EABS: Students participate in the Internet Governance Forum

The third Internet Governance Forum organised by United Nations and sponsored by the Government of India, was held at Hyderabad from December 3-6, 2008 and saw participation from the government representatives, corporate heads and NGOs from around the globe. Abhishek Agarwal, Ashish Thakur, Ravi Parasrampuria and Shreya Agarwal from Europe Asia Business School were the four students selected to be a part of Internet Governance capacity building program conducted by the Diplo Foundation, Geneva in association with NIXI. They went on to earn a scholarship and an opportunity to attend this conference.

The students participated in various IG related issues like Child Pornography, Cyber Security and Privacy, Socio- economic factors, legal issues. Ravi and Ashish were also part of the panel on Youth issues where they gave an overview of their project Lifeunits.com. They also gave various suggestions towards youth involvement in the Internet Governance discussions.

“This is a huge opportunity for the students to get such a rich exposure to complex issues of Internet Governance which is still in the nascent phase in India and we as an institute are committed to explore such emerging issues that require the nation’s immediate attention.” said Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Director Europe Asia Business Schoo