Dr. Ajay Data from Jaipur, the Founder and CEO of Data XGen Plus, has become the first Indian to be appointed a council member of ICANN panel Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). He has got a 2-year term and will take up the position during ICANN ‘s 63rd Annual General Meeting in Spain in October 2018. He will represent India at a global level and will also be the custodian of Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands as a member of ccNSO. The ccNSO is ICANN’s policy-development body for global issues regarding country code top-level domains (ccTLD) within the ICANN structure. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a non-profit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet, ensuring the network’s stable and secure operation