DHAKA, Dec 03, 2024 (BSS) - Mohammed Aminul Hakim, Chief Executive Officer of Amber IT Limited, has been elected as Chairperson of the new executive committee of Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) for 2024-2026 tenure.

The other office bearers of the executive committee are Vice Chairman Saidur Rahman,  General Manager, Bangladesh Submarine Cables) and Md Saimum Reza Talukder (Senior Lecturer, School of Law, BRAC University), while Secretary General Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu (Executive Secretary, Computer Jagat) and Executive Member A H M Bazlur Rahman (Chief Executive Officer, BNNRC), said a press release today.

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder governance group for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance, and Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) has been established to accelerate internet governance activities with the UN.

It is a multi-stakeholder platform that governs various internet activities along with advisement to the government to develop internet use in Bangladesh.

On his election, Aminul Hakim said, “not only locally, we must construct policies on the internet internationally too.”

“We need to frame internet policies with multi-stakeholders to eliminate discrimination. We are committed to working on those issues,” he added.