W3C Office in Delhi

Press Release Source: W3C Opens India Office during International Conference in New Delhi

3 May 2010 — As part of its efforts to ensure that core Web standards meet global needs, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announces today the opening of a new #-Link-Snipped-#. The Office is hosted in New Delhi by the #-Link-Snipped-#, part of the India government's Department of Information Technology. W3C and TDIL will celebrate this collaborative effort at an opening ceremony on 6 May 2010, as part of a conference organized by TDIL on the topic of technology, standards and internationalization

"We want to see the Web for All and Web on everything and help to lead the web to its full potential," Ms. Swaran Lata Director & Head, Human Centered Computing Division and Manager of the new W3C India Office. "We look forward to promoting W3C standards all over India in all twenty-two constitutionally recognized Indian languages, and welcome this opportunity to bring together people in India who are interested in participating in the development of the future Web."


"Increased participation from India will strengthen W3C's international community," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "I look forward to partnering with TDIL so that we build the W3C community in India, including drawing Membership from key industrial and academic leaders. The upcoming conference is an important first step."