Rajnesh Singh
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Rajnesh Dhirendra Singh is a Fiji-based entrepreneur and engineer. He holds several positions in the local, regional and international Information and Communications Technology community, and is also the current Chief Operating Officer of PATARA, a company supplying Information and Communications Technology solutions in the Pacific Islands.
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[edit] Early life
Singh was born in Suva, Fiji in 1973 to Dhirendra and Pritam Singh and completed his secondary and tertiary education in Brisbane, Australia. He attended The Kooralbyn International School and studied Microelectronic Engineering at Griffith University, majoring in Communications Systems, graduating with Honours in April 1995. He also holds qualifications in Automation and Control Systems as well as a range of industry accreditations.
[edit] Career
Singh is the current Chief Operating Officer of PATARA, a private sector firm involved in ICT solutions serving the Pacific Islands region. In the past he has held positions of Director Engineering & Business Development and Managing Engineer at the same company.
In 2003 he was also seconded to serve as Project Manager ICT for the 2003 South Pacific Games which were held in Suva, Fiji.
[edit] Other Activities
Singh is Chairman of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society PICISOC.
He is the founding and current President of the IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands IPv6ForumPacificIslands which is actively promoting the adoption and deployment of IPv6 to support the next generation Internet.
He is Director of the Pacific Internet Technology Centre pacificIT, which is focused on the use, research and advancement of the Internet and related ICT technology in the Pacific for socio-economic development, ICT4D and breaching the Digital Divide.
In 2006, Singh was instrumental in ensuring the UNDP/APDIP International Open Source Network IOSN Open Source Centre of Excellence in the Pacific Islands (IOSN-PIC) was located within the Pacific Island countries (it is located in Fiji) rather than the larger neighbouring countries.
Since 2002, he has participated in the organisation of PacINET, the annual PICISOC conference and served as the Conference Chair in 2005 and 2006, as well as the Chair of the Papers Committee.
He was a member of the ICT group for the 2003 South Pacific Games Organising Committee.
Singh also organised and chaired a Workshop at the inaugural Internet Governance Forum, IGF Athens 2006 on ICTs to Achieve MDGs. More information on the workshop is available here.
[edit] Affiliations and Positions
- Chief Operating Officer at PATARA (2006 - present)
- Chairman of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society PICISOC (2005 - present)
- President of IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands IPv6ForumPacificIslands (2006 - present)
- Director of Pacific Internet Technology Centre pacificIT (2006 - present)
- Founding Member and Steering Committee Member of UNDP/APDIP International Open Source Network (IOSN) Open Source Centre of Excellence in the Pacific Islands (IOSN-PIC)
- Member of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific ICT Working Group (2005 - present)
- Member of the Fiji Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council
- Member of IEEE (1992 - present)
- Member of IEEE Standards Association Balloting Group
- Member of Institute of Engineers, Australia (1993 - present)
- Member of InternetNZ
- Member of ISOC
