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APAN South Asia Net Group

APAN South Asia Net Group. Charter and Organisation 26 th July 2003. Objectives. Have members from academic networks in the region Establish human networks among regional institutes Establish Internet links within region Encourage regional research and education co-operation

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APAN South Asia Net Group

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  1. APAN South Asia Net Group Charter and Organisation 26th July 2003

  2. Objectives • Have members from academic networks in the region • Establish human networks among regional institutes • Establish Internet links within region • Encourage regional research and education co-operation • Regional initiative for high-speed intercontinental connectivity

  3. Organisation • A regional grouping within APAN • geography – AF – BD - MD • Members • Academic networks in region (Ex. ERNET, LEARN) • Associate Members • Academic institutes in region (Ex. BD) • Members and Associate members should (at some point) become APAN members

  4. Organisation (cont.) • Chairman • Will represent APAN-SANG in APAN • Management Committee • One committee member from each Member / Associate Member • Alternate from each member / Ass. Mem. • Working Groups • to be set up as needed

  5. Organisation (cont.) • Secretariat • LEARN offers to provide secretariat for 1st year • APAN could provide web-site, etc. • Mailing list - APANSANG • No legal organisation

  6. Funding • No funds at present • Each member should pay membership fees to APAN • APAN will reserve 50% for APAN-SANG • To be used mainly for meetings

  7. Meetings • Yearly APAN-SANG meeting • co-locate with SANOG • Next meeting proposed in Bangalore in Jan 04 • APAN-SANG members will meet annually at APAN meeting • Meeting at Honolulu? • next meeting – Taipei Aug 23-28 2004

  8. Timeline • Jul 03 • Inaugural meeting – Colombo • Elected interim committee (till Aug 04) • members • LEARN, ERNET, Tribhuvan Univ. • PERN – to be confirmed • BERNET – no concrete information (BD) • Associate • Dhaka Univ. (BD) • Aug 03 • update web page and mailing list • Get members from PK and BD, formalise membership of ERNET • 2003/04 • prepare proposal for EU / Dante

  9. Timeline (cont.) • Jan 04 • 3rd APAN-SANG meeting – Bangalore • 2004 • Establish personal links between academic institutes in the region • Submit proposal for intercontinental connectivity • Have link from IN to JP/KR/SG • Inter-regional link from South Asia – Other Region • Link from IN to LK – to be evaluated • 2005

  10. Interim Committee • Chairman • Gihan Dias • Members • LK - Ajantha Athukorala, Gihan Dias • IN – Deepak Singh, Anil Rawat • NP – Binod Vaidya • APAN Liason • Kilnam Chon • S Ninomiya – Natural Resources

  11. Projects • APCN – AP Climate Prediction Net • www.apcn21.net • Mongolia, Kazakstan, Sri Lanka, B’desh • 1.8GB data / day

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