{"id":12679,"date":"2023-07-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/07\/12\/en-india-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T08:00:00","slug":"en-india-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/07\/12\/en-india-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2023 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-india-igf-2023-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"India IGF 2023 \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30c7\u30ea\u30fc \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-india-igf-2023-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"India IGF 2023 \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30c7\u30ea\u30fc \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 5 December 2023, the 3rd India IGF met in hybrid format at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi \u2014 its first full in-person edition \u2014 under the theme &#39;Moving Forward \u2013 Calibrating Bharat&#39;s Digital Agenda&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Across panels on cybersecurity, innovation and digital divides, Minister of State Chandrasekhar&#39;s keynote declared multistakeholderism &#39;the cornerstone&#39; of India&#39;s internet future, with ICANN and the UN IGF MAG chair on stage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capping India&#39;s G20 presidency year, the forum openly staked India&#39;s claim to leadership in global digital governance \u2014 and its &#39;two divides&#39; debate on access and data speaks well beyond India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2023<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Held at the new convention centre that hosted the G20 New Delhi Summit that September; hybrid format (09:00\u201318:30 IST)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-india-igf-2023-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"India IGF 2023 \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30c7\u30ea\u30fc \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>3rd edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>5 December 2023 (single day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Moving Forward \u2013 Calibrating Bharat&#39;s Digital Agenda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panels<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-india-igf-2023-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"India IGF 2023 \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30c7\u30ea\u30fc \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Multistakeholderism as &#39;Cornerstone&#39; \u2014 An Open, Safe and Trusted Internet<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Inaugural session keynote (10:00\u201311:30, Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Multistakeholderism in India will be cornerstone of how the future of Internet will be shaped in policy, regulation and technology landscape&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State, MeitY)<\/strong> [3][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Ensuring that all consumers and digital Nagriks have access to a safe and trusted Internet, an Internet that remains open, where intermediaries and platforms are accountable for their conduct, accountable for the harm under the Indian law&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State, MeitY)<\/strong> [3][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Chandrasekhar cast India as a global case study in how emerging tech and AI drive inclusion, empowerment and &#39;creating more with less&#39; [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>The keynote showcased India&#39;s regulatory line of the moment \u2014 openness paired with platform accountability \u2014 fresh from the DPDP Act&#39;s passage [3][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Secure, Trusted and Resilient Cyberspace \u2014 With CERT-In at the Table<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 1 &#39;Building a Secure, Trusted &amp; Resilient Cyberspace for Bharat&#39; (12:00\u201313:15, moderated by Saikat Datta)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CERT-In Director General Dr Sanjay Bahl joined experts to debate building trusted internet infrastructure [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Responding to surging cyberattacks and securing digital public services for 1.4 billion people were the core concerns [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>The &#39;secure, trusted, resilient&#39; triad became a recurring frame in later IIGF editions [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Bridging Two Divides \u2014 Meaningful Access and the Data Paradigm<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 3 &#39;Bridging Divides&#39; (15:45\u201317:00, moderated by Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Two critical divides in order to accelerate India&#39;s digital agenda: the digital divide in meaningful access, and the development divide in the data paradigm&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Anita Gurumurthy (Executive Director, IT for Change)<\/strong> [4][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The divide debate shifted from mere connectivity to &#39;meaningful access&#39; \u2014 connections people can actually use [4][2]<\/li>\n<li>Civil society put the &#39;development divide&#39; squarely on the table: who captures value from data? [4][2]<\/li>\n<li>Rural broadband rollout and multilingual support were framed as preconditions for inclusion [4][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Capping the G20 Year \u2014 Ambitions in Global Digital Governance<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Valedictory session &#39;Calibrating Bharat&#39;s Digital Agenda &amp; Leadership for Global Digital Governance&#39; (17:15\u201318:30) and the inaugural<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The venue itself \u2014 Bharat Mandapam, stage of the G20 New Delhi Summit three months earlier \u2014 carried India&#39;s DPI momentum from the G20 into its IGF [1][2][6]<\/li>\n<li>International guests including ICANN&#39;s Sally Costerton and UN IGF MAG chair Carol Roach linked the national forum to global processes [1][2][6]<\/li>\n<li>&#39;Leadership for global digital governance and cooperation&#39; stood as an explicit pillar of the programme [1][2][6]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the forum actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 but the government formally declared multistakeholderism the &#39;cornerstone&#39; of India&#39;s internet future, pairing openness with platform accountability as its regulatory line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. How to define the divide. Government celebrated connectivity numbers; civil society countered that two divides remain \u2014 meaningful access, and who captures value from data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. India&#39;s digital public infrastructure model, boosted through its G20 presidency, is now studied worldwide \u2014 and this forum is where India calibrated that agenda at home.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is India IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-india-igf-2023-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"India IGF 2023 \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30c7\u30ea\u30fc \u2014 About India IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>India IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2023 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1982217\">India Internet Governance Forum IIGF&#39;23 to be held in New Delhi tomorrow<\/a> \u2014 \u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u653f\u5e9c\u5e83\u5831\u5c40\uff08PIB\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indiaigf.in\/2023\/agenda\/\">Agenda \u2013 India Internet Governance Forum 2023<\/a> \u2014 IIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08NIXI\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orissadiary.com\/multistakeholderism-in-india-will-be-cornerstone-of-how-the-future-of-internet-will-be-shaped-in-policy-regulation-and-technology-landscape-minister-rajeev-chandrasekhar\/\">&quot;Multistakeholderism in India will be cornerstone of how the future of Internet will be shaped in policy, regulation and technology landscape&quot;: Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar<\/a> \u2014 Orissa Diary\uff08PIB\u914d\u4fe1\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2483\">India Internet Governance Forum 2023<\/a> \u2014 IT for Change (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gktoday.in\/india-internet-governance-forum-2023\/\">India Internet Governance Forum 2023<\/a> \u2014 GKToday (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/india\/india-internet-governance-forum-2023-to-be-held-in-delhi-on-dec-5-1503246703.html\">India Internet Governance Forum 2023 to be held in Delhi on Dec 5<\/a> \u2014 The Statesman (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 12 July 2023, 16:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 December 2023, the 3rd India IGF met in hybrid format at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi \u2014 its first full in-person edition \u2014 under the them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,53,11],"tags":[163,161,160,854,162,164],"class_list":["post-12679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-india-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-indiaigf2023","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}