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India's IT Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma appointed to high-level UN internet panel
Published on 19 Aug 2022
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed India's Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma to a panel of eminent experts on internet governance.
- Sharma is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Kerala cadre.
- He has also worked with the UN Development Programme as the national project director for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
- Internet pioneer Vint Cerf and Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Reesa were also appointed to the 10-member Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.\
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