UA Day Event Agenda

Theme – “Connecting the Unconnected: Building a Multilingual Internet for Viksit Bharat”

 Venue Details

Jacaranda Hall, Indian Habitat Center,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003

28th March 2025 | 9:30 AM to 5 PM

Mode: Hybrid

Platform Link
Webex

https://nixi1.webex.com/nixi1/j.php?MTID=md51a71fd9534ce4c69d215d5d1417fdd

Webinar number: 2516 398 8932

Webinar password: 123546

You Tube Live https://youtube.com/live/uZbIRRKuLkg

 

Timings Agenda Items
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Inauguration

  • CEO NIXI – Dr. Devesh Tyagi
  • ICANN representative: Mr. Samiran Gupta, VP, Stakeholder Engagement & MD, Asia Pacific
  • Special Address: Mr. Tim Curtis, Director and Representative, UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia
  • Keynote address by Hon. Secretary, MeitY [Shri S. Krishnan]
  • Vote of thanks by Shri T. Santhosh, Scientist F, MeitY
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM Tea Break
11:15 AM to 12:00 PM

Panel Discussion – Challenges in native language adoption.

Panelist

  • Shri Amitabh Nag [CEO, Bhashini]
  • Shri Jaco Du Toit [Chief of Section, Universal Access to Information and Digital Inclusion, UNESCO HQ]
  • Shri Balendu Sharma Dadhich [Developer Marketing Head, Microsoft]

Moderator – Shri T. Santhosh, Scientist F, MeitY

12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

Panel Discussion : Showcasing UA-compliant Advantages for Businesses.

Panelist

    • Shri SaiKiran Nanduri, Vice-President, Reverie Language Technologies
    • Shri Mahesh Kulkarni [Founder CTO, EVARIS systems LLP,  Ex – senior Director, Head corporate R&D and GIST Co-chair Neo-Brahmi generation panel Ex-W3C India country manager]
    • Shri Ajay Data, CEO, Data Group
    • Shri Samiran Gupta, VP, Stakeholder Engagement & MD, Asia Pacific, ICANN

Moderator – Sarika Gulyani, Senior Director & Head – Technology, Communications, Mobile Manufacturing, and Language Technologies, FICCI.

12:45 PM to 13:00 PM

 Wrap-up

13:00 PM to 14:00 PM Lunch Break
14:00 PM to 15:45 PM

Technical Adoption Experience for IDN & UA: Learning & Experience on adopting UA standards, covering basic & technical aspects of domain names and UA

15:45 PM to 15:55 PM

Presentation by NIC – Sunita Singh, Joint Director (IT), National Informatics Centre

 15:55 PM to 16:00 PM  Wrap-up / action
16:00 PM Onwards High Tea

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