiser events are being organized under the banner of “pre-IIGF events”. The purpose of Pre-IIGF events is to ensure that people across all sections of society across demographics, gender, urban-rural divide and socio-economic strata are reached out to so that they can contribute to the discussions at IIGF, making it an inclusive initiative, as part of pre-IIGF activities, in association with FICCI-ILIA with the contribution of different stakeholders organized a session on the importance of multilingual internet as a socio-economic tool of empowerment on 31-August 2021.
Mr. Anil Kumar Jain and Dr. Ajay Data quoted on IIGF -
Inclusive Internet is the need of we Indians and India IGF 2021 will aim to achieve the same with all stakeholder and community participation.Dr. Ajay Data, Chair of the Pre-IIGF committee also added, "Pre IIGF creates awareness about Internet Governance in schools, colleges and citizens at large. It also provides opportunities and ease for people to attend one of many events throughout Sept 21 till IIGF main event happens."
We expect a large number of students and people from all walks of life to be part of the pre-IIGF event.
https://www.indiaigf.in/preiigf
About IIGF
The India Internet Government Forum is an initiative associated with the UN Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF). The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder platform bringing representatives together from various groups, considering all at par to discuss public policy issues related to the Internet.
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