2025 Elections Candidates

Sep 1, 2025 | Elections, News

Voting Period

Start Date: 4 Sept 2025 (00:00 UTC)
End Date: 11 Sept 2025 (23:59 UTC)

Candidates Listing

CHAIR POSITION (2026-2028)

Name: Ms. Amrita CHOUDHURY bio India

Title: Director, CCAOI
Stakeholder Group: Civil Society

VICE-CHAIR POSITION (2026-2028)

Name: Ms. Swaran RAVINDRA bio Fiji

Title: Principal Instructor/Academic/Consultant, Fiji National University
Stakeholder Group: Academia

Name: Dr. N. Sudha BHUVANESWARI bio India

Title: Associate Professor, Dr.G.R Damodaran College of Science
Stakeholder Group: Academia

Name: Mr. Kasun Tharaka WICKRAMASURIYA bio Sri Lanka

Title: Senior Manager (Capacity Building), Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
Stakeholder Group: Goverment

Elections Committee for 2025

  1. Mr. Ananda Gautam (Civil Society)
  2. Mr. Hiro Hotta (Technical Community)
  3. Ms. Umera Asmat Rana (Government)

Eligible Voting Members for 2025

(Please refer to the Election Procedure for the criteria)

  • Abdullah Qamar
  • Abdullah Mamun
  • Alban Kwan
  • Amrita Choudhury
  • Ananda Gautam
  • Anjum Rahman
  • Aris Ignacio
  • Ashirwad Tripathy
  • Babu Ram Aryal
  • Barkha Manral
  • Bea Guevarra
  • Bibek Silwal
  • Bikas Adhikari
  • Binod Basnet
  • Blandine Cousin
  • Charles Mok
  • Cheryl Langdon-Orr
  • Dann Diez
  • Elain Dai
  • Fahad Iqbal
  • Gnanajeyaraman Rajaram
  • Gunela Astbrink
  • Hamna Noor
  • Hsuping Tang
  • Iqbal Ahmed
  • Jahangir Hossain
  • Joyce Chen
  • K Mohan Raidu
  • Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya
  • Khundkar Ayesha Shahriyar
  • Khundkar Hasan Shahriyar
  • Lennon Chang
  • Lokendra Sharma
  • Mahedi Hasan
  • Melody Bendindang
  • Maureen Hilyard
  • Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu
  • Muhammad Shabbir
  • Muhammed Abdullah Al Mamun
  • Nancy Kanasa
  • Nazmul Hasan Majumder
  • Nirosha Wedasinghe (Dr)
  • Pavitra Ramanujam
  • Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari
  • Priyatosh Jana
  • Rohana Palliyaguru
  • Sadichchha Silwal
  • Saima Nisar
  • Sameer Gahlot
  • Sana Nisar
  • Santosh Sigdel
  • Satish Babu
  • Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa
  • Shah Zahidur Rahman
  • Shankar Kumar Mondol
  • Shibendu Debbarma
  • Shreedeep Rayamajhi
  • Socheata Sokhachan
  • Sudha Bhuvaneswari N
  • Sunny Chendi
  • Swaran Ravindra
  • Syed Kazi
  • Tayyaba Iftikhar
  • Umera Asmat Rana
  • Unggul Sagena
  • Uzair Farooqi
  • Waqas Hassan
  • Winston Roberts
  • Yash Agarwal
  • Yien Chyn Tan
  • YingChu Chen

Voting Rules and Procedure:

  • Each eligible voting member will have ONE vote for EACH position and there will not be any proxy votes.
  • Candidates are not allowed to vote for the respective position which they are running for.
  • Eligible voting members will receive individual voting credentials for the online voting platform via email at the start of the voting period.
  • Any eligible voting members listed above who do not receive any login credentials on 4 September 2025, should contact the secretariat as soon as possible.
  • The election result will be announced by the Election Committee within 48 working hours after the voting period closes

For any enquiries, please contact the Election Committee at [email protected].

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