Exclusive: IIC Announces India Forum 27-28 August New Delhi, Unveils Powerful Keynote Speaker For IndiaAI Mission
By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief
Members of the International Institute of Communications(IIC’s) global regulatory community have been confirming their participation at the India Forum taking place 27-28 August, 2025, Cyber Era NG learns exclusively, following a heads-up over email received from the Director-General at IIC, Ms. Lynn Robinson.
We gather that IIC is looking forward to welcoming senior officials from The Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NBTC), The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), amongst others.
We can report that the Director-General, National Informatics Centre & Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Abhishek Singh will be joining the forum as a keynote speaker. Mr. Singh will be enlightening attendees on the IndiaAI Mission, its key pillars and preparations for the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
The forum’s panel discussions continue to develop as more speakers are confirmed.
The latest list of speakers to be confirmed and their topics include:
Connecting the unconnected:
- President, Broadband India Forum (BIF) T.V. Ramachandran
- Co-Founder DeepTech, Bharat Foundation (AI4India.org) Shashi Shekhar Vempati
- Vice President, Government Relations APAC, Nokia Vibha Mehra
- Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications Anil Kumar Bharadwaj
Enabling the creative economy:
*Senior Vice President, Technology –Data Preparation, Nielsen, Rahul Bhuraria
*Columnist and writer, Business Standard Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
*Director, Public Policy, E-Gaming Federation of India Devhuti Bakshi
Agile rulemaking for the digital economy:
-Partner, Shardul Amarchand, Shahana Chatterji Mangaldas & Co, Anish Bhatnagar
-India General Counsel,
– Legal Director, Global
-Telecom Regulations, BT Group
Trust, security and safety online:
- Director for Public Policy, Koan Advisory Group, Berges Malu
- Senior Vice President Public Affairs, Samsung Electronics, Rajiv Aggarwal
- CEO, SocialMediaMatters, Pratishtha Arora
- Engineering Site Director – Privacy, Safety, and Security, Google, Sachin Kakkar
The forum will also feature discussions focusing on:
✔️ Nurturing a vibrant tech-co / telco ecosystem
✔️ Commercialisation of alternative infrastructure solutions and new-age networks
✔️ Partnerships for equity in an AI-driven creative economy
✔️ Differentiated content regulation in the 21Century: beyond ‘push and pull’ comparisons
Registration is required for participation at the forum and is ongoing.
