<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear Rajiv</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I support your self nomination.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Regards</div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757"><br></div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Nitin Walia</div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Director </div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from Xgenplus app on my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Rajiv Kumar <rajlibra1975@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 30/11/2020 22:39 (GMT+05:30) </div><div>To: ua-tech@icann.org </div><div>Cc: ua-discuss@icann.org </div><div>Subject: [UA-discuss] Self Nomination as Chair - Technology Working Group in UA </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Dear Madam / Sir,</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">I, Rajiv Kumar has been working as a Manager (Registry) in the National Internet Exchange of India, since
2007. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:black">During the last 13+ years, I have been working with NIXI in
Registry Operations:</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;color:black">As a nodal person in NIXI for coordinating activities related to
implementation of IDN, I have actively interacted with ICANN, IANA, C-DAC,
MeitY.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I have attended all the major meetings related to the
implementation of IDN and contributed effectively.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I have coordinated with ICANN and IANA for delegation of IDN
ccTLD to NIXI.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For testing of IDN software I have coordinated with CDAC and
Technical Service Providers.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> Introduce
Sunrise C (for ASCII domain holder) and part of Sunrise evaluation team of all
IDN scripts</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I
was part of Neo Brahmi Generation Panel and Variant Issues Project --
Devanagari Case Study Team.</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">So that I nominated myself for the post of Chair- Technology
Working Group in UA .</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Please consider my nomination for the post of Chair- Technology
Working Group in UA.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Regards,</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Rajiv Kumar</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Manager (Registry) - NIXI, India</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><a style="color:blue" href="http://www.nixi.in">www.nixi.in</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Tel No. +91 11 48202002</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p></div></div>
</body></html>