APNIC Logo The APNIC 55 meeting was held in Manila, Philippines from 20th Feb to 02nd March 2023. The meeting was hosted by PhNOG, The Philippine Network Operators Group (PhNOG) and supported by DOST- Advanced Science and Technology Institute. Every year, APNIC conferences are held twice, the first of each year is held in conjunction with APRICOT and the second one is a standalone conference. The last such meeting held in India was in 2012, APNIC 33 (which was in conjunction with APRICOT 2012). APNIC 55 meeting was unique in multiple senses – i. Firstly, because of the possibility of potential hijack [1] [2][3] of the APNIC Executive Council by Cloud Innovation Ltd. / Larus foundation / NRS, the same organizations which have dragged AFRINIC (RIR for African Continent) into the Mauritius supreme court and at one point nearly halted the AFRINIC operations by getting its bank accounts frozen (over 25 lawsuits have been filed against AFRINIC by Cloud Innovation Ltd.). Number
"A thank you note is the simplest form of showing gratitude". I am both humbled and honored that you have placed your confidence and support in me by electing me for the NRO NC Member and NIR SIG Co-Chair position. I sincerely thank you for casting your valuable vote in my favor and making me win the election seeing all the required capabilities as a leader in me. I feel and believe that your support will boost my confidence to discharge my duties and responsibilities in a righteous manner. I want to extend my special and sincere thanks for the immense support, valuable time and opportunity from Sh R.S. Mani (my boss), Dr Seema Khanna, Sh Anil Jain (CEO NIXI), Mr Tarun Dua (my mentor), Mr Vivek from Hapihhost, Sh Shailesh Gupta, Mr Naveen Sharma, Mr Anurag Bhatia, Mr Daryll Swer, Mr Abhishek Mishra, APNIC team and all others who supports me directly or in-directly by encouraging me to use my temperament in the right direction to give out the best result. Thanking yo