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<DIV>My understanding, as of today, is that the Co-Chairs will now have no
formal role during the meeting, and their formal involvement in that capacity
will end before the meeting starts. So I think in those circumstances there is
nothing more we need to or should do at this stage. We need to focus our
immediate intention on getting the best result from the meeting we can.
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<DIV>This particular matter (along with a few other less than perfect process
issues in the lead up to this conference) will be best addressed in a post
meeting evaluation process, where we can look at all the ways that civil society
can work more effectively together on any such future event. There are quite a
few lessons to learn, I think.</DIV>
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<DIV>With all the benefit of hindsight, things may have been better if this had
been discussed thoroughly on our lists at the time of the original letter sent
by your group of Indian civil society organisations to Prof Almeida. A good
discussion could have been about having a diplomatically worded letter drafted
by the whole of civil society, in support of the matters your group raised about
the appointment. It would have been best if the matter was fully discussed
and dealt with then. </DIV>
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<DIV>However, if you remember the circumstances, IGC had been reduced to one
co-ordinator who was about to retire, and this list was at its divisive best on
any matter, be it policy on process. I would personally have supported a
diplomatically worded letter if it had been discussed and agreed to, and so
would many others. I am sorry that did not happen.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=parminder@itforchange.net
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bestbits] Re: [governance] Breaking my silence on
Netmundial related concerns raised by colleagues from India</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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face=Verdana>Dear Ian and Carlos,<BR><BR>Perhaps it does not behove me to say
this since I am quite junior to both of you in the global IG civil society space
- but then I feel that it is my unhappy duty to say it: I am pained that you
have put your considerable reputation and goodwill in this space in service of
defending what patently is political corruption of the highest order, that too
with regard to a model of MSism which you both so vigorously promote.
<BR><BR>Yes, this particular instance is one of pure and simple political
corruption of the highest order, the kind which normally immediately produces
reactions of revulsion and outrage in civil society groups...It is not personal.
Thousands teach in colleges and have political and social ambitions, and take
various kinds of routes to pursue them; similarly thousands work in NGOs like I
do. I dont think any of the signatories of the letter from Indian CS groups was
in any kind of keen competition to be in NetMundial organisational positions.
So, it should not matter to us that much who becomes the top CS reps to the
MetMundial... In any case, such is the diversity and structural dis-organisation
of civil society that different, often very unexpected, kinds of
appointments from civil society regularly takes place, and we may whisper and
complain among ourselves but always let it be... It is kind of part of being
civil society. <BR><BR>This present one is not such a case. And in my view, for
anyone willing to be on guard against such subversions, it is not difficult to
see the nature of the issue here. As said, it is a case of highest political
corruption.. Big business from the US, backed by some strong political interests
in that country, have been working in India for 2-3 years now to subvert India's
political processes around IG basically with the objective to keep its voice
silent on the global level... There have been much discussion inside India
lately on this phenomenon including some news reports. Will cut this story
short.... What I am coming to is, it is as a part of this political
strategy that Sub was picked up and promoted as a 'civil society voice' in
India. India has a proud culture of vibrant democracy and a rather mature civil
society, whereby it is of course absolutely unacceptable for us, Indian civil
society groups, that such a political subversion and corruption takes place.
This was and remains the cause of our strong reaction. <BR><BR>When, as they say
in India, we saw the water go over the head, with Subi's appointment as civil
society co-chair of NetMundial, Indian civil society groups took it as their
responsibility to bring the facts to the table, and make global actors cognizant
about them. It is not an easy decision to take - we all know that while one has
to work hard and devote much time to such kind of a thing, there will also
always be considerable comebacks, because we are dealing with actors who are
extremely resourcefully (obvious, when a completely unknown person can suddenly
be placed at the CS head position of a major global meeting), and
therefore expectation of counter personal attacks, as indeed have been
happening. It perhaps is this reason that most of the other signatories of the
letter have not come out publicly on this list to present and push the case.
