<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dear CS colleagues and friends</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This has reference
to the article published in HT on 8</span><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> April, 2014 which has been shared and referred to on this mailing list, multiple times.</span><br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">At the outset I
want to thank all of you who have written to me showing solidarity against this
vicious personal attack, based on wrong, misleading and manipulated
information, indicative of a perverse mind, as you'd realize after, going through this post.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><font face="Arial" size="3">I had chosen to maintain silence in the face of </font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px">repeated</span></font><font face="Arial" size="3"> and grave provocation but the attacks continue unabated, thwarting and disrupting all attempts at having any civilized conversation about the key issues that concern global CS, even on the eve of Netmundial. The reason why we've invested our energy, faith and considerable amount of time engaging with the process, in the first place. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I am now also compelled to write
this email, for it is unfair on those who have shown solidarity with me by
writing to me or defending me publicly on this list and elsewhere, to be left in this position without a minimal
comment from me.</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I wish to assure global civil society that our views are
being shared, represented and recognised. I have made multiple interventions on
the calls as well as over emails and continue to work across time zones to
ensure that our views are reflected. Anriette, my colleague from the MAG, has done a fairly balanced assessment of the situation though, and I completely agree with her, we have real challenges ahead of us. I think our time would be utilised better
if we focus on the issues at hand- in Netmundial, I see a significant
oppurtunity for change. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">In the internet, I see not just a source of
knowledge but also an amplifier of dissent and an enabler of human rights
and permissionless innovation. I have been a free speech activist and have
fought for these issues long and hard and therefore this is deeply painful. My interventions are available publicly
and a basic name search would reveal my interventions at the global IGF as well
on national media in India. Many of these national meetings have been with my
friends and respected colleagues from civil society in India and remain on their websites
or any outreach platforms of communication. At the last India IGF MAG meeting where three of the co-signatories, who are
also on the MAG, made interventions with me. Their interventions and mine captured</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> are </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">in the official minutes. In the same meeting I was also appointed as the convenor of the
Working group of the India IGF with the knowledge and consent of Mr.Parmindar from ITfC and
with consensus from the floor.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-size:15.555556297302246px">My work in the Internet Governance Space and related areas of media and communication, deepening democracy and public policy can be found on my blog </span><b><font size="4" color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/">http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/</a></font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Now I</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> ask all of you, who have been relentlessly subjected to the said article and appeals by my respectable colleagues and collaborators from Indian CS- was it appropriate to</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> include</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> me in this s</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">tory related to surveillance by a corporate? Is
there any connection at all</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">?
Othe</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">r than to cause
harm to me; in which they miserably failed</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> As identified in
Ian’s email, apart from being a vicious personal attack, the article is
manipulative on multiple levels and makes</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> several inaccurate assertions.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Notwithstanding this unfortunate exception, I want to
assure all of you that journalism in India is free, fair for the most part, a</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">nd a</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> harbinger
of truth and justice. I would urge you not to judge Indian media based on
this article.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I submit the
following for your consideration:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> the portions in italics are direct quotes from the same article. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">“</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Emails accessed
by HT suggest that Bhatia championed Chaturvedi's rise in Indian internet
governance circles” .</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt"><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">You would surely notice that w</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">hile pdfs of al</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">l charges were hyperlinked, </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">this allegation conspicuously </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">remains unsubstantiated and </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">any proof to the effect </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">is </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">missing from</span><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3"> the story. I challenge anyone to put out any evidence of
anyone- either me or anyone, at all doing any advocacy for me to be appointed as
the co-chair of Netmundial or on the MAG. It is quite unfortunate that my work and my merit
should be called into question. Undermining all multistakeholder processes. However malicious even the article does not make this extrapolation that Mr. Parminder Jeet singh repeatedly </font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px">continues</span></font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3"> to make. Despite a clarification on the 4th of April, 2014 issued by the distinguished academician and General Chair of the Meeting Minister Virgilio Almeida.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt"><br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>b.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">“</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Chaturvedi has also publicly acknowledged a former
