{"id":12677,"date":"2022-10-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/10\/04\/en-india-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:00:00","slug":"en-india-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/10\/04\/en-india-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2022 \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. The 2nd India IGF (IIGF 2022) ran 9\u201311 December 2022 as a 'Virtual Edition' under the theme 'Leveraging Techade for Empowering Bharat', with around 50 speakers and 17 workshops.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Five sub-themes framed the debate \u2014 digital innovation, public digital platforms, reaching the unreached, internet regulation, and trust and safety (TRUSS). Closing the forum, Minister of State Chandrasekhar declared India 'the largest connected nation in the world' with 800 million users.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Held just as India Stack and UPI were drawing global attention, the forum's core question \u2014 how to close the urban\u2013rural technology gap \u2014 resonates far beyond India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2022<\/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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    📍 Officially billed as the Virtual Edition; per the official report to the UN IGF, the opening and closing ceremonies were held onsite while all other sessions ran online<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nIndia Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n2nd edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n9\u201311 December 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\n'Virtual Edition' held mostly online; only the opening and closing ceremonies took place onsite in New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nLeveraging Techade for Empowering Bharat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Workshops<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sub-themes<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Speakers<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nMinistry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)<\/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. 'The Largest Connected Nation' \u2014 From 800 Million Users Towards 1.2 Billion<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Closing ceremony (11 December, addresses by Minister of State Chandrasekhar and MeitY Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma)<\/p>\n

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    "We are the largest 'connected' nation in the world with 800 million Indian users"
    \n\u2014 Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State, MeitY)<\/strong> [4][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "In the next few years, this multistakeholder engagement must go beyond the intellectual academic discussion"
    \n\u2014 Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State, MeitY)<\/strong> [4][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n