(BTW, I may disclose that I was neither the party to initiate the collective
letter nor the news item in Hindustan Times; just so that you all
know.)<BR><BR>What was surprising is that, when practically all civil society
groups in India, who are engaged with IG work - and have extensive work
relationships with all other global actors, often stronger than they have among
themselves - came out to present the facts on the ground about the
inappropriateness of Subi's selections, practically no one from the global civil
society expressed real support. (Yes, a good quote from my email to be used by
Subi.) I see this as primarily the fault of the civil society leadership. They
cannot be doing this with their national CS partners, especially of a country
with one seventh of world's population and whose general maturity of civil
society processes cannot </FONT><FONT face=Verdana>easily</FONT> <FONT
face=Verdana>be questioned</FONT><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT><FONT face=Verdana>.
But the fact that this did happen points to serious structural flaws in the form
and role of civil society, especially its leadership, in MSist spaces. No, it is
not the civil society groups from India who lost here - it is the global MSist
civil society that has lost, and it may need to introspect deeply about it, if
it ever will...<BR><BR>Apparently, the testimony of practically all the civil
society groups engaged with IG in India was not enough... Then came<BIG><B>
</B><A
href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx"><SMALL>this
investigative report</SMALL></A></BIG><A
href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx"><SMALL>
</SMALL></A>from one of the largest and most-respected dailies of India. A
report which I know was being worked for more than 2 months. With extensive
interactions inter alia with all people who have been named</FONT><FONT
face=Verdana> adversely</FONT><FONT face=Verdana> in the report... I also happen
to know that the involved people personally met the senior most editors of the
newspaper... All opportunities for defence and clarification were given, and all
testimonies and material accepted. Senior editors </FONT><FONT
face=Verdana>thoroughly </FONT><FONT face=Verdana>went over all the details
overs many days. Do not under-estimate the difficulty and the </FONT><FONT
face=Verdana>extent of </FONT><FONT face=Verdana>caution required with regard to
a news report like this one which implicates one of the most powerful and
entrenched lobbyist in the capital of India. For a long time when the report did
not appear, I actually thought, well the obvious has happened! But the newspaper
stood its ground and came out with a report presenting just those facts about
which it had absolute evidence, and which met their very high reporting
standards. <BR><BR>So, you guys dont believe the statement of a full group of
Indian civil society organisations, and you do not believe even the
investigative news report in one of the most highly regarded newspapers of
India, a report which was researched for 2 months. Well, in that case, it really
must take something to make you believe - or perhaps, you have decided your
position already, which is not to rock the MS (multistakeholder) boat as the
highest priority, with all else paling in comparison. <BR><BR>Anywhere else, a
case of this kind, where first the whole civil society in an area makes a case,
which is then supported by a well- researched news story, will be an open and
shut case for global civil society to support. But not on this occasion...This
is something you all guys need to answer. There is nothing more for us, of
Indian civil society groups, to say... We are proud that we did a very difficult
civil society task of exposing political corruption, took an 'insistent' public
stand against it, and refused to be cowed down by cat calls that have become
customary on this list whenever any issue implicating the power of big business
or the US is raised..... <BR><BR>One last point, though I think it may be
superfluous, because you all know and understand it. People here have been
saying that there is no evidence, which is quite surprising because this is one
of few rare cases (and thus must be pushed hard and fully capitalised on) where
there is actually considerable evidence of political corruption. Now, this is
not a court proceeding, really. Think of when, say in our own countries, an
appointment of an industry watchdog is made, or for an anti- corruption body.
What is the standard of knowledge and evidence on which civil society will act
on what they may regard as complete inappropriateness of an appointment - and
perhaps write petitions, boycott proceedings, and so on... Just that level of
knowledge and evidence is needed in this case as well. And it is as clear as
daylight that such knowledge and evidence is indeed available. To act or not,
and whether to denounce or make light of those who indeed are doing their civil
society work, remains your own respective political decisions. I see that you
are inviting Subi to remain undeterred and continue to engage with civil society
here. We too are going to remain undeterred in doing what we see as the real CS
work.<BR><BR>Best regards<BR><BR>parminder<BR><BR>PS: I will not respond to
Subi's 'clarifications', and I can understand her desperation as well the
discomfort of those whose huge interests are affected by this.... However, at
one place in her recent email there is a specific reference to my name,
mentioning that her recent appointment to some position in the WG on India IGF
was with my consent; this is lie typical of much of her statements ... There was
no such consent, something which is very easy to verify because the room had
around 30 people from gov, industry and CS, and there is also avaiable an
official document coming from the meeting. <BR><BR>I do however see that the
inference from the quote of Marilyn Cade was an inadvertent error on the part of
the journalist. <BR><BR><BR></FONT>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On Friday 18 April 2014 06:56 PM, Carlos A. Afonso
wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:535127F4.8010604@cafonso.ca type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Absolutely agree with Ian, including the three wishes.
fraternal regards
--c.a.