AT&T official, Marylin Cade as a "coach and mentor”:</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:0cm"><i style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span></span></i><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I quote the same tweet: “frm (from) Ms. Marilyn Cade </span><b style="line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">coach and Mentor other proposals</span></u></b><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> and IGF should limit it’s own”. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 72pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><img src="cid:ii_14556cba4a43e3c1" alt="Inline images 1" width="688" height="516"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 72pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px">n plain violation of the most basic tenets of journalism concocting evidence, he disingenuously parades my tweet about Ms. Cade’s comment at the UN MAG to “coach and mentor other proposals and limit proposals from the MAG itself” as my “public acknowledgement” of Ms. Cade being my “coach and mentor”.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-left:39pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>c.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">“</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">She
was also paid upwards of<span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></span></i><span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Rs.</span></i></span><span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">2.3 lakh for her role at a FICCI-led
conference on internet governance. Subsequently, she also received part-funding
from FICCI to attend an international conference. This raises a clear conflict
of interest since she was on board as a civil society representative, but
accepted payments from industry and corporate bodies”.</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt;line-height:normal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">He knowingly suppressed the context of the Rs.2.3 lakh (3,814 USD), payment by the industry association and presented it as “conflict of interest”. The journalist knew fully well that the payment was a reimbursement of costs incurred at
the request of the conference secretariat to produce professional videos, hire
resources, material and camera costs, still photography, new media activation
and related hardware and studio costs. He knew but purposefully left out my
extensive contribution to the conference as a speaker and session organizer on
a pro bono basis. He deliberately misrepresented in spite of knowing that the travel
assistance given by the industry association was contributed by ISOC (Internet
Society) and remaining by NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India). He already knew but hid that both
organisations routinely provide travel assistance to scores of civil society
representatives, including to some who authored the said letter. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">CAN</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">NOT under any circumstances be construed as
accepting money for advocacy from a corporate and presented as "conflict of interest". </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This is the most absurd allegation which even seasoned
propagandists would shy away from.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt;line-height:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#1a1a1a">Further he </font>deceitfully persisted with the false “conflict of
interest”, charge by suppressing
scores of emails , tweets, posts, videos, film and TV interviews given
to him and easily available in the public domain, as my firm stance against illegal surveillance, invasion of privacy, and violation of freedom of speech and expression and human rights. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 39pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>d.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Ph.D</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">
: </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt"><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Can a </span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">mere
research studentship</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">,</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> which I am still pursuing</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">,</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">be</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> the basis
on which I was appointed at any forum?</span></b><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3"> It was used only to put an unsubstantiated charge of
plagiarism for my character assassination. I preferred to change my guide then
to “say sorry”, to her for the </font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px">offense</span></font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3"> I had not committed and continue with her. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt">
<span style="line-height:115%"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">With a view to purposefully mislead the readers, the journalist grossly manipulated the facts around my PhD by deliberately
obfuscating that I have steadfastly refuted “any academic wrong doing”. </font></span><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 21pt">
<b><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3">The IIT has never charged me with this </font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px">offense</span></font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3">, no show ca</font></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">use has ever</span></b><b style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> been given
to me and hence no action has been taken against me,</span></b><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> detailed evidence was given to the journalist who chose
to deliberately ignore it in order to con</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">vey a premeditated message. </span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">IIT has the highest ethical code of conduct and so do I.</span><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> And my PhD. is well underway.</span><i style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt 39pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 13pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>The letter of notable members of civil society.</b></span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The CS letter from India</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> carried the support of 10 individuals</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> +1 author</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, some of
