COUNTRY CODE NAMES SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION (ccNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN):

• Status: it is a not-for-profit, non-government organization. It is not a part of United Nations System.
  
  
• Functions: It is responsible for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system (DNS) management etc.
  
  
• Supporting organizations: ICANN has three Supporting Organizations to recommend policies:
  • Address Supporting Organization (ASO),
    
    
  • Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and
    
    
  • Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO).
    
    
  
  
  
• Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO):Established in:
  
  

• HQ: Los Angeles (California, United States).
  
  

• Functions: ccNSO is responsible for developing policies related to country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  
  
• ccNSO Council:
  • It administers the affairs of the ccNSO.
    
    
  • It has 18 members of which 15 are elected (three from each of the five geographic regions) and 3 are appointed on the basis of nominations.
    
    
  
  
  

Ajay Data:

• Ajay Data (from Rajasthan) is Founder & CEO of Data XGen Plus (Email and enterprise solutions provider) and a leader in email linguistic services.
  
  
• As a ccNSO council member:
  • He has been elected for 2-year term (starting from October 2018).
    
    
  • He will represent the Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands region.
    
    
  • It is a significant development for India as it has numerous languages which are required to be brought on to Internet for mass adoption of broadband services.