WEBCAST MAR 21 – UA Day 2024 – BhashaNet: Impetus Towards Universal Acceptance
On Thursday 21st March 2024 at 09:45-17:00 IST (04:15-11:30 UTC) the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, hosts UA Day 2024, with the theme ‘BhashaNet: Impetus Towards Universal Acceptance‘, at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. Bhashanet is an initiative to provide a truly multilingual internet, where local language website name and local language email id, work everywhere seamlessly.
This is just one of many events around the world marking UA Day on March 28 2024.
PROGRAM (All times UTC+5:30)
09:45 Inauguration
CEO NIXI
JS, IG Division, MeitY
Academia (Prof. Rajat Moona)
Shri. Sajid Rahman, ICANN Board Member
Shri. Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Government and IGO Engagement APAC
Release of BhashaNet portal
Keynote address by Secretary, MeitY
Vote of thanks by Shri. T Santhosh
11:15 Government initiatives and perspective
Moderator Shri. T. Santhosh (MeitY)
Shri. Amitabh Nag (Bhashini)
Ms. Tanya Madaan (ONDC)
Shri. Inderjeet Singh (Commissioner, Information Technology & Communication, Government of Rajasthan)
Ms. Alka Misra (NIC)
12:20 Industry preparedness and perspective
Moderator Ms. Sarika Gulyani ( FICCI)
Shri. Balendu Sharma (Microsoft)
Shri. Nitin Walia (UASG Vice Chair)
Lt. Gen. Dr. S.P. Kochhar (COAI)
Shri. Mathew Jose (Infibeam)
14:35 Bhashanet walkthrough
Shri. Sanjay Tiwari (CDAC)
15:00 Demystifying IDN’s and EAI
Dr. Ajay Data (XGen)
Ms. Neha Gupta (CDAC)
Shri. Lokesh Srinivasalu (Zoho)
Shri. Amol Mujumdar (Rediff)
16:00 Making website(s)/application(s) UA ready
Shri. Akshat Joshi
Shri. Anubhav (MyGov)
16:55 Wrap-up
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