Dhrupad Mathur

Awards & Recognition

• Appointed to the Strategy Council of the United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs Global Alliance for ICT and Development (2009)
• Emerging Leaders of the Digital World, Diplo Foundation, Geneva (2007)
• Recipient of United Nations Fellowship (UN-DESA), UN-WGIG, Geneva (2005)

Memberships & Affiliations

• Member of ICT Awareness Committee, Coordinated by HelpAG, UAE (2014)
• Member of the BIS (Business Information Systems-AKTB) Conference Program Committee, Poland (since 2010)
• Invited Member of the R&D committee at Dubai International Academic City Authority (2009-2011)
• Honorary Coordinator of IG Projects and Senior Tutor for the Internet Governance Capacity Building Program (Asia region), Diplo Foundation, Switzerland: Interacted with diverse participants from across the globe. Supervised the e-learning programs and provided guidance in IG research activities. (2006-2008)
• Member UN Solution Exchange on ICT for Development Group, New Delhi, India. (2006-2009)
• Visiting Faculty to IMT, Nagpur, India (2006-2008)
• Member of the Internet Society (ISOC), New Delhi chapter (2006-2012)

Other Activities

• Panelist in “IT Projects” panel in the national-level Government Technologies Conference, Dataquest, New Delhi (February 2010)
• Contributed a position paper and ICTD framework for the UN DESA GAID Annual Meeting, Mexico (September 2009)
• Contributed to the synthesis paper for Multi Stakeholder Advisory Group by the IGF Secretariat, UNO-Geneva. The recommendations were submitted to the UN Secretary General. (www.intgovforum.org) May 2009.
• Engaged 3-day workshop on e-Gov Project development by National Productivity Council at Goa, India (January 2008)
• Delivered session on e-Government at Dataquest e-Gov 2008 Summit, Calcutta, India (February 2008)
• Engaged workshop on NeGP training initiatives at IIQM-STQC, Jaipur, India (April 2007)
• Delivered session on NeGP at Dataquest e-Gov 2007 Summit, Calcutta, India (March 2007)
• Delivered session on Capacity Building at e-Gov India 2006 Summit, New Delhi, India (August 2006)
• NIAM November 2004 - National Institute for Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur (Govt of India) - Delivered session on ‘Customer Relationship Management’ in Management Development Program for Bayer Crop Science India
• Encarta 2003 (state-level technical fest) by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, MBM Engineering College Jodhpur - Invited as subject expert on Electronic Commerce & delivered keynote speech titled “Let there be ‘e’”. (October 2003)

Professional Training & Programs

• Project Management Professional (PMP) workshop by Acelentia Consulting, New Delhi, India (May 2008)
• Commonwealth Connects: e-Partnership Summit (for IG awareness & advocacy) New Delhi, India (March 2007)
• Project Management Training on MS-Project, Astrowix, New Delhi, India (February 2007)
• The Internet Governance Forum at Divani Apollon Palace, Athens, Greece (October 2006)
• Workshop on Diplomatic Skills by Diplo Foundation at Vouliagmani, Athens, Greece (October 2006)
• Training Program for Certified Recruitment Analyst (by Carlton Management Institute, USA) at New Delhi (August 2006)
• Orientation workshop for Program Management Unit under National e-Governance Plan organised by National Institute of Smart Government. Hyderabad (February 2006)
• Workshop on Developing Consulting Skills organised by Institute of Management Consultants of India, Mumbai (July 2005)
• Internet Governance Research Project Portal Program, Diplo Foundation, Switzerland (August – October 2005)
• Attended WGIG open consultations at ITU, Geneva and WGIG consultations at Château de Bossey (June 2005)
• Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (organised by Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India) (April 2004)
• Entrepreneurship Development Program organised by EDC, Govt MBM Engineering College (January - March 2002)

Certifications

• IBM, USA (IBM Certified Solutions Developer)
• Sun Microsystems, USA (Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform)
• ADBI Japan (Certificate in Public Information Services)
• ADBI Japan (Certificate in e-Governance)
• WIPO, Geneva (General course on Intellectual Property)
• Diplo Foundation, Geneva (Internet Governance Capacity Building Program)
• Diplo Foundation, Geneva (Internet Governance Research Program)