[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Mumbai, India

Thu Jun 1 21:28:18 PDT 2017

Hi,

We from Internet Society India, Delhi Chapter, support the application to form a new chapter in Mumbai. 

As Satish has pointed out,  it is important to have a chapter in the western part of India and we are glad to see  a request from Mumbai.

We will be happy to support the new chapter whenever required.

Regards

Amrita Choudhury

On Behalf of India Delhi Chapter

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Satish Babu
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 7:02 AM
To: Joel Okomoli
Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Mumbai, India

Dear colleagues,

We at ISOC India Trivandrum are aware of this initiative and support it.

Mumbai is an important city and is considered as the commercial capital of India. The Western Region of India where Mumbai is located has a population of about 173 million, and has no ISOC Chapter. Therefore, it is important that ISOC forms a Chapter in Mumbai.

We have also been supporting Prateek's group in making their application.  We are happy to note that with support from Naveed, their application has reached the current stage, and appears to have fulfilled the expected requirements.

Also, as Joel points out, it is important to obtain local registration in order to be able to carry out activities (esp. financial transactions). This can be spun off as an independent process with its own time-line.

In summary, ISOC-TRV supports this application, and, together with other ISOC Chapters in the region, will be happy to provide the new Chapter with any support as required.

With kind regards,

satish

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Satish Babu

Chair, ISOC India Trivandrum (ISOC-TRV)

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Joel Okomoli <joelbdt at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello 

Thanks Naveed for this post! I see the application as befitting the status they so seek, however I have two recommendations to make: 

1. That the Team lead by Prateek should go ahead and seek registration as a society as soon as possible without having to wait for a year because it usually a lengthy process that has its milestones. So under Bullet G. Requirements, start right away. 

2. We would be keen to know whether the founders have been affiliated to another chapter before (ISOC Chennai or so), as that is usually the springboard.  

Best regards, 

Joel Okomoli 

ISOC Kenya Chapter. 

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Naveed Haq <haq at isoc.org> wrote:

Dear Chapter Leaders,

We have received the following application to form a chapter in Mumbai, India - being sent to this list for peer comment and review.

Please provide your comments before June 14. 

Don’t hesitate to contact me on or off-list.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Naveed Haq

Regional Development Manager, Asia-Pacific 

Internet Society 

www.isoc.org 

Skype: naveed.haq79

Follow us on  <https://twitter.com/ISOCapac>     <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/> 

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Chapter Application

A.    Proposed name of the chapter

The name of the chapter shall be the Internet Society, India Mumbai Chapter (ISOC Mumbai).

B.    Community of interest that the chapter will serve 

ISOC Mumbai will cover the geographic territory of the city of Mumbai and its adjoining geographic areas within the state of Maharashtra.However, membership in ISOC Mumbai will be open to members from other parts of Maharashtra.

C.   Purpose and Scope of the Chapter

 The purpose of ISOC Mumbai is to promote a holistic understanding on issues related to internet governance which will enable our multi-stakeholder community to meaningfully engage with them. To achieve its purpose, the Chapter will provide related information, provide pertinent training resources, provide opportunities for its members to develop linkages with global organizations and processes, organize events and take up relevant internet based projects for the empowerment of the local community. 

As an organization that is placed at an intersection of development, technology and public policy groups, ISOC is uniquely positioned to strategically further our purpose in a desirable manner i.e. in an open, inclusive and collaborative manner.   

D.    Outline of key priorities for the first year of Chapter

     ISOC Mumbai will undertake at least the following actions in the first year: 

·         Creation of a ISOC Mumbai chapter website. 

·         Invite credible individuals from outside Mumbai to join as a Board of Advisors or other positions suitable to their time and work.

·         Creation of member mailing lists and creation of a ISOC Mumbai chapter private social media group.

·         An in-house webinar to meaningfully explore and utilize the ISOC member portal.

·         Encouraging remote participation of ISOC Mumbai chapter members in atleast 4 IG events (such as ISOC meetings; IGF & regional IGFs; ICANN meetings and APRALO meetings; other local/national IG events)  

·         Two educational seminars on Internet governance and related issues in reputed educational institutions in Mumbai and/or other parts of Maharashtra.

·         Webinar to ISOC Mumbai Chapter leaders for conduct on operations of chapter

·         A research paper or a position paper or a blog post on an internet related issue

·         Proposing two projects which meet the strategic objectives of ISOC. 

·         Organise a roundtable discussion and/or training session for internet operators with help of supporting organisations like Mumbai CH. 

D. Founding Members of the Chapter

Sr.No

Full Name

Organizational Affiliation

Stakeholder Group

1

Prateek Pathak

Artociate, a product of Heterotopia Pvt Limited

Business/Technical

2

Monica Jeshnani

Accenture Services Private Limited, India

Technical

3

Dayanand Pathak

Lawyer, Bombay High Court and Independent Right to Information Activist(RTI)

Civil society

4.