whom claim to represent </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">different </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">organisations. I have worked with most who are in this
space including Parminder, Prabir</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Anja Kovacs, Chinmayi Arun, Rishab Bailey, Mishi
Choudhary, Sunil Abraham; 7 Out of 10. Two of remaining 3
have attended a national conference on IG with me where Parminder was present
through out. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">It is full of misrepresentation.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> Their
claims</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> are absurd that</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">1- They don’t know me</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">2. They haven’t worked with me and I am not active in this space.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">3. They don’t know how to reach me</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">4. And I do not teach IG</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">My Response</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Not only do
they know me quite well</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We have
hosted joint events, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We have
served on organizational bodies together related to IG, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We have
appeared as panelists together on IG, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We have
traveled and worked together on IG, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We have
submitted joint inputs to government of India on IG, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Prepared
background papers together for multistakeholder dialogues and events on IG, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Co-moderated
dialogues and multistakeholder panels on IG. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I receive
emails from them, respond to them, they have appreciated and thanked me for my
inputs and efforts. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">They have
called me on my mobile phone </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">They have
visited me in person and with their teams to seek my inputs on their drafts. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I am happy to compare and contrast my interventions and my work
in the IG space with all of them </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">individually or collectively</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">. </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The ITRs submission of CS was jointly made by </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Society for Knowledge commons
represented by Rishab Bailey (author of the CS letter), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Internet Democracy Project (Anja
Kovacs- co-signatory), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Free Software Movement of India
(Kiran Chandra (General Secretary- co-signatory), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Delhi Science Forum (Prabir –
co-signatory),</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><span> </span>Media For Change( represented by me) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">SFLC.in (Mishi – co-signatory). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Ms. Chinmayi Arun was part of all
the 4 day meetings and discussions and is on all the emails but did not finally
submit the ITRs formal response. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><img></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><img src="cid:ii_hu4hek890_1457150bf0944646" style="margin-right: 25px;"><br> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">More evidence of Joint work (There’s a lot but I do
not wish to burden this list)-</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">One of the recent </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">multistakeholder meeting</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> on IG</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> that I
co-organized including drafting the background paper with Ms. Anja Kovacs from
the Internet democracy project (yes we have worked together and collaborated on
many occasions and often</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> take same
positions publicly), was on the 29</span><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> January,
2014.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Where I worked with </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">1. Anja Kovacs, IDP (co-signatory)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">2. Sunil Abraham , CIS (cosignatory)- represented by
Snehashish Ghosh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">3. Mishi Chowdhary, SFLC.in (Cosignatory)- represented by
Prashanth Sugathan</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">4. Ms. Chinmayi Arun Co-moderated the meeting with me
and Ms. Anja Kovacs </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><img><img src="cid:ii_hu4hmrv11_14571569eaf9e52a" width="493" height="369.75"><br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span><sub><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></sub></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:red"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Interlinkages
between all the authors of the India CS letter:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Ms Anja Kovacs, IDP is a cosignatory & </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">CIS fellow and has also worked for ITfC which is represented on this letter by Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Ms. Chinmayi A</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">run from CCG (is a cosignatory & also a CIS fellow)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Mr. Sunil Abraham is the director of CIS, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Rishab</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> Bail</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">y the author of the CS letter has been associated with IDP, and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> with SFLC (another co-signatory) and is now representing SKC which is currently represented on this letter by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Mr. Prabir
Purkayastha (co-signatory) who is also associated formally as an office bearer with the SFM represented on the letter by Mr. Kiran Chandra (co-signatory)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">. All these are respected colleagues and have </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">worked with me on the ITRs and many other IG related workshops and panels as mentioned above. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:normal;color:rgb(20,20,20);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">CIS’s director Mr. Sunil Abraham has also served
