ICANN85 in Mumbai Highlights Collaboration to Strengthen a Secure and Resilient Internet

The ICANN85 Community Forum, organized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and hosted in collaboration with the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) under MeitY, brought global Internet stakeholders to Mumbai to discuss how to support an open, secure, inclusive, and resilient Internet across the global Internet ecosystem.

The ICANN85 Community Forum is currently taking place 7–12 March 2026 at Jio Convention Center.
The official Welcome Ceremony held today, brought together senior government officials and Internet leaders including Shri S. Krishnan, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India; Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra; Shri Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, Government of India; Dr. Devesh Tyagi, Chief Executive Officer, NIXI; and ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha; ICANN President and CEO, Kurtis Lindqvist; and Shri Samiran Gupta, ICANN Vice President for Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director for the ...