Ajay Data


Ajay Data is an Indian entrepreneur and elected Chair of Universal Acceptance Steering Group . Data led the creation of one of the world's first linguistic email address mobile apps for Internationalized Domain Names domains. He has been recently credited with Graham Bell Award for this innovation and Pt Deendayal Upadhyay for work in languages and script. ICANN-UASG case study explains and talk about it in detail. He had proposed a standard for downgrading with Alias, which was accepted and recommended as best practice by Universal Acceptance Steering Group. His mobile app provides access email access in 19 languages including Cyrillic, Arabic, Thai, Mandarin, Korean and 15 Indian languages. which is available through DataMail app.

Ajay Data @ ICANN

He is Co-Chair of ICANN Generation Panel. He was EAI Coordinator in UASG.TECH and Member of ISPCP Constituency. He is also member of Expert Panel for Root Zone LGR application. He has been appointed for ccNSO Council by NOMCOM for the term to start from Oct 2018.

Early life and education

Ajay Data was born on 22 March 1973 in Khairthal,Alwar District Rajasthan. After completing his school education from Indra Happy School and Government Higher Secondary School, Khairthal, he moved to Jaipur for college studies.
After completion of his studies in 1999, Data founded Data Infosys Ltd, now called as Data Ingenious Global Ltd, in Rajasthan.

Other Associations

Data has been part of RITEG,Founder & President TiE Rajasthan, Founder President YEO Jaipur, Nasscom, Data Security Council of India, Jaipur Citizen Forum, Advisory board of AIESEC, Board Member of Faculty of Management Studies - Rajasthan University, Mentor in Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Rajasthan, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, FICCI - Rajasthan. Member - Rajasthan Angel Investors Network.
He was part of a business delegation led by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.

Awards and honours