Sneha Tambe

Accenture Services Private Limited, India

Technical

5.

Shridhar Lokanathan

weChange

Civil Society

6.

Chaitanya Mandewal

E&C Columns Advertising Solutions LLP

Business

7.

Siddhant Pathak

University of Mumbai

Technical(Student)

8.

Shveta Kokash

Dr Antonio Da Silva Technical High School and Junior College

Academia

9.

Sandesh Bhingarde

Team Vision

Civil Society

10. 

Nidhi Shah

JP Morgan Services India Private Limited

Technical

11.

Neerav Panchal 

Rachana Sansad Architecture School and Independent Architecture Consultant

Civil Society (Student)

12.

Sampada Inarkar

Libratherm Instruments Private Limited

Business

13.

Rohit Gupta

Capgemini India

Technical

14.

Hemant Gavankar

Sir JJ School of Arts and Independent Visual Artist

Civil Society

(Student)

15.

Sanchit Pathak

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute

Technical

(Student)

16.

Shobhana Bapurao Dhage

Kendriya Vidyalaya School, IIT Bombay

Academia

17.

Himanshu Mishra

Accenture Services Private Limited, India

and MBA candidate at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

Technical

18.

Marshall Durai

Aker Solutions

Technical

19.

Aishwarya Balasubramanian 

Independent Chartered Accountant

Business

20.

Vaibhav Joshi 

Siemens India

Technical

21.

Vijayendra Rajemahdik

EPF Staff Union, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Government

22.

Kalyani Mendhe

Fergusson College.

Civil Society

(Student)

23.

Prajyot Shamkuwar 

Fergusson College.

Civil Society

(Student)

24.

Gaurav Tulaskar

Independent Financial Analyst

Business

25.

Ramkesh Yadav

RPY Plastics

Business

26.

Ashok  Andhale

Fergusson College.

Civil Society

(Student)

27.

Ankit Bhatt

Accenture Services Private Limited, India and MBA candidate at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies

Technical

28.

Ravindra Muddalkar 

Indian Railways

Government

29.

Swapnil Sanjay Dudhalkar

Bhartiya Vidyapeeth College.

Civil Society

(Student)

30.

Ashwini Shahare

Independent Design Engineer

Technical

31.

Saraswati Iyer

Vidya Prasarak Mandal BR Tol English High School

Academia

32.

Nitin Pathak

Roopkala Traders

Business

33.

Omprakash Gupta

Vision Care Optics

Business

34.

Shruti Mhetre

Accenture Services Private Limited, India

Technical

35.

Meena Panchal

Homemaker and Art of Living Foundation (Volunteer).

Civil Society

36.

Siddharth Chaudhari

Udhe India Private Limited

Technical

37.

Pritesh Jagtap

KTHM College.

Civil Society

(Student)

38.

Nishant Jhunjhunwala

HR College of Commerce and Aditya Textiles

Business/Student

39.

Chaitanya Joshi

IDFC Bank

Technical

E.       List of Supporters

ISOC Mumbai has representatives from different organizations, across different age groups and has 1/3rd of its founding members as women. In fact, 50% of our leadership team will comprise of women. Currently, some of our members work for the following organizations and have been permitted by their employers to contribute their time for activities of ISOC Mumbai: -

·          Heterotopia Private Limited

·          JP Morgan Services India Private Limited

·          Siemens India

·          IDFC Bank 

·          Accenture Services Private Limited

·          Udhe India Private Limited

·          Capgemini India

·          Dr Antonio Da Silva Technical High School and Junior College

·          Kendriya Vidyalaya School, IIT Bombay

·          WeChange, an NGO 

·         Team Vision, an NGO

·         Indian Railways, Government of India

·         Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Once the chapter is incorporated and successfully operates for a year, we will solicit support and official representation from these organizations in ISOC Mumbai Chapter. Additionally, some of our members have their own independent practice as lawyers, social activists, chartered accountants and visual artists. To solicit interest among younger generation and train future leader of internet, our team includes students as well. 

F. Membership

As ISOC Mumbai represents interest of diverse stakeholders within Mumbai and as each of these representatives has a track record of outreach within his domain, we will be able to attract new talent to engage with activities of ISOC Mumbai. Specifically, we will be approaching our workplaces as well as alma mater to promote ISOC activities. 

Majority of our members are young (i.e. below the age group of 30) and we will work with older ISOC Mumbai members and collaborate with other ISOCs (like ISOC Trivandrum, ISOC Delhi etc.) to come up with means to nurture the next generation of leaders. The primary means of engaging with members and would-be members will be email-based communications (including newsletters) and private social media groups. Periodic face-to-face meetings and online meetings will supplement email-based communications.

G. List of requirements

 Once we are incorporated, operational for a year and willing to raise funds, then we plan to register ourselves as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. 

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