with me on multiple panels and bodies together and my interventions can be found online and at the CIS website </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#141414" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px"><a href="http://cis-india.org/@@search?SearchableText=subi+chaturvedi">http://cis-india.org/@@search?SearchableText=subi+chaturvedi</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="color:rgb(20,20,20);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">They are all signatories to the letter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Again, my
heartfelt gratitude to all those who have written to</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> me</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, or
supported me. We have a very important task at hand</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, thank you again for reposing your</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> faith and for believing in me. And I wish that at all times the dignity of the caucus be preserved and upheld. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Finally, I do
not hold any grudges against those, including the journalist who may have been
involved in this unfortunate and unwarranted personal attack. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> I continue to have the highest respect for the work that my colleagues do. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I am look forward to working with all of you and will be available in Sao Paulo from the 21st and over email. Do feel free to reach out with any questions or comments you may have. I would be happy to participate in any meeting or related discussion and will continue to work to the best of my ability and do my utmost, towards the evolution of the IG ecosphere so that we have an internet, which remains free and open, which amplifies human rights and allows for
permissionless innovation and connects the unconnected. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">More details about my IG interventions can be found on my blog here </span><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px"><a href="http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/">http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px">and </span></font><b>Contributions at the UN IGF : (Partial List) is available here for ready reference</b></p>
<p class=""><a href="https://www.google.co.in/search?q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site:www.intgovforum.org&es_sm=91">https://www.google.co.in/search?q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site:www.intgovforum.org&es_sm=91</a></p>
<p class=""><font size="4"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I am equally thrilled that our collective inputs and suggestions are being taken on board. And I am also hopeful that the outcome document will reflect truly, what will emerge from the floor. Our friends in Brazil from the civil society and from across stakeholder groups have also done commendable work to bring us here. Delighted that it will be a multistakeholder panel, which will open Netmundial 2014 in Brazil. </font></font></p>
<p class=""><font size="4"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Many congratulations Nnenna, we are in great hands. Very proud to have you representing us and your address at the IGF 2013, in Bali was both profoundly evocative and stirring. I hope you will make time to emphasize the role that the Internet is playing especially in peace building and conflict transformation as well. Your tremendous and deeply inspiring work in </font><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:18.200000762939453px">Côte d'Ivoire underscores the importance of national and regional initiatives, along with intercessional work. We have a fantastic ambassador in you. And it might be an uphill climb for all of us but let's put our best foot forward.</span></font></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><font size="4">Looking forward to seeing you all in Sao Paulo soon.</font></span></p><p class="">
<span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><font size="4">Safe travels, all.</font></span></p><p class=""><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><font size="4"><br>
</font></span></p><p class=""><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">Warmest,</span><br></p><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
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<font color="#000000">Subi</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
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<p><font color="#000000">Subi Chaturvedi</font></p><p><font color="#000000">Assistant Prof. Journalism & Comm,</font></p><p><font color="#000000">Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), </font></p></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
<font color="#000000">Delhi University, India</font></p><div><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
<font color="#000000">Twitter:@subichaturvedi</font></p><p><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/">http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/</a></font><br></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
<font color="#000000"><br></font></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Member MAG, UN-IGF (Media & Civil Society)</span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:21px"></span></font></p>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Member MAG, India-IGF (Civil Society)</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Convenor WG-India IGF </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Co-Chair, Netmundial (Civil Society)</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">
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<font color="#000000">Founder & Hon. Managing Trustee,</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#000000">Media For Change</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<font color="#000000">Founder, Chief Mentor & Editor</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#000000">The Saltlist</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a href="http://www.thesaltlist.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font color="#000000">www.thesaltlist.org</font></a></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<font color="#000000">Independent DocumentaryFilmmaker, Photographer,</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#000000">Curator, Media Critic & Scholar</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<font color="#000000">PhD. Scholar,</font></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#000000">Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-D), New Delhi</font></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">PS:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Global </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">CS Community who </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">may not aware of my