On 04/18/2014 12:48 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Subi,
It would have taken a lot of courage to write that, and to engage here.
I am very glad you did,and thank you for doing so, because it will help
to eventually clear the air.
My first wish is that, whatever the reactions are to your post, you will
continue to engage here with the rest of civil society interested in
internet governance. It’s not always a friendly space, as others have
discovered, but the interchange and dialogue among people with different
perspectives here is important, and leads to more constructive and
valuable inputs for civil society as a whole. Whatever the reactions to
your post are, I hope you continue to engage here.
My second wish is that everyone involved in this dispute can find a way
to move past these issues. That’s not going to be easy, and perhaps not
immediate, but it is important we do so.
My third and final wish is that my first and second wishes come to fruition!
Ian Peter
*From:* Subi Chaturvedi <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:subi.igp@gmail.com">mailto:subi.igp@gmail.com</A>
*Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 7:56 AM
*To:* <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A>
*Cc:* <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A>
*Subject:* [governance] Breaking my silence on Netmundial related
concerns raised by colleagues from India
Dear CS colleagues and friends,
This has reference to the article published in HT on 8^th April, 2014
which has been shared and referred to on this mailing list, multiple times.
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.
I had chosen to maintain silence in the face of repeatedand 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.
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.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.
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
capturedare 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.
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 *<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/*">http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/*</A>
Now Iask 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 toincludeme in this story related to
surveillance by a corporate? Is there any connection at all? Other than
to cause harm to me; in which they miserably failed.As identified in
Ian’s email, apart from being a vicious personal attack, the article is
manipulative on multiple levels and makesseveral inaccurate assertions.
Notwithstanding this unfortunate exception, I want to assure all of you
that journalism in India is free, fair for the most part, and aharbinger
of truth and justice. I would urge you not to judge Indian media based
on this article.
I submit the following for your consideration:the portions in italics
are direct quotes from the same article.
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a. /“//Emails accessed by HT suggest that Bhatia championed
Chaturvedi's rise in Indian internet governance circles” ./
You would surely notice that while pdfs of all charges were hyperlinked,
this allegation conspicuously remains unsubstantiated and any proof to
the effect is missing fromthe 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 continuesto make. Despite a clarification on the
4th of April, 2014 issued by the distinguished academician and General
Chair of the Meeting Minister Virgilio Almeida.
b. “/Chaturvedi has also publicly acknowledged a former AT&T
official, Marylin Cade as a "coach and mentor”:/
/ /I quote the same tweet: “frm (from) Ms. Marilyn Cade *_coach and
Mentor other proposals_*and IGF should limit it’s own”.
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In 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”.
c. “/She was also paid upwards of //Rs.// //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”./
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.
This CANNOT under any circumstances be construed as accepting money for
advocacy from a corporate and presented as "conflict of interest". This
is the most absurd allegation which even seasoned propagandists would
shy away from.
Further he 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.
d. /Ph.D/: **
*Can a **mere research studentship**,**which I am still
pursuing**,****be**the basis on which I was appointed at any forum?*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 offenseI had not committed and continue with her.
