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12/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/12/2025 03:12

ICANN Announces NextGen@ICANN85 Participants

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at the ICANN85 Community Forum. An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN85 participants based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance-related fields.

The ICANN85 Community Forum will be held in Mumbai, India, 7-12 March 2026, as a hybrid meeting to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation. The 12 NextGen@ICANN participants attend universities in the Asia Pacific region, where they study engineering, political science, technology, and other relevant subjects.

NextGen@ICANN85 Participants

Aung Si Kyaw Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Bernhart Farras Sukandar Tsinghua University
Ehsan Amini Baghbaderani Imam Sadiq University
Huy Nguyen Duy Tan University
Ilham Sutoyo The University of Sydney
Purnika Khanal Tribhuvan University
Rohan Sachdeva La Trobe University
Rupam Barui National Forensic Sciences University
Srijan Rai National University of Singapore
Sudip Dhungana Tribhuvan University
Surya V S University of Delhi
Taruna Kaur Bamrah DAV College

For more information, visit the NextGen@ICANN Program webpage.

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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address - a name or a number - into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.
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