At-Large Statement of Interest (SOI) Form

1) Please enter your Name:


Ashirwad Tripathy

2) Picture/Image:
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3) Are you participating in the At-Large advisory process (including email and real-time discussions) as a representative of:


a) ALAC (if so, detail the region and term):


b) A Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) (if so, please detail the region, position and term):


APRALO Member

c) An ICANN-accredited At-Large Structure (if so, which one):


Educating Nepal

d) Any ICANN Committee, Constituency or Stakeholder Group (if so, which one(s))?


e) Any other company or organization, whether commercial or nonprofit (if so, please detail the organization and your position):


President, Internet Society Nepal Chapter Managing Director, Empowering Asia

4) Please identify your current employer(s):


Empowering Asia

5) Please identify your current position(s):


Managing Director

6) Please identify the type(s) of work performed:


• Led programs and projects of Educating Nepal as the Executive Director of the organization from 2013 to 2020 • Headed Project Sunrise for green and eco-friendly rehabilitation of 85 households of deprived fishermen community after 2015 earthquake in Nepal in partnership with Japan Platform, emergency humanitarian aid organization and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Local Development, Government of Nepal • Co-researcher of Use of ICT in post disaster environment of Nepal with Professor Izumi Aizu, Senior Research Fellow and Professor, Institute of Infosocionomics, Tama University, Japan which was presented in various events like APrIGF 2017 Thailand and Nepal IGF 2018 • Conducted a successful pilot test of MDRU for remote education in Nepal for NTT Laboratory, Japan in 2019 to support the 4 pillars of UN ESCAP’s Asia Pacific Information Superhighway • Published white papers on digital resilience and e-resilience in education system with IEEE Standards Association, USA and e-WWG, UAE to build digital resilience for response and recovery for COVID-19 pandemic

7) Please identify your declared country of primary residence:


Nepal

8) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN:


9) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:


a) Do you, your employer, and/or sponsor have any type of material or financial interest in the At-Large advisory process and its outcomes?


No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the interest:


b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member?


No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):


10) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):


APRALO CIP-CCG Small Team

At-large CPWG

Digital Freedom Coalition in Nepal

11) Additional information (optional):


12) Page last revised:


10-Sep-2024


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At-Large SOI Template v3 (Feb 2014)