Malayali elected to policy council of ICANN

Ajith Francis, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, has been elected to the influential argumentation assembly of the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN).

ICANN sets the contours of planetary net domain policy. Mr. Francis, who has been progressive successful the net argumentation ecosystem for astir a decade, volition present play a important relation successful ICANN’s policy-making process, particularly successful the country of generic names, according to a statement. He was elected unopposed to the prestigious 21-member council, which is often referred to arsenic the ‘Parliament of ICANN,’ the connection said.

Based successful Berlin, Mr. Francis is presently Senior Policy Manager astatine Public Interest Registry, the ICANN subsidiary that regulates the .org domains. He was educated astatine the Sciences PO University, Paris, and the George Washington University, Washington DC.

He has worked with Google, Planning Commission of India and Internet and Jurisdiction Policy Network, a Paris-based deliberation tank.