contribution </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">here’s snapshot ABOUT me
and my work specifically on internet /governances/ freedom of speech and
expression</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>IG specific Roles:</b></p><p class=""><br></p><p class="">1.<span class=""> </span>Recipient of the NIXI (National Internet Exchange, India) fellowship for IG 2014-2015<span class=""> </span></p>
<p class="">2.<span class=""> </span>Co-Chair Netmundial 2014</p><p class="">3.<span class=""> </span>Convenor Working group Indian IGF MAG<span class=""> </span></p><p class="">4.<span class=""> </span>Member MAG UN IGF 2014</p>
<p class="">5.<span class=""> </span>Member MAG India IGF 2013</p><p class="">6.<span class=""> </span>Member MAG UN-IGF 2013</p><p class="">7.<span class=""> </span>Co-Lead Breakout group- Multistakeholderism & Enhance cooperation IGF 2013</p>
<p class="">8.<span class=""> </span>Lead facilitator main focus session on principles of Multistakeholderism IGF 2013</p><p class="">9.<span class=""> </span>Member MAG IIGC 2013</p><p style="line-height:normal">
</p><p class="">10.<span class=""> </span>Member MAG, IIGC 2012</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Made several
noteworthy contributions to the IGF and other global and national Internet
governance processes and capacity building initiatives on information and
communication especially for under-represented stakeholder groups in IG.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I’d be
happy to provide detailed reports of my interventions and my contributions at
each meeting attended or organised National or global.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="https://www.google.co.in/search?q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site:www.intgovforum.org&es_sm=91#q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site%3Awww.intgovforum.org&start=0" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.in/search?q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site:www.intgovforum.org&es_sm=91#q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site%3Awww.intgovforum.org&start=0</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">I have been
teaching Journalism and Mass Communication including but not limited to papers
on New Media technology (including IG) and Media, Law and Ethics, since the
last 5 ½ years in the capcity of Assistant Professor at India’s leading liberal
arts college for Women, part of Delhi University.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">I hold </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">3 gold medals in Anthropology, Psychology, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">a gold medal
in mass communication from the AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, cleared the NET </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">(which is a mandatory requirement for teaching at central
universities in India), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">while a
final year student in my first attempt and then hold a CGPA of 9.25</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">/10 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">at the IIT</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">-D</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> as a part
time registered PhD student doing my course work without leave from LSR, while
taking full classes and contributing to the Col</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">lege immensely.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">My most recent
article was published in the Hindu which is one of India’s most respected news
daily as the lead opinion commentary on the 18</span><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> of
February- “for an unfettered internet”, and can be accessed here</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">It calls for a
review of the Indian government’s position on IG.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">An </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">article for EPW </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">(a prestigious journal) against Corporatisation of Media in
India and the loss of pluraity which I have co-authored </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">and the documentary film- Freedom Song </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">on issues of Freedom of Speech and expression in India </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">for PSBT, co directed with Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> (an eminent journalist from India)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.epw.in/commentary/corporatisation-media.html" target="_blank">http://www.epw.in/commentary/corporatisation-media.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">e position that I often take is</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> against corporatization and control of the media
including the Internet by a few</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> be they governments, private sector including large
small/corporate of any national origin, civil society group All my
interventions, which are quite a few and substantive in their depth and coverage
of issues are online on the IGF website. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt;line-height:normal"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">This is just a partial list of
some of the work that I have done in this academic year </span><span style="font-family:Arial">2013-2014</span><span style="font-family:Arial">:</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">My
article </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">“For an unfettered internet’, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">was published as the lead opinion commentary in The Hindu,
India's most respected news daily on why India needs to re-examine it's
position on global Internet governance.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5700871.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5700871.ece</a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">My co-directed critically
acclaimed documentary FREEDOM SONG, a film on freedom of Speech and expression
in contemporary India for PSBT was screened at the</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">IIHS Bangalore City Campus this year and premiered at the prestigious
Open Frame. Two of my curated projects, The Many Moods and Moments of Aung San
Suu Kyi and ‘The Nobel Women for Peace Project’, were exhibited as part of HH.
