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First Indian to get elected as ICANN ccNSO council member

August 7 , 2018 2307 days 832 0
  • The nominating committee of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected Ajay Data as a new council member of Country Code Supporting Organisation (ccNSO).
  • With this, he becomes first Indian to get selected as a member of ccNSO.
  • ccNSO is policy development body of ICANN for ccTLD (country code top-level domains) issues and represents all country code top-level domain operators from around the world.
  • He has been selected for a two-year term and will take up position during ICANN 63 Meet in Spain in October 2018.
  • He will be representing India at the global level and will be also the custodian of Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands as a member of ccNSO.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

  • ICANN is a private (non-government) non-profit corporation with the responsibility of supervising domain names on the internet.
  • It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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