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The theme of IIGC is 'Internet for Social and Economic Development:
Building the Future Together' which would provide a platform
for an open and inclusive policy dialogue involving the government,
business, civil society, technical community and academia. It
will traverse a wide range of topics: from network neutrality,
to global internet governance models; from effective management
of the transition to IPv6, to making broadband access available
to all; from the challenges the internet poses to traditional
media, to the challenges hate speech online poses for all.
R
Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications,
Ministry of Communications & information Technology, Government
of India, stated that internet today impacts both the users
and non-users. With the use of internet, public interest is
at stake and all stakeholders need to reconcile the divergent
issues and then take them up appropriately at the international
forum.
N
Ravi Shankar, Administrator, USOF and CEO, Bharat Broadband
Project, said that under Sibal's guidance National Optical
Fibre Network for Broadband Connectivity to Panchayats and
National Telecom Policy 2012 have been rolled out to embrace
the internet revolution in the country. The National Optical
Fibre Network has been termed as a Public-Private-Panchayat
partnership as the effort is to connect the village Panchayats
with the rest of the country.
Anu
Madgavkar, India Head and Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute,
remarked, "India ranks low when it comes to internet
penetration and contributes directly 1.6 per cent of GDP which
amounts to $30 billion. It could reach $100 billion by 2015
if we are able to connect the nation virtually."
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