The Dalai Lama’s visit at LSR. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">In
recognition of </span><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">my </span></u><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">contribution to Internet and society</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">,</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> I been awarded:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The prestigious NIXI (National Internet
Exchange of India, GOI), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Fellowship
for Internet Governance 2013-2014.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">2)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I have been appointed as the first Indian
woman from two stakeholdergroups ( civil society and media) on the United Nations
–IGF MAG,
for the second consecutive term.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I have also been invited to Co-Chair the
Global Multistakeholder Meeting in Brazil on the Future of the Internet. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">4)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">have </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">also been appointed as the convener of the working group of the India
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) by the Chair from DeitY, Ministry of
Communication & IT. And also been appointed on the MAG (Multistakeholder
Advisory Group) of the India IGF (Internet Governance Forum) to be hosted by
MOC&IT, India.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">5)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">At the last Global IGF 2013, held at Bali,
Indonesia. I contributed on several panels on Access and diversity, Relating
national and regional IGFs, Broadband access and local content, emerging
issues- Surveillance and a enhance cooperation (I also the remote moderator for
it). And I also moderated and mentored DoT (MoC&IT), Government of
India’s Open forum “Connecting the next Billion”. Additionally I also
organized and spoke at the Main Focus session on Multistakeholderism as a
panelist. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">6)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also co-organised a multistakeholder panel
discussion on “Will Internet and Social Media be a game changer for the next
general election 2014 with senior leaders and ministers from the government and
eminent journalists and editors at the India International Centre (IIC), New
Delhi.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">7)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also a panelist with sr. editors on the
role of media in promoting art at the global stage organized by exchange4media
at IIC. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">8)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also a panelist at the National
Convention on "Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on
DEMOCRACY" , organized by the INSAF foundation at the constitution club
for the session on SURVEILLANCE, STATE AND PERILS OF DEMOCRACY. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><span> </span>With Mr. Prabir who is a
cosignatory of the letter.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">9)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was a panelist on IGF and the way forward
organized by ORF, New Delhi. Ms. Anja Kovacs was my co-panelist a basic online
search would reveal and expose the claims made in the letter. The ORF report is
online with our interventions and images together. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">10)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also the key note speaker on Internet
–a democratic space, at NALSAR along with eminent and sr. judges and lawyers of
the supreme court on Social Media and Hate speech. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">B</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">oth Ms. Chinmayi Arun and Ms.
Anja Kovacs were part of the same event. Ms. Kovacs was</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> moreover on the same session as
I was.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">11</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also organized and moderated a
multitsakeholder panel discussion at the ITU-WSIS 2013, Geneva on, “
Ensuring Internet Access and Better Governance by Deepening
Multistakeholderism- A Developing Nation Perspective with sr. ministers and
heads of regional and national Internet & ICT initiatives. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">12</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Held a c</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">apacity
building Workshop for the youth -"Towards a new Ethics of Cyberspace-
Being a responsible online Digital Citizen with sr. industry leaders as key
resource persons. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">13</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also appeared as a distinguished panelist
on national media on internet, new media regulation and social media, women
safety and empowerment related issues, through the year. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">14</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also organised and moderated the MEDIA CONGRESS- Panel on
'Government Surveillance vs Individual Privacy : Are they mutually exclusive?'
with distinguished speakers: Dr. Usha Rmanathan eminent civil society activist, Dr. Govind, CEO NIXI, Mr.
Pavan Duggal, Prof. Vibodh Parthasarathi and Ms. Shalini Singh. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">15</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also a panelist at the IMDEC 2013,
Panel on “The Internet We Want: A Multistakeholder View” along with global
leaders from civil society, industry, government and the technical community at
FICCI. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Mr. Sunil Abraham (CIS) was also
an invited panelist.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">16</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I co-organised a multistakeholder dialogue on
</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The Future of the Internet, who should govern
it & what is at stake for us</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> with
sr. members of the government, industry, academia, technical community, media
at IIC. The youth were also invited as end users to share their inputs and
experiences. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The background paper was jointly prepared
by me and Ms. Anja Kovacs</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">17</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also organized a youth meet with over 700
youth leaders from India on the Internet We Want- Conversation Series.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">18</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Another youth meet was organized by </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">me </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">the
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">A</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">ligarh </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">M</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">uslim </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">U</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">niversity, a minority institution</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> with over 300 youth delegates from the minorities and the margins and
sr. editors from the media on the role of media and youth in election 2014</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> particularly the impact that social media and the internet can have in
amplyfying participation of the youth</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">.
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">19</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also invited to conduct a leadership
training workshop for the sr. management of TATA Sons and their group companies
on social media. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">20</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also conducted a third youth meet over 700
young leaders on the “Digital Agenda for the Youth and IG principals”.
This was part of the global #FightBack campaign against surveillance and held
on the world internet day. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">21</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I was also a invited to present my paper on
Cybersecurity a multistakeholder perspective by ORF New Delhi part of the young
voices policy forum. It was extremely well received.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">22</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">I also led the new media outreach and
supported the on ground activation for the national Internet Safety campaign
for the youth in India in association </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">with </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Data Security Council of India (A NASSCOM initiative).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">23</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I am a member of </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">the International Association for Women in Radio and television
(IAWRT) and the Internet Society (ISOC).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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