AIGF Strengthens Team by Onboarding 3 Gaming Experts to Advisory Panel

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  • Namita Ghosh May 14, 2020
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Online gaming is on an all-time high in India, and with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing about an unprecedented spike in online gaming traffic, the sector is on a fast-growth trajectory. With an eye to the future, the country’s foremost gaming policy, advocacy, and regulatory group, the All-India Gaming Federation (AIGF), has expanded its team by onboarding three very renowned names to its advisory panel. The new additions include former Supreme Court judge, Justice Vikramajit Sen, educationist Fatema Agarkar and the former captain of the national women’s cricket team Jhulan Goswami.

With this move, the AIGF has brought in an eclectic group of experts that will help it fulfill its charter of responsible gaming, player protection, best practices, and better regulation of the Indian gaming industry. Founded in 2016, the AIGF is a registered non-profit society that has been an ardent campaigner for the gaming sector and has lent the much-needed self-regulatory and legal backbone to the industry.

Announcing the same in a press release, the AIGF referred to a recent report by a top economist of Morgan Stanley, Ruchir Sharma that states that gaming is now the world’s most significant pastime. The Federation underlined the observations of Ernst & Young’s FICCI Frames 2020 report that estimates that the skill gaming industry in India grew at 30% in 2019 and that the average spends per user metric was up by 41% the same year.

AIGF CEO Roland Landers welcoming the new members said, “We are privileged to have strengthened our advisory panel at AIGF and are very honored to have eminent Justice Vikramajit Sen, a former Judge of the Supreme Court and Ex-Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Ms. Fatema Agarkar, leading educationist and Founder of the Agarkar Centre of Excellence (ACE) combing sports and education, and Ms. Jhulan Goswami, Indian International Cricketer and the former captain of the Indian National women’s cricket team join us and offer their expert guidance to us and the industry.”

Roland Landers

 

In his official statement, Justice Sen said, “As online transaction-based gaming has grown by 30% over last year, self-regulation for this ever-expanding industry is extremely important. To overcome the blurred lines, the AIGF Skill Games Charter provides the very foundation for responsible gaming, user integrity, player protection, and best practices for member operators to ensure ethical practices to safeguard the consumer interest. To further contribute to the process, I am excited to be on the advisory panel of the AIGF, which has vetted the charter and play a role in guiding the Industry body and its stakeholders forward as the sector grows.”

Justice Vikramajit Sen

 

While Justice Sen has been signed up for his legal expertise, Agarkar’s forte is in e-sports and digital sports.

“The sheer potential that e-sports enjoys lies in its reach, bringing communities together, enabling an alternative to physical sports, working with key life skills such as decision making, critical thinking and logic not to mention attitudes of discipline, responsible digital citizenship! With AIGF’s well-structured Responsible Gaming Charter, we will put the right checks in place and treat it with the respect it deserves!” Agarkar said.

Fatema Agarkar

 

Goswami, who is regarded one of the best women fast bowlers of all time and has been passionately vocal about sports issues, said, “It is an honor to be on the board alongside such eminent people and makes me extremely happy to see the industry come together to adopt the guidelines of the AIGF charter to ensure best practices and player protection for the online Skill Gaming Industry.”

Jhulan Goswami

 

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