Special Interest Sub-Group on Emerging Research and Education Networks in South Asia
Our mission: To bring together the international community in order to address advancing the state of high performance networking in South Asia. These include representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
This sub-group provides a forum for:
- Sharing information about current network status and plans
- Information about past and upcoming events
[Leaders]
Sub-group chair: Jim Williams, Indiana
University
[william AT indiana DOT edu]
[Interesting Links]
- Internet2 Emerging Network SIG
- Global Development Learning Network
- NSF - IRNC
- Trans-Eurasia Information Network
- APAN - Asia Pacific Advanced Network
- TransPAC2
- Global Research NOC
[Focus Nations]
[Wiki]
[Mailing List]
- Subscribe to the South Asia SIG mailing list
[PAST EVENTS]
21st January 2008
South Asia SIG at APAN-Joint Techs, Techs in Paradise
2008
There will be an informal South Asia BOF at the APAN-Joint Techs meeting in Hawaii. We will discuss upcoming event opportunities
(Spring Internet2 meeting, SANOG12, APAN26 [New Zealand]) and how to make the SIG more effective.
8th October 2007
South Asia Activities during International Taskforce Meeting at the Fall
Internet2 meeting in San Diego
Oct. 8th, Monday 8:30 - noon: Emerging RENs SIG meeting: including time on the agenda for each of the SIG regional interest groups to report
out on activities (e.g. the South Asia Special Interest Group (SA-SIG) and Caribbean Special Interest Group.)
South Asia BOF at Fall Internet2 Meeting
In addition to the overall Emerging RENs SIG meeting on Monday morning, there will be a separate BOF (time/date/location TBD) to
discuss a follow-on to the South Asia Workshop, which was held in Washington, DC during the Spring 2007 Internet2 meeting. Further
details will be available shortly. Stay tuned..
South Asia Networking Workshop at the Spring 2007 Internet2 Member Meeting.
This meeting was hosted by the Internet2 Special Interest Group on Emerging Research and Education Networks in conjunction with the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting. The meeting was organized in partnership with a wide range of organizations from the global research and education networking community with program leadership and financial support from the US National Science Foundation International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program through the TransPAC2 project (a project led by Indiana University).
This planning meeting focused on issues related to the build out and interconnection of research and education networks within the countries of South Asia, between countries within the region and to other regions of the world - including connectivity to US research and education networks. The countries covered were: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Details of the Workshop including video can be found at: Thursday Session
Presentations from the meeting: Thursday Session Agenda
