{"id":12675,"date":"2021-10-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/10\/01\/en-india-igf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T09:00:00","slug":"en-india-igf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/10\/01\/en-india-igf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2021 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 25\u201327 November 2021, India held its first national IGF, IIGF 2021, as a fully online three-day event under the theme 'Empowering India through Power of Internet', organised by MeitY and NIXI.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Three plenaries \u2014 India's digital journey, high-speed internet for all, and cyber norms and ethics \u2014 charted the course of a nation with 800 million users, as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw set out the government's vision of an open, safe and trusted internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. This was the historic moment when the world's largest connected democracy finally launched its own national IGF under the UN IGF umbrella \u2014 a baseline for comparing national IGFs everywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2021<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 'New Delhi' in the catalogue refers to the organisers' base; the first IIGF was held entirely online amid the pandemic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

    \"India<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nIndia Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n1st edition \u2014 India's first national IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n25\u201327 November 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nFully online (organisers MeitY and NIXI are based in New Delhi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nEmpowering India through Power of Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nMinistry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and the multistakeholder group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. India's First National IGF \u2014 'Long Due'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening ceremony (25 November, jointly inaugurated by Ministers Vaishnaw and Chandrasekhar)<\/p>\n

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    "One of the largest connected countries is hosting the first IIGF and this has been long due"
    \n\u2014 Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State, MeitY)<\/strong> [1][2][6]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n