Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

•  The nominating committee of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected Ajay Data, Founder & CEO of Data XGen Plus and a global leader in email linguistic services, as a new council member of Country Code Supporting Organisation (ccNSO).
• Ajay Data is the first Indian to have been selected as a member of ccNSO and will be representing India at a global level. He will be the custodian of Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands as a member of ccNSO.

About Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

• It was founded in 1998.The two most critical Internet resources viz. the authoritative root zone server and Internet names & addresses system are managed by ICANN, which is under contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Therefore, ICANN is subjected to U.S Laws in all aspects. ICANN oversees the assignment of globally unique identifiers on the Internet, including domain names, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, application port numbers in the transport protocols, and many other parameters.
• This creates a globally unified namespace that is essential for the global reach of the Internet. ICANN itself is governed by an international board of directors drawn from across the Internet technical, business, academic, and other non-commercial communities.
• Though ICANN is said to be an independent globally accountable governance system, yet it is not. Practically, ICANN’s role is more or less dependent on the will and pleasure of the U.S. government and the relationship, according to existing contract documents, can be annulled any moment by the U.S. government.

By: Vishal