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Comment: Might be AI-generated—pythoncoder (talk |contribs) 16:14, 9 November 2025 (UTC)Comment: See alsoWikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaijit Bhattacharya, closed "delete" January 2024.Wikishovel (talk) 16:03, 9 November 2025 (UTC)Jaijit Bhattacharya | |
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| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (BTech);Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (MBA);Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Technology policy analyst; academic; entrepreneur; author |
| Known for | President of the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research; member of the ICANNCountry Code Names Supporting Organization Council |
| Website | c-dep |
Jaijit Bhattacharya is an Indian technology policy expert, academic and author. He is the president of the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research (C-DEP), has served in leadership roles across industry and consulting, and was appointed to the Council of theCountry Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) atICANN.[1][2][3]
He has authored/edited books on e-governance, includingTechnology in Government (2006) ande-Gov 2.0: Policies, Processes and Technologies (2012), and has written columns forOutlook,India Today andETGovernment.[4][5][6][7][8]
Bhattacharya studied electrical engineering (BTech) at theIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur, earned an MBA fromIndian Institute of Management Calcutta, and received a PhD in computer science and engineering fromIndian Institute of Technology Delhi.[9]
In the early 2000s, Bhattacharya headed the Oracle-HP e-Governance Centre of Excellence in India, conducting workshops for senior government officials on digital governance.[10] He later served as Director for Government Advisory/Global Government Affairs at Hewlett-Packard in South Asia,[5][11] and was a partner in the Economics and Policy Practice at KPMG in India.[12]
According to his profile inMIT Sloan Management Review India, he has also headed the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in India at theWorld Economic Forum and has advised governments on digital public infrastructure and policy reform.[9]
Bhattacharya is the president of the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research (C-DEP), an Indian policy think tank focused on technology-led economic growth and trade remedies.[13]
In August 2024, ICANN announced Bhattacharya’s appointment as a member of the ccNSO Council representing the Asia–Pacific region; he took up the role at ICANN 81 in November 2024.[1][2] ICANN listings and Council minutes record him as a Nominating Committee appointee, with subsequent assignments to working groups and committees in 2025.[3][14][15][16]
Bhattacharya has been a columnist/commentator forOutlook India,India Today and ETGovernment on topics including digital policy, AI and technology sovereignty.[6][7][8] In January 2021 he authored an opinion piece on the phishing attack that targeted journalistNidhi Razdan.[17]
MIT Sloan Management Review India has included a profile of Bhattacharya in its “Policy 50” spotlight, crediting him with popularising the ideas of “digital colonization” and “technological sovereignty.”[9]