Internet Standard Body And India's Initiative

Internet Standard Bodies

• Internet Society (ISOC) - a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and policy. ISOC is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet and its architecture for the benefit of people throughout the world.
• IETF - Techincal Forum for ISOC. End Product is RFC, standards for internet protocols. Other policy and business aspects
• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), IGF (Internet Governance Forum) and
• RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) like APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre), RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Conrdination Centre)

Network Operators

• NANOG - North American Network Operators' Group

• APNOG - Asia Pacific Network Operators Group. There are two regional NOGs in the Asia Pacific Region.

  • PacNOG - Pacific Islands (including American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu)
  • SANOG - South Asia (including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka)

  Local NOGs

  Below is a list (with links to their websites) of the Network Operator Groups in the economies of the Asia Pacific Region.

  • AusNOG - Australia
  • bdNOG - Bangladesh
  • btNOG - Bhutan
  • KHNOG - Cambodia
  • HKNOG - Hong Kong
  • INNOG - India
  • IDNOG - Indonesia
  • JANOG - Japan
  • KRNOG - Korea
  • MyNOG - Malaysia
  • MNNOG - Mongolia
  • mmNOG - Myanmar
  • npNOG - Nepal
  • NZNOG - New Zealand
  • PhNOG - Philippines
  • SGNOG - Singapore
  • LKNOG - Sri Lanka
  • TWNOG - Taiwan
  • ThaiNOG - Thailand
  • VNiX-NOG - Vietnam Courtesy: https://apnog.org/ops/nogs.html

India’s Initiative

• Indian IT Ministry (MeitY) - India’s nodal ministry for Internet Governance
• Indian Internet Research & Engineering Forum (IIREF)
• Indian IETF Capacity Building (IICB)
• National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
• India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) - to build capacity and participate in Internet Governance organizations / fora like ICANN, IETF, APNIC, IGF etc.
• Internet Society Chapters -
  • Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Chennai
  • Trivendrum
  • Mumbai
  • Hyderabad

Fellowship Program

Opportunity to participate annual events and meeting, training etc.

• Internet Society - Mid Career Fellowship
• ICANN Fellowship Program
• APNIC Fellowship Program
• RIPE Fellowship
• IIREF Fellowship - (for Indian)