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Conference Program

Day- 1

27th May, 2025

Registrations

  • 08:30 AM to 09:30 AM

SESSION -1 : INAUGURATION CEREMONY

by Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Hon’ble Minister of Communications

10.00 AM - 11:15 AM

10:00 AM to 10:10 AM

Welcome Address

Shri Rajesh Chharia, President ISPAI

Synopsis of Last event

10:10 AM to 10:25 AM

Keynote Address by

Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Secretary (Telecom)

10:25 AM to 10:45 AM

Inaugural Address by

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Hon’ble Minister of Communications

10:45 AM to 10:50 AM

Thank you note by ISPAI

Rahul Vatts, Chief Regulatory Officer – Bharti Airtel

Inauguration of Exhibition & Visit by Hon’ble MOC

10:50 AM – 11:15 AM

SESSION - 2

11:15 AM to 11:30 AM

‘Global Networking Trends’ By

Mr. Jia Rong Low, DG APNIC

11:30 AM to 11:40 AM

‘Role of CDOT for ISPs’ By

Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO, CDOT

11:40 AM to 11:55 AM

‘Role of RailTel in Rural Broadband’ By

Shri Sanjai Kumar, CMD RailTel

11:55 AM to 12:05 PM

‘Challenges and Opportunities of AI Age’ By

Ms. Alka Asthana, Global Head Regulatory Tata Communications Limited

12:05 PM to 01:00 PM

Prologue Address by Shri Niraj Verma, Administrator Digital Bharat Nidhi

Panel Discussion on BharatNet (ISPs & DoT)

01:00 PM to 01:10 PM

Role of Fixed Broadband in Digital Inclusion by Brig. Anil Tandan, DG - Broadband India Forum

01:10 PM to 01:25 PM

Presentation – ‘AI, Edge, and Infrastructure: Powering the Next Wave of ISP Growth’ by Mr. Gaurav Krishan Babbar, Vice President, Telecom Services, Sify Technologies

01:25 PM to 01:35 PM

Presentation By

Lt. Gen. Dr. S.P. Kochhar, DG COAI

LUNCH

01:35 PM to 02.30 PM

02:30 PM to 02:45 PM

‘Cryptography in the Quantum Era’ - Presentation by Mr. Paresh Khatri, CTO Nokia

02:45 PM to 02:55 PM

‘Connected Edge Data Centres fuelling growth of internet and optimising costs’ - Mr. Amit Agrawal, Techno Digital

02:55 PM to 03:05 PM

‘Role of Internet Exchanges for affordable Broadband’ – Mr. Raunak Maheshwari, Extreme Infocom

03:05 PM to 03:15 PM

Rural Broadband & Bridging the Digital Divide by Shri. Vivek Narayan

03:15 PM to 04:15 PM

Prologue Address by Shri Sanjeev Kumar Bidwai, Member (T), DOT

Discussion on ISP License compliance, reporting on Saral Sanchar / Blocking of URLs, IPDR, deployment of network elements only from trusted source, Security issues, Saral Sanchar Portal, etc.


Practical difficulties being faced by ISPs (compliance on technical issues and their suggestions for DOT under ease of doing business)

Tea- Break

04:15 PM to 04:30 PM

SESSION - 3

04:30 PM to 05:45 PM

Prologue Address by Shri Manish Sinha, Member (F), DOT

Interactive session with CCA / LF & Open Mic Session

05:45 PM to 06:00 PM

Closing Ceremony & Sponsors Recognition by ISPAI & NIXI

Day- 2

28th May 2025

Registration

  • 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM

SESSION - 1

10:00 AM to 10:05 AM

Welcome Address by INNOG

by Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi – INNOG WG

10:05 AM – 10:25 AM

Inaugural Keynote by Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary MeitY

10:25 AM – 10:45 AM

‘Measuring Starlink Protocol Performance’ - Technical Keynote Address by

Mr. Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist, APNIC (online)

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

‘Internet Resilience’

Shri Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Address by

Dr. Devesh Tyagi, CEO NIXI

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Address by

Dr. Sanjay Bahl, DG CERT

11:30 AM – 11:35 AM

Vote of Thanks

Tea Break and visit to Exhibition

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

SESSION - 2

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

State of DDOS in India by Mr. Dave Phelan, APNIC

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

ICANN Updates by

Mr. Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director, Asia Pacific for ICANN

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM

Routed Out of band Network by Mr. Sachin Mhankal, Opengear

12:45 PM to 01:00 PM

Introduction to the IETF and Internet standards - Mr. Dhruv Dhody, IETF

01:00 PM to 01:15 PM

Productizing Network as a Service (NaaS): Redefining Connectivity – Mr. Lalit Chowdhary , Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Lightstorm

01:15 PM to 01:30 PM

‘Optimising Routing with GoBGP’ by Mr. Anurag Bhatia, Hurricane Electric

Lunch and visit to Exhibition stalls

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

SESSION - 3

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Presentation - Building data centres on open standards - Mr. Bastien Claeys, Regional Product Manager, Nokia

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Presentation - IoT and Interconnection Platforms - The Backbone of Real-Time, Scalable Digital Infrastructure by Mr. Sudhir Kunder, DE-CIX

03:00 PM - 03:40 PM

Akamai CDN Mechanism and Network Types – Mr. Abhishek Priyam, Akamai

03:40 PM–04:20 PM

Panel Discussion: Evolution of Data Centers and their role in furthering digital India, Moderator: Mr. Raunak Maheshwari

Tea Break

04:20 PM - 04:30 PM

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Presentation – â€˜A day in PCH’s anycast network’ -Mr. Dibya Khatiwada, PCH

04:45 PM–05:05 PM

Panel Discussion: Further Evolution of Internet Exchange in India, Moderator: Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi

05:05 PM – 05:15 PM

Peering Personals

05:15 PM – 06:00 PM

Discussion on ICP2

06:00 PM

Closing Address and Vote of Thanks by INNOG