[bestbits] Re: [governance] Breaking my silence on Netmundial related concerns raised by colleagues from India
parminder
parminder at itforchange.net
Sat Apr 19 20:54:29 EDT 2014
Dear Ian and Carlos,
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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 easily be questioned. 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...
Apparently, the testimony of practically all the civil society groups
engaged with IG in India was not enough... Then came**this investigative
report
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx><http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx>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 namedadverselyin
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 thoroughly went over all the details overs many
days. Do not under-estimate the difficulty and the extent of 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.
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.
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.....
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.
Best regards
parminder
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.
I do however see that the inference from the quote of Marilyn Cade was
an inadvertent error on the part of the journalist.
On Friday 18 April 2014 06:56 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> Absolutely agree with Ian, including the three wishes.
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 04/18/2014 12:48 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>> 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<mailto:subi.igp at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 7:56 AM
>> *To:*governance at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> *Cc:*bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>> *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 *http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/*
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> .
>>
>> 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”.
>>
>> Inline images 1
>>
>> 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
>>
>> http://cis-india.org/@@search?SearchableText=subi+chaturvedi
>>
>>
>> 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
>> http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/
>>
>>
>> and *Contributions at the UN IGF : (Partial List) is available here for
>> ready reference*
>>
>> https://www.google.co.in/search?q=igf+MAG+Subi+Chaturvedi+site:www.intgovforum.org&es_sm=91
>>
>> 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
>> ----
>>
>> Subi Chaturvedi
>>
>> Assistant Prof. Journalism & Comm,
>>
>> Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR),
>>
>> Delhi University, India
>>
>> Twitter:@subichaturvedi
>>
>> http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> www.thesaltlist.org <http://www.thesaltlist.org/>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *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.*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> I’d be happy to provide detailed reports of my interventions and my
>> contributions at each meeting attended or organised National or global.
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> http://www.epw.in/commentary/corporatisation-media.html
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> _http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5700871.ece_
>>
>> 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
>> ----
>>
>> Subi Chaturvedi
>>
>> Assistant Prof. Journalism & Comm,
>>
>> Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR),
>>
>> Delhi University, India
>>
>> Twitter:@subichaturvedi
>>
>> http://subichaturvedi.blogspot.in/
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> www.thesaltlist.org <http://www.thesaltlist.org/>
>>
>>
>> Independent DocumentaryFilmmaker, Photographer,
>>
>> Curator, Media Critic & Scholar
>>
>>
>> PhD. Scholar,
>>
>> Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-D), New Delhi
>>
>>
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