Dear Members,
 
I am pleased to share with you that since the ICANN57 meeting held in Hyderabad in November 2016, there has been increased interest in Internationalized Domain Names and proliferation of Indic content in India. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) hosted a session on Proliferation of Indic Computing at ICANN57 which was well-attended by members of government, industry, academia and civil society. Over the past few months, we have seen growing interest by those in Indic computing, to participate in the Neo Brahmi Generation Panel (NBGP). Apart from that, the Government of India is very keen for the early development of Indic computing resources, to facilitate greater penetration of Indic computing.
 
Therefore, with that in mind, ICANN is organizing a half-day session, particularly for members of IAMAI on 8th March 2017, in New Delhi. The full agenda for this meeting follows below. NBGP members are invited to a meeting with IAMAI to discuss how industry can actively and effectively contribute to NBGP in taking the Generation Panel’s work forward to develop the Neo-Brahmi Label Generation Rules to support local language IDNs at the top-level. You may like to join this meeting in person, if deputed by your institution or project/programme, or alternatively, by remote telephonic participation.
 
I request those who wish to join - either in person or by phone - to please send a line of confirmation by 6th March to Mr Samiran Gupta, Head, ICANN-India at  : +91 99902 18198, E-mail: samiran.gupta@icann.org   Skype: samiran.gupta.icann. 

For those joining by phone, dial-in details will be provided subsequently. Please note the agenda:
 

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ICANN NEO BRAHMI GENERATION PANEL INDUSTRY ONBOARDING MEETING
LUTYENS BALLROOM, EROS HOTEL, NEW DELHI, INDIA
 
AGENDA
8th March, 2017
10:00 – 13:30 Hrs
TIME
SUBJECT
LEAD
10:00 – 10:30
Refreshments
 
10:30 – 10:40
Welcome and Introductions; Introductions of remote participants
 
Samiran Gupta
10:40 – 10:50
Welcome address by Chair, NBGP
 
Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh
10:50 – 11:00
Introduction to IAMAI
IAMAI
11:00 – 11:25
Introduction to ICANN’s IDN TLD program  
·         Objective of IDN TLD Program
·         The role of a GPs
·         Role of community members
·         Current state of progress of different GPs
·         Scope of the NBGP
 
Sarmad Hussain
11:25 – 11:45
Update on NBGP progress and next steps
Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh Akshat Joshi, C-DAC
 
11:45 – 12:00
Tea/coffee break
 
12:00 – 13:30
·         Participants’ discussion on role of industry and business community in the NBGP
·         Conclusion and call to action
 
All participants
13:30
Lunch at Blooms Restaurant
 
 
 With best wishes,
 
 
Professor Udaya Narayana Singh  
Chair, Neo-Brahmi Panel (NBGP), ICANN
Cell: +91-98301-32234 & 94340-50218


 
Position
Name
Organization
Country
Language Expertise
Chair
Udaya Narayana SinghVisva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West BengalIndiaBengali, Maithili,Hindi, English
Member
Anupam AgrawalTata Consultancy ServiceIndiaHindi, Bengali
MemberAkshat S. JoshiC-DACIndiaHindi, Marathi
MemberAbhijit DuttaWikimediaIndiaBengali, Hindi
MemberMahesh D. KulkarniC-DACIndiaMarathi, Hindi
MemberNeha GuptaC-DACIndiaHindi
MemberNishit JainC-DACIndiaHindi
MemberPrabhakar PandeyC-DACIndiaHindi
MemberRaiomond DoctorNLP ConsultantIndiaEnglish, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
MemberN. DeivaSundaramNDS Lingsoft Solutions Pvt LtdIndiaTamil
MemberShantaram S. Warde WalawalikarIndependent ResearcherIndiaKonkani
MemberBal Krishna BalKathmandu UniversityNepalNepali
MemberGanesh MurmuRanchi UniversityIndiaSantali
MemberBalaram PrasainTribhuvan UniversityNepalNepali
MemberRajib ChakrabortySociety for Natural Language Technology ResearchIndiaBangla (Bengali)
MemberGurpreet Singh LehalPunjabi University PatialaIndiaPanjabi
MemberSaroja BhateUniversity of PuneIndiaSanskrit
MemberShambhu Kumar SinghNational Translation Misson, MysoreIndiaMaithili
MemberSwarnaPrabha ChainaryGuwahati UniversityIndiaBodo
MemberGhanashyam NepalBenares Hindu University& University of North BengalIndiaNepali
MemberKalyan Vasudeo KaleFormerly affiliated with University of PuneIndiaMarathi
MemberShashi PathaniaP.G.D. of Dogri, University of JammuIndiaDogri
Member
Santhosh Thottingal
Wikimedia foundationIndiaMalayalam, Sourashtra, Tamil
Member
Uma Maheshwar G
CALTS, Univ. of HyderabadIndiaTelugu
Member
Girish Chandra Mishra 
Language Technology Centre, Ravenshaw University 
IndiaOdia
Member
K. C. Tikayat ray
Odia Bhasa PratisthanIndiaOdia
MemberDEBAJIT SHARMAAnundoram Borooah Institute of Language Art and CultureIndiaAssamese 
MemberBASANTA KUMAR PANDARegional Institute of Education (NCERT)IndiaOdia
MemberArvind BhandariGujarat UniversityIndiaGujarati 
MemberHarish ChowdharyNIXIIndiaHindi
MemberAjay DataDATAINFOSYSIndiaHindi, others
Member
Chitrita Chatterjee
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)IndiaMultiple languages represented by members of IAMAI
MemberU.B. Pavanajahttp://vishvakannada.com/IndiaKannada

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