Subject: [98attendees] Progress of IETF related activities and IETF Capacity Building in INDIA and futtre collaboration

From: "Harish Chowdhary" <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Mar 2017 11:23:31 -0000

Dear IETF 98 Participants,I hope you are doing great and in excellent health. I am Harish Chowdhary from National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).It is to inform the progress of IETF related activities and IETF Capacity Building in INDIA.1-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We have organized the Round-table discussion on &quot;IETF Capacity Building in INDIA&quot;&nbsp; on 7th February 2017&nbsp; at Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT (MeitY), Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi road, New Delhi.This round table aims at initiating discussions on issues related to lower participation from INDIA in IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) in a multi-stakeholder format. MeitY invites all relevant stakeholders to participate in a round table on &ldquo;IETF Capacity Building in INDIA&rdquo; related issues, as well as express their views on concerns and possible options.Round-table ObjectiveMeitY, the Indian nodal department on issues related to Internet Governance, proposes to conduct a rou
 nd table on &ldquo;IETF CAPACITY BUILDING IN INDIA&rdquo; in order to: increase the lower participation of Indians, corporate in the International Internet standard making process and specifically in IETF with the following objectives: 
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exposes and encourages participation in the IETF process from all states in India. 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Empower Internet professionals by broadening their experience and enabling their participation in open Internet standards development. 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provides opportunities for Fellows to participate in the global Internet ecosystem and to interact and engage with the broader Internet engineering community. 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Increases the visibility of Fellows and prepares them to deliver more meaningful impacts at the local and regional level.Please find Round-table details here&nbsp; : http://indiaig.in/ietf-capacity-building-roundtable/2-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We have recently formed India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc) (http://iiesoc.in/category/event.html) with the following Mission&nbsp;
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To further the adoption of Internet standards in India 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To increase participation in IETF standards activities 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To conduct capacity building programs in the Indian networking community. 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The society will provide technical inputs in the policy area. 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To provide a forum for computer networking professionals, academicians, researchers, network operators and programmers to discuss technical issues in&nbsp; an Indian context 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To mentor people to take on IETF leadership positions 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Be the nodal agency for organizing IETF in India3-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provided fellowships &nbsp;and Support to Indian Participants to attend IETF physically (By the various programs)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
 p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We have funded 4 participants to attend IETF 98 Physically&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 Fellows on IIREF Fellowship (link : http://iiref.in/)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 Fellows supported by ISOC Kolkata IICB project (http://iicb.org/) funded by Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT (MeitY),Govt of India&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4- IETF INDIA COMMUNITY DINNER : The number of Indian contributors at IETF meetings has been steadily increasing since 2013. There have also been sporadic meetings with IETF contributors from the Indian Diaspora. Since the 94 IETF meeting in Yokohama there has been an informal *dinner meeting every Wednesday night in the IETF meeting week. There was such a meeting in Buenos Aires in the following IETF (IETF 95) as well. Since
  then, the informal dinner of IETF contributors from India has been done every IETF. The informal dinner is a great way for us Indian contributors to get together and discuss about our respective areas and drafts and to discuss the subjects with IETF Community experts ,across the globe.5- We are also looking for speakers from IETF community for our preIETF 100 event in INDIA.6- Also seeking for collaboration for &ldquo;IETF Awareness and Capacity Building in INDIA and in developing economies&rdquo; .7- Please feel free to mail me at [email-masked], for collaboration and to support us as a speaker in preIETF100 event in INDIA.Thanks,Harish ChowdharyNational Internet Exchange of [email-masked]&nbsp;

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