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 3. International Telecommunication Union elects India as co-chair of its
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21/03/24 | 11:46 pm

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INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ELECTS INDIA AS CO-CHAIR OF ITS DIGITAL
INNOVATION BOARD




Dr Neeraj Mittal, Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications, led a
high-level delegation to Geneva for a series of crucial meetings at the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Headquarters from March 18-20. The
visit focused on fostering collaboration and exploring innovative initiatives in
the telecommunications and information and communication technology (ICT)
sectors.

One of the major highlights of the visit was that Dr. Mittal’s unanimously
elected as the co-chair of the Digital Innovation Board of ITU. This board,
formed under the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital
Development, consists of ministers and vice ministers of telecom/ICT from 23
member countries of ITU spanning Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America.
The objective of this board is to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in
digital development for a more inclusive digital future.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has started Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development to respond to significant
unmet needs of ITU Membership in the area of innovation, as articulated in the
Kigali Action Plan adopted at the World Telecommunication Development Conference
2022 (WTDC-22) and the Outcomes of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022
(PP-22).

The Alliance has three main vehicles: –
Digital Transformation Lab
Network of Acceleration Centres
Digital Innovation Board

The Alliance establishes the Digital Innovation Board to provide strategic
guidance, expertise and advocacy regarding its mission of building critical
local enablers and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in digital
development, to create a more inclusive and equitable digital future for all.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has selected 17 organizations
from around the world to host Network of Acceleration Centres with the Global
Innovation Centre at ITU Area Office and Innovation Centre, New Delhi, India to
coordinate the efforts of Network Acceleration centres around the globe.

Dr Neeraj Mittal held meetings with Dr Cosmos Zavazava at ITU Headquarters early
this week. Various initiatives pertaining to scaling up ITU Area Office India,
Digital Innovation Board, Digital Transformation Lab, Acceleration centres,
Global Innovation Centre in India were discussed during the meeting and a way
forward was agreed upon.

He invited ITU to host the next meeting of Digital Innovation Board in India
alongside the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024.
Furthermore, Dr Mittal also chaired a review meeting at Permanent Mission of
India in Geneva (PMI).

Permanent Representative, PMI, Arindam Bagchi and other senior officers joined
the meeting. The meeting reviewed progress on critical milestones and efforts to
increase participation of India in ITU activities with greater engagement of
academia and Industry members from India.

A bilateral meeting between India and Japan took place on the sidelines of
Digital Innovation Board Meeting at ITU Headquarters. The meeting was co-
chaired by Dr Neeraj Mittal and Mr. Hiroshi Yoshida, Vice Minister, M/o Internal
Affairs and Communications, Japan.

The meeting reviewed engagements of India and Japan in telecom and ICT sector
and the leaders proposed active collaboration on AI, 5G Use cases and Quantum
Products certification between both the countries. Both stressed on the need to
collaborate to develop a framework on trusted products and agreed to
operationalize the sub working groups on 5G use cases and massive MIMO under
India Japan Joint Working Group on ICT.

Dr Mittal invited Japanese Government and Industry Delegates to visit and
participate in WTSA 2024 and India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024 apart from various
side events being organized with WTSA 2024 like ITU Kaleidoscope, Exhibitions,
Conference on AI for Good Global Impact India, Network of Women, Workshop on
Safe Listening with WHO, Hackathon.

The Telecom Secretary also co-chaired a bilateral meeting between India and
Bahrain with Mr Mohammed Bin Thamir, Minister of Transport and Telecom of
Kingdom of Bahrain at ITU HQ, Geneva on the sidelines of Digital Innovation
Board Meeting.

Both the countries decided to collaborate actively on ICT sector in areas such
as Artificial Intelligence, 5G use cases, Cybersecurity, development of Data
Embassy. Both agreed to revisit the MOU on ICT between the two countries that
lapsed in 2015.

India proposed to share with Bahrain the TEC standard on Fairness Assessment and
Rating of Artificial Intelligence Systems, status note on regulatory sandbox.
The visit underscores India’s proactive engagement in shaping the global
telecommunications landscape and its commitment to leveraging innovation for
socio-economic development.


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