ICANN85 in Mumbai Highlights Collaboration to Strengthen a Secure and Resilient Internet

• ICANN85 is the 85th Community Forum of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), hosted in Mumbai (7–12 March 2026) at Jio World Convention Centre, co-organised with NIXI under MeitY.
• Marks India's return as ICANN host after the 2016 Hyderabad meeting; positions India in global Internet governance dialogue covering DNS, cybersecurity, and gTLD expansion.
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (international institutions) and GS-III (cyber security, IT infrastructure); intersects with Digital India, data governance, multistakeholder Internet governance.