Ajay Data is an Indian entrepreneur with interest in IT, Edible Oil and Handball. He is elected[1] Chair of Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG).[2] Data led the creation of one of the world's first linguistic email address mobile apps for Internationalized Domain Names domains.[3][4] He provided leadership as chair to bring Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indian language Top level domain (TLD) into root servers. He has been recently credited[5] with Graham Bell Award for this innovation and Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Excellence Award for work in languages and script. ICANN-UASG case study[6] explains and talk about it in detail. He had proposed a standard for downgrading with Alias, which was accepted and recommended as best practice by Universal Acceptance Steering Group.[7] His mobile app provides access email access in 19 languages including Cyrillic,[8] Arabic,[9] Thai, Mandarin,[10] Korean[11] and 15 Indian[12] languages. which is available through DataMail app.
Ajay Data | |
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| Born | 22 March 1973 Khairthal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | CEO Data Ingenious Global Limited |
| Spouse | Nidhie A Data |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Aegis Graham Bell Award for best innovation in Enterprise Solution Category 2017 |
Early life and education
editAjay Data was born on 22 March 1973 in Khairthal, Alwar District Rajasthan. After completing his school education from Indra Happy School and Government Higher Secondary School, Khairthal, he moved to Jaipur for college studies.
After completion of his studies in 1999, Data founded Data Infosys Ltd, now called as Data Ingenious Global Ltd, in Rajasthan.
Ajay Data @ ICANN
editHe is co-chair of ICANN Neo Brahmi Generation Panel. He was EAI Coordinator in UASG.TECH and Member of ISPCP Constituency. He is also member of Expert Panel[13] for Root Zone LGR application. He has been appointed (first Indian[14]) for ccNSO Council[15] by NOMCOM[16] for the term to start from Oct 2018. In March 2020 results were announced by UASG where he was unopposed elected chairman for UASG[17] for 2021 to 2023.
Other Associations
editData has been part of RITEG (Rajasthan IT Entrepreuners Group), Founder & President TiE Rajasthan, Founder President YEO Jaipur (now known as EO), Nasscom, Data Security Council of India, Jaipur Citizen Forum, Advisory board of AIESEC, board member of Faculty of Management Studies (Poddar College) - Rajasthan University, Mentor in Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Rajasthan, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, FICCI - Rajasthan. Member - Rajasthan Angel Investors Network (RAIN).[18]
He was part of a business delegation led by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.[citation needed]
He has been appointed Chair of Pre-IIGF; First event of Govt of India on Internet Governance Forum, which is part of UNs IGF.[19]
He is the Chairman of Premier Handball League, India.[20]
Multilingual Internet@India
editData has been part of volunteers panel created by ICANN named Neo Brahmi Generation Panel which created label generation rules for Top Level Domain names to enable official language of Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India.
Data was appointed member by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology &, Govt of India in Stake Holder group] for Universa Acceptance and Multilingual Internet.
Awards and honours
edit- The "Man to Watch in 2004" by Times of India
- Lufthansa "Pioneering Spirit" - ET NOW - 2011
- "Rajasthan Gaurav" - Sanskriti - Jaipur, Rajasthan - 2013
- Ministers of Change- CNBC 18 TV
- IT Innovator of the Year - Peter Hass, US Indo American Society. 2013
- Rajasthan Ke SuperStar by ETV Rajasthan. 2013
- IT innovator of the Year - Business Rankers Magazine 2015
- Shaan-E-Rajasthan - Felicitated by Governor of Rajasthan[21]
- On the cover of CIO Review - May 2016
- Tech face of Rajasthan
- Graham Bell Award for best innovation in Enterprise Solution Category 2017[22]
- Co-chair NBGP - Neo Brahami General Panel - ICANN[23]
- Chairman Assocham Rajasthan
References
edit- ^ Kurup, Rajesh. "Ajay Data elected Chairman of UASG". @businessline. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Catania, Simone. "It's all about domains with Dr Ajay Data (UASG)". InterNetX. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "DataMail: World's first free linguistic email service supports eight India languages". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Made In India 'Datamail' Empowers Russia With Email Address In Russian Language - Digital Conqueror". Digital Conqueror. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "GRAHAM BELL AWARD Archives - Hello Rajasthan:Hindi News, Latest News in Hindi, News in Hindi, Hindi News Paper". Hello Rajasthan:Hindi News, Latest News in Hindi, News in Hindi, Hindi News Paper. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Documents".
- ^ Hollander, Don. "Universal Acceptance Group" (PDF). uasg.tech.
- ^ "After Indic languages, DataMail now offers Russian language email ids". www.medianama.com. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Now, write emails in eight major Indian languages courtesy DataMail". The News Minute. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Datamail starts e-mail service in Chinese language". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Indian firm develops email service in Korean script". The Quint. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "BSNL, Datamail to Offer Free Email Addresses in 8 Indian Languages". NDTV Gadgets360.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Study Group on Technical Use of RZ-LGR - LGR Procedure - Confluence". community.icann.org. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Ajay Data elected ICANN ccNSO council member". @businessline. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Biographies of the 2018 NomCom Selected Nominees - ICANN". www.icann.org. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "ICANN 2018 Nominating Committee Announces Selections". www.icann.org. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Bureau, Bharat (16 March 2019). "Ajay Data becomes first Asian to be elected as Chairman of UASG". NRInews24x7. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "3 Startups Raises Funding From Rajasthan Angel Investor Network". Inc42 Media. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Release, ANI Press (17 August 2021). "Dr. Ajay Data will Chair Pre-IIGF in India - A part of UN's Internet Governance Forum". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME! PREMIER HANDBALL LEAGUE SET TO START WITH A BANG". Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Shaan E Rajasthan | Part 1. YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Innovation in Enterprise Solution - Data Ingenious- Aegis Graham Bell Awards". bellaward.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Neo-Brahmi GP - LGR Procedure - Confluence". community.icann.org. Retrieved 15 August 2017.