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1) Your Name:


HARISH CHOWDHARY

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2) Stakeholder Group:Registries

3) Constituency:

Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns (NPOC)

4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3):


.in REGISTRY

5) Please identify your current employer(s):


NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA (NIXI)

6) Please identify your current position(s):


TECHNOLOGY ANALYST AND CONSULTANT TO GOVT OF INDIA,MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE ISSUES

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


Policy and Technology Analyst and services 1. Introduction and Background Harish Chowdhary is, Technology Analyst at National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and deputed as consultant to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. India, on Internet Governance Issues. He covers projects nationwide on Internet Governance with over 6+ years of experience in Cyber Security ,Internet Governance, Software Testing and Development. He is also an Internet Society Fellow (ISOC Fellow) and represented INDIA on various International forums (e.g. IETF 94/95/96/97,ICANN 57,IICGS 2016,IGF 2016,ICANN NBGP Meet,Nepal 2017), to share views on Internet Governance Issues. He is a mid-career professional leading a team of engineers & lawyers. His team advise Government of India (Ministry of Electronics & IT) on global Internet Governance issues that involves organizations like ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers), ISOC (Internet Society), Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) etc. He along with his team members regularly participate in international meetings of ICANN, ISOC, IETF, IGF etc. His team also regularly conducts multi-stakeholder roundtable consultations involving Government, Academia, Industry, Civil Society etc. to formulate a consensus opinion on issues related to Internet Governance. In essence, his team plays a pivotal role in formulating and shaping India’s Internet Governance policy. Previous to this engagement he had been working as the Assistant Professor in Lovely Professional University. He is also the: i. India Internet Governance Member and working for Indian GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Secratariate. ii. Technical Expert Committee member of Cyber Peace Foundation (Civil Society- A not for Profit) iii. Technical Expert Committee member of Council of Information Security (Civil Society - A not for Profit) iv. Governing Council member of India Internet Engineering Society (IIESOC - A not for Profit) v. Student Chapter Leader of DELHI OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Chapter vi. Regional Mentor for Internet Engineering Task force (IETF) vii. ISOC (Internet Society) Delhi Chapter Member viii. Member DSCI (Data Security Council of India) ix. APNIC - Institutional involvement through NIXI He enjoys sharing views on Internet Governance, protocol and standards, cyber security, and addressed various forums at national and International level. i. He has been invited as a Speaker at International Innovation, and Convergence Global Summit 2016, Shanghai, China on Universal Acceptance Issues.  IETF(Internet Engineering Task Force) JAPAN/GERMANY/ARGENTIA/South Korea/USA ii. Internet Governance Forum (Mexico), ICANN 57 in Hyderabad iii. His workshop is selected for presentation in Internet Governance Forum( Mexico),2016 titled WS142 - IDNs: "A Key to Inclusive and Multilingual Internet". iv. He is an active participant and contributor in organizing several Multistakeholder Discussions on internet Governance issues in INDIA (http://indiaig.in) v. He is going to present in APrIGF in July 2017 on the issue of Universal Acceptance. vi. Harish has also been part of Indian Government delegation to several countries 2. Key Competencies Internet Governance | Universal Acceptance | Internet Protocols and Standards | E-mail Address Internationalization| Cyber Security | IPv6 | DNS | Critical Internet Resources | Freedom of Speech and Expression | Technology Surveillance | Vulnerability Research | Software Testing | Web Automation | Internet Monitoring |Technology Advisor | Training & Development | Human Right Protocol Considerations

8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes):


INDIA

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


NONE

10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid?

No
If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from disclosing this information, please enter "Private"):
11) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:

a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes?


No

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes:


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):


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


GAC TTF Work on the new GAC website

GAC Working Group to Examine the Protection of Geographic Names in any Future Expansion of gTLDs

Governments relationships with ccTLDs

Neo-Brahmi Generation Panel Member

Member of ICANN's UASG WG

13) Additional Information (optional):


I am ISOC (Internet Society Fellow) for IETF 97

Links of my work online on IG issues
1- http://indiaig.in
2- https://2017.aprigf.asia/program/selected-workshop/
3-https://blog.apnic.net/2017/01/23/deployment-issues-internationalized-email/?utm_campaign=fusioneer&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=fusioneer.net
4- http://www.cyberpeacefoundation.org/aboutus.html
6- https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-elkchow-iea-deploy-00
7- https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-chowbat-irl-00
8- https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hegde-remote-hubs-india-01
9- http://iiesoc.in
10- http://qainfotech.com/assuring-data-security-through-penetration-testing-2/
11- http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7014734/

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