An engineering graduate with diploma in Business Management and export Marketing. Have an experience of over 35 years in the telecom sector. Experience includes all facets of telecom be it Product Development, Business Development, Telecom Licensing, Regulatory issues with respect to interconnection / roaming / unified licensing and infrastructure sharing / Mobile Number Portability, Spectrum Management, Spectrum Related Issues Like Spectrum Pricing, Efficient Utilization and Spectrum refarming etc. Have also been involved very closely with number of Joint Ventures / Technical Collaborations.
All these years I have held very prestigious positions as Director in leading telecom companies like Bharti Airtel Ltd., Shyam Telecom Ltd., Cellular Operators Association of India, Vice Chairman, Global ICT Standardisation Forum for India and Director TAIPA. Besides other consulting assignments. Very actively involved with various professional institutions / associations to promote the interest of telecom sector and published many papers in telecom.
Presently holding the following position in various Professional Institutions:
1. Vice Chairman - GISFI
2. Co Chairman – ITU APT Foundation of India
3. Vice President – PTC India Foundation
4. Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India)
5. Fellow of Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers
6. Member – Computer Society of India
7. Member – Indian Science Congress
8. Member – Optical Society of India
Presently a member of no of committees
1. Member steering committee regarding implementation of IPV6
2. Member WG 5D
3. Chairman drafting group for Spectrum & National frequency allocation plan
4. Member committee FICCI regarding Cloud Computing & Convergence.