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”. *
*
*The IIT has never charged me with this offense, no show ca**use has
ever**been given to me and hence no action has been taken against
me,*detailed evidence was given to the journalist who chose to
deliberately ignore it in order to convey a premeditated message. IIT
has the highest ethical code of conduct and so do I.And my PhD. is well
underway.//
//
/*The letter of notable members of civil society.*///
The CS letter from Indiacarried the support of 10 individuals+1 author,
some of whom claim to represent different organisations. I have worked
with most who are in this space including Parminder, Prabir,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. It is full of
misrepresentation.Their claimsare absurd that:
/1- They don’t know me///
/2. They haven’t worked with me and I am not active in this space.///
/3. They don’t know how to reach me//.///
/4. And I do not teach IG/
*My Response**:***
Ø *Not only do they know me quite well***
Ø *We have hosted joint events, ***
Ø *We have served on organizational bodies together related to IG, ***
Ø *We have appeared as panelists together on IG, ***
Ø *We have traveled and worked together on IG, ***
Ø *We have submitted joint inputs to government of India on IG, ***
Ø *Prepared background papers together for multistakeholder dialogues
and events on IG, ***
Ø *Co-moderated dialogues and multistakeholder panels on IG. ***
Ø *I receive emails from them, respond to them, they have appreciated
and thanked me for my inputs and efforts. ***
Ø *They have called me on my mobile phone ***
Ø *They have visited me in person and with their teams to seek my
inputs on their drafts. ***
I am happy to compare and contrast my interventions and my work in the
IG space with all of them individually or collectively. **
The ITRs submission of CS was jointly made by
Ø Society for Knowledge commons represented by Rishab Bailey (author of
the CS letter),
Ø Internet Democracy Project (Anja Kovacs- co-signatory),
Ø Free Software Movement of India (Kiran Chandra (General Secretary-
co-signatory),
Ø Delhi Science Forum (Prabir – co-signatory),
Ø Media For Change( represented by me)
Ø SFLC.in (Mishi – co-signatory).
Ø 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.
More evidence of Joint work (There’s a lot but I do not wish to burden
this list)-
One of the recent multistakeholder meetingon IGthat 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 oftentake same positions publicly), was on the
29^th January, 2014.
Where I worked with
1. Anja Kovacs, IDP (co-signatory)
2. Sunil Abraham , CIS (cosignatory)- represented by Snehashish Ghosh
3. Mishi Chowdhary, SFLC.in (Cosignatory)- represented by Prashanth Sugathan
4. Ms. Chinmayi Arun Co-moderated the meeting with me and Ms. Anja Kovacs
_
*
*
*Interlinkages between all the authors of the India CS letter:***
Ms Anja Kovacs, IDP is a cosignatory & a CIS fellow and has also worked
for ITfC which is represented on this letter by Mr. Parminder Jeet
Singh, Ms. Chinmayi Arun from CCG (is a cosignatory & also a CIS
fellow), Mr. Sunil Abraham is the director of CIS, RishabBailey the
author of the CS letter has been associated with IDP, and with SFLC
(another co-signatory) and is now representing SKC which is currently
represented on this letter by 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). All these are
respected colleagues and have worked with me on the ITRs and many other
IG related workshops and panels as mentioned above.
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
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://cis-india.org/@@search?SearchableText=subi+chaturvedi">http://cis-india.org/@@search?SearchableText=subi+chaturvedi</A>
They are all signatories to the letter.
*Again, my heartfelt gratitude to all those who have written tome, or
supported me. We have a very important task at hand, thank you again
for reposing yourfaith and for believing in me. And I wish that at all
times the dignity of the caucus be preserved and upheld. *
Finally, I do not hold any grudges against those, including the
journalist who may have been involved in this unfortunate and
unwarranted personal attack. I continue to have the highest respect for
the work that my colleagues do.
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.
More details about my IG interventions can be found on my blog here
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/">http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/</A>
and *Contributions at the UN IGF : (Partial List) is available here for
ready reference*
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext 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>
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.
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 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.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Sao Paulo soon.
Safe travels, all.
