Agenda 2025

Venue: BITS Pilani
KK Birla Goa Campus
Date: 18ᵗʰ September 2025
Session No. Timeslot Duration Session Type Topic Speaker
#S1 8:00 – 9:00 AM 60 mins Registration Registration
#S2 9:00 – 10:00 AM 60 mins Inauguration Orientation • Welcome and orientation by MC: Jigmet Dolker, Youth IGF India
• Keynote by Prof. Meenal Kowshik, Dean Administration – BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus
• Keynote by Shri. P K Singh, Principal Advisor at TRAI
• Keynote by Anja Gengo, NRI Initiatives Coordinator, United Nations IGF Secretariat
• Opening by Ihita Gangavarapu, Youth IGF India
#S3 10:00 – 10:45 AM 45 mins Interactive Session Inside the Internet with APNIC: Building Blocks of Infrastructure Sunny Chendi (APNIC) & Youth IGF India
#S4 10:45 – 11:45 AM 60 mins Panel Discussion (30 min + 15 min QnA) AI Governance for All: Fairness, Privacy, Accountability & Policy Pathways Nilay Shah, Legal Counsel at SFLC.in
Prof. Sanjay. K. Sahay, BITS Goa
Moderators :
Unnikrishnan, Youth IGF India
Kanakprabha Jethani, Youth IGF India
#S5 11:45 – 12:15 PM 30 mins Lightning Talk Youth Voices: Local to Global Impact Case studies, policy briefs, lived experiences
#S6 12:15 – 1:00 PM 45 mins Workshop Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Resilience, Trust & Safety Dhruv Dhody, Principal Engineer at Huawei India, IAB Member
Kriti Trehan, Founder: Data & Co – Law & Policy Advisors
Saikat Datta, Co-Founder & CEO DeepStrat & RiskStrat
• Moderator: Ihita Gangavarapu, Youth IGF India
#S7 1:00 – 1:15 PM 15 mins Photo Session
#S8 1:15 – 2:00 PM 45 mins Lunch Lunch Lunch + Networking
#S9 2:00 – 2:15 PM 15 mins Roleplay Briefing One Internet, Many Voices: Language, Access & Inclusion Mentors:
• Technical Community: Kushagra Singh, Youth IGF India
• Civil Society: Nilay Shah, Legal Counsel at SFLC.in
• Private Sector: Kanakprabha Jethani, Youth IGF India
• Government: Samrriddhi Kumar, Youth IGF India
#S10 2:15 – 3:15 PM 60 mins Roleplay One Internet, Many Voices: Language, Access & Inclusion One Internet, Many Voices: Language, Access & Inclusion
#S11 3:15 – 4:00 PM 45 mins Workshop Internet Governance 101 and Domain Name System Anupam Agrawal, ISOC Kolkata, TCS
Venkatesh Venkatasubramanian, Principal Consultant, Dotup ICANN Accreditation Consulting ·
#S12 4:00 – 4:30 PM 30 mins Tea Break Tea Break Tea Break + Networking
#S13 4:30 – 5:15 PM 45 mins Engagement Discussion Youth Policy Roundtable Yash Agarwal (ICANN)
Amrita Choudhury (IGF MAG)
Anupam Agrawal (ISOC Kolkata)
Ihita Gangavarapu, Youth IGF India
• Preeksha, Fellow @ Youth IGF India
#S14 5:15 – 6:15 PM 60 mins Engagement Session Way Forward + Certificate Distribution Youth IGF India Team