Rajnesh Singh
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Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
-born entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
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and engineer
Engineer
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of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n descent. He holds several positions in the regional and international Information and Communications Technology community including the Internet Society
Internet Society
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and IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
Forum, and is an active Internet advocate and speaker on Internet technologies.
Early life
Singh was born in SuvaSuva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji to Dhirendra and Pritam Singh and completed his secondary and tertiary education in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
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. He attended The Kooralbyn International School
The Kooralbyn International School
The Kooralbyn International School is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school, located in Kooralbyn, about 64 km south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:...
and studied Microelectronic Engineering
Engineering
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at Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
, majoring in Communications Systems, graduating with Honours in April 1995. He also holds qualifications in Automation
Automation
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and Control System
Control system
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s as well as a range of industry
Industry
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accreditation
Professional certification
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s.
Career
Singh is the co-Founder of Avonsys, an Information and Communications Technology outsourcing firm serving the US West CoastWest Coast of the United States
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and Chief Operating Officer
Chief operating officer
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of PATARA, a private sector
Private sector
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firm involved in Information and Communications Technology solutions serving the Pacific region. He also serves as a Consultant to the Internet Society
Internet Society
The Internet Society or ISOC is an international, nonprofit organization founded during 1992 to provide direction in Internet related standards, education, and policy...
and is also involved with other companies and organisations including private equity and venture capital firms.
Singh is also a consultant
Consultant
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to the United Nations
United Nations
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Asia and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN APCICT) where he authored Module 4 of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders.
In 2003 he was seconded to serve as Project Manager
Project manager
A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, architecture, computer networking, telecommunications or software...
ICT for the 2003 South Pacific Games
South Pacific Games
The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...
which were held in Suva, Fiji where PATARA was an Official Supplier and corporate sponsor.
Singh is a frequent speaker at regional and international events on topics related to the Internet and technology and has spoken at events such as Telecom Asia, PTC, eIndia, World Cyber Security Summit, Internet Governance Forum and INETs and divides his time between Suva
Suva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji and Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India.
Other activities
Singh is past ChairChair
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of ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
's Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO).
Singh is past Chairman of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society PICISOC
PICISOC
The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society serves the Internet Society’s purposes by serving the interests of the global Internet community through its presence in the Pacific Islands...
.
He is the founding and President
President
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of the IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
Forum Pacific Islands IPv6ForumPacificIslands which is actively promoting the adoption and deployment of IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
to support the next generation Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
.
He is Director of the Pacific Internet Technology Centre pacificIT, which is focused on the use, research and advancement of the Internet and related ICT technology in the Pacific for socio-economic development, ICT4D and breaching the Digital Divide
Digital divide
The Digital Divide refers to inequalities between individuals, households, business, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information...
.
He is Co-ordinator http://www.intgovforum.org/Dynamic%20Coalitions.php?listy=9 of the Dynamic Coalition on Access and Connectivity for Remote, Rural and Dispersed Communities under the Internet Governance Forum
Internet Governance Forum
The Internet Governance Forum is a multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. It brings together all stakeholders in the internet governance debate, whether they represent governments, the private sector or civil society, including the technical and academic...
.
Singh also organised and chaired a Workshop
Workshop
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at the inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Athens
Athens
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2006 on ICTs to Achieve MDGs. More information on the workshop is available here. He was appointed an Internet Society (ISOC) Ambassador to the IGF Rio 2007 in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and was involved with several workshops. At IGF
IGF
IGF may stand for:* Insulin-like growth factor* Independent Games Festival* Internet Governance Forum* Identity Governance Framework* Inoki Genome Federation* International Golf Federation* International Gymnastics Federation* International Go Federation...
2008 in Hyderabad, India he was a panellist in the main Access session where he offered comments on reaching the next billions of Internet users. He was also a panelist in workshops during IGF
IGF
IGF may stand for:* Insulin-like growth factor* Independent Games Festival* Internet Governance Forum* Identity Governance Framework* Inoki Genome Federation* International Golf Federation* International Gymnastics Federation* International Go Federation...
2009 in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 35,000...
, Egypt
Egypt
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.
In 2006, Singh was instrumental in establishing the UNDP/APDIP International Open Source
Open source
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Network IOSN Open Source Centre of Excellence in the Pacific Islands (IOSN-PIC).
He was a member of the ICT group for the 2003 South Pacific Games
South Pacific Games
The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...
Organising Committee.
Since 2002, he has participated in the organisation of PacINET
PacINET
The Pacific INET, or PacINET, conference is organised by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society, and is the leading Information and Communications Technology conference in the Pacific Islands....
, the annual PICISOC
PICISOC
The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society serves the Internet Society’s purposes by serving the interests of the global Internet community through its presence in the Pacific Islands...
conference
Academic conference
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and served as the Conference Chair in 2005 and 2006, as well as the Chair of the Papers Committee. More recently he has been involved in the organisation of the Internet Society's INET series of conferences in Asia
Affiliations and positions
- Partner, Bristol Capital (2009–present)
- Head, Regional Bureau for Asia, Internet Society (2008–present)
- Consultant, UN APCICT (2007–present)
- Internet Society (ISOC) Ambassador to IGF Rio 2007
- Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Avonsys (2007–present)
- Chief Operating Officer at PATARA (2006–present)
- Principal, RDS Holdings (1996–present)
- Director, Patara Asia Pacific (1995–present)
- Chair of ICANNICANNThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
's Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO) (2007–2008) - Chairman of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society PICISOCPICISOCThe Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society serves the Internet Society’s purposes by serving the interests of the global Internet community through its presence in the Pacific Islands...
(2005–2008) - President of IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands IPv6ForumPacificIslands (2006–present)
- Director of Pacific Internet Technology Centre pacificIT (2006–present)
- Co-ordinator of IGF Dynamic Coalition on Access and Connectivity for Remote, Rural and Dispersed Communities
- Founding Member and Steering Committee Member of UNDP/APDIP International Open Source Network (IOSN) Open Source Centre of Excellence in the Pacific Islands (IOSN-PIC)
- Member of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific ICT Working Group (2005–2008)
- Member of the Fiji Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council
- Member of IEEE (1992–present)
- Member of IEEE Standards Association Balloting Group
- Member of Institute of Engineers, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(1993–present) - Member of InternetNZ
- Member of ISOC