IITGN hosts pre-event of India Internet Governance Forum

The event focused on lesser-known aspects of internet governance, the potential of multilingual internet and features and challenges of Universal Acceptance.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar hosted a pre-event of the India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2022 wherein experts from industry and academia talked about lesser known aspects of internet governance, the potential of multilingual internet, and features and challenges of Universal Acceptance (UA). 

Ajay Data, Founder and CEO, Data Ingenious Global Limited, talked about ‘Universal Acceptance and its Coverage’ and introduced the audience to the subjects of multilingual internet and UA. He also explained the role of web developers in making internet systems UA-ready and what opportunities it can open up at various levels. 

Mahesh Kulkarni, Founder CTO, Evaris Systems LLP, spoke on ‘Universal Acceptance – A Fundamental Requirement for Multilingual Internet’. Highlighting five criteria of UA and its importance, Kulkarni said, “UA is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. Nowadays, domain names have become very crucial because they provide a unique opportunity to create an online identity.  

To make the internet more inclusive for communities around the world, domain names are now available in many different languages and scripts. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to foster competition, consumer choice and innovation in the domain name industry.” 

Professor Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Gandhinagar, discussed about ‘Empowering Local Communities through Internet and Vernacular Language’ and how multilingual internet can augment a country and local community’s growth journey in various ways. 

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