India fully supports ICANN’s multistakeholder model of Internet governance, which means that interests of all parties involded should be taken into account. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian Minister Of Communications and Information Technology, announced that during the opening ceremony of ICANN’s 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires. "The Internet must remain plural. It must be managed by a multistakeholder system," said Prasad. "Not only do we support multistakeholderism, but also we encourage multistakeholderism itself to embrace all geographies and all societies. We will partner with you all to make this a reality. We must work toward this new form of digital democracy."
ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehade praised this announcement. He said that the decision made by India is extremely important. “People have put enormous effort to make this multistakeholder effort go, and thank you. Thank you all for this effort. It will be recorded in history,” said Fadi Chehade.
