This
group, ISOC said includes new awardees and returning fellowships to the internet
engineers’ gathering holding between July 29 and 3 August, 2012.
ISOC
explains that the fellowships were to enable technologists from developing countries
to participate in the IETF meetings.
First-time
fellows, officials said, are paired with an experienced mentor and are given
the opportunity to make a positive contribution to IETF work.
Recalling
that the IETF, the Internet’s premier standards-making body, represents an
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and
researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the
continuing evolution of Internet architecture.
“The
Internet Society has a long-standing commitment to encourage and support
next–generation technical leaders from around the globe,” said Toral Cowieson,
Senior Director of Internet Leadership at the Internet Society.
Toral
also said that this round of IETF fellowships garnered more than 250 impressive
applications from 65 countries, hence, ISOC was excited to help accelerate the
careers of these professionals and to provide an opportunity for them to
participate in and contribute to the important work of the IETF.
The
first-time Internet Society IETF Fellows for the IETF 84 meeting include; Shabbir
Ahmed (Bangladesh); Raitme Citterio (Venezuela); Xiaohong Deng (China); Omar Diaz
(Venezuela); Paul Muchene (Kenya); Nomsa Muswai (Zimbabwe); Saurabh Srivastava
(India);
The
Returning Fellows for the 84th IETF meeting consist of Burmaa Baasansuren
(Mongolia), Fernando Gont (Argentina), Vinayak Hegde (India), Dorcas Muthoni
(Kenya).
The
Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF in 2012 are made possible by donations
from Internet Society Organization members Afilias, Google, Microsoft, SIDN,
and Verisign. Since its inception in 2006, this programme has made 125 awards
to technologists from more than 40 developing countries to participate in IETF
meetings.
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