Warmest,
Subi
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Subi Chaturvedi
Assistant Prof. Journalism & Comm,
Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR),
Delhi University, India
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Independent DocumentaryFilmmaker, Photographer,
Curator, Media Critic & Scholar
PhD. Scholar,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-D), New Delhi
PS:
Global CS Community who may not aware of my contribution here’s snapshot
ABOUT me and my work specifically on internet /governances/ freedom of
speech and expression:
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*IG specific Roles:*
1. Recipient of the NIXI (National Internet Exchange, India)
fellowship for IG 2014-2015
2. Co-Chair Netmundial 2014
3. Convenor Working group Indian IGF MAG
4. Member MAG UN IGF 2014
5. Member MAG India IGF 2013
6. Member MAG UN-IGF 2013
7. Co-Lead Breakout group- Multistakeholderism & Enhance cooperation
IGF 2013
8. Lead facilitator main focus session on principles of
Multistakeholderism IGF 2013
9. Member MAG IIGC 2013
10. Member MAG, IIGC 2012
*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.*
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I’d be happy to provide detailed reports of my interventions and my
contributions at each meeting attended or organised National or global.
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext 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">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>
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.
I hold 3 gold medals in Anthropology, Psychology, and a gold medal in
mass communication from the AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, cleared the
NET (which is a mandatory requirement for teaching at central
universities in India), while a final year student in my first attempt
and then hold a CGPA of 9.25/10 at the IIT-Das a part time registered
PhD student doing my course work without leave from LSR, while taking
full classes and contributing to the College immensely.
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^th of February- “for an unfettered internet”, and can be accessed here
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece</A>
It calls for a review of the Indian government’s position on IG.
An article for EPW (a prestigious journal) against Corporatisation of
Media in India and the loss of pluraity which I have co-authored and the
documentary film- Freedom Song on issues of Freedom of Speech and
expression in India for PSBT, co directed with Mr. Paranjoy Guha
Thakurta(an eminent journalist from India).
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.epw.in/commentary/corporatisation-media.html">http://www.epw.in/commentary/corporatisation-media.html</A>
The position that I often take isagainst corporatization and control of
the media including the Internet by a few,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.
*This is just a partial list of some of the work that I have done in
this academic year 2013-2014:*
My article *“For an unfettered internet’, *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.
_<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5700871.ece_">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5700871.ece_</A>
My co-directed critically acclaimed documentary FREEDOM SONG, a film on
freedom of Speech and expression in contemporary India for PSBT was
screened at theIIHS 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.
In recognition of _my _*_contribution to Internet and society_*_,_I been
awarded:
1) The prestigious NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India, GOI),
Fellowship for Internet Governance 2013-2014.
2) 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.
3) I have also been invited to Co-Chair the Global Multistakeholder
Meeting in Brazil on the Future of the Internet.
4) I have 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.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) 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. With Mr. Prabir who is a cosignatory of
the letter.
9) 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.
10) 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. Both Ms.
Chinmayi Arun and Ms. Anja Kovacs were part of the same event. Ms.
Kovacs was,moreover on the same session as I was.
11) 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.
12) Held a capacity 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.
13) 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.
14) 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.
15) 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. Mr. Sunil Abraham (CIS) was also an invited panelist.
16) I co-organised a multistakeholder dialogue on *The
Future of the Internet, who should govern it & what is at stake for
us*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. The background paper was jointly
prepared by me and Ms. Anja Kovacs.
17) I also organized a youth meet with over 700 youth
leaders from India on the Internet We Want- Conversation Series.
18) Another youth meet was organized by me at the
Aligarh Muslim University, a minority institutionwith 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 2014particularly the
impact that social media and the internet can have in amplyfying
participation of the youth.
19) I was also invited to conduct a leadership training
workshop for the sr. management of TATA Sons and their group companies
on social media.
20) 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.
21) 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.
22) 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 with Data Security Council of India (A
NASSCOM initiative).
23) I am a member of the International Association for
Women in Radio and television (IAWRT) and the Internet Society (ISOC).
warmest
Subi
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Subi Chaturvedi
Assistant Prof. Journalism & Comm,
Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR),
Delhi University, India
Twitter:@subichaturvedi
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Member MAG, UN-IGF (Media & Civil Society)
Member MAG, India-IGF (Civil Society)
Convenor WG-India IGF
Co-Chair, Netmundial (Civil Society)
Founder & Hon. Managing Trustee,
Media For Change
Founder, Chief Mentor & Editor
The Saltlist
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Independent DocumentaryFilmmaker, Photographer,
Curator, Media Critic & Scholar
PhD. Scholar,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-D), New Delhi
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