Provisional List of nominations for National Working Groups corresponding to ITU-T Study Groups       

1.  Bilateral Cooperation

We have Bilateral MOUs and agreements with 18 countries in the field of Telecommunications & IT, namely Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Israel, Iran, Maxico, Germany, Belarus, France, South Africa, South Korea, Mauritius, Mangolia,  Cyprus, Russia, Mynamar, Australia, Sudan and Tunisia.

In general, in the present scenario of liberalization and privatization of communication services world over, scope of cooperation activities at bilateral level between the Governments is waning day by day but even though we are having activities within the framework of these MOUs with France, Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, South Africa and Tunisia.   

Important related activities are:

In addition periodic bilateral coordination meetings are held with the Telecom Administrations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Russia relating to telecom operational matters.

    2.  Multi- lateral cooperation

IR Cell is the nodal cell in DOT for coordination with the following multi lateral, Inter-governmental bodies in the field of telecommunications. 

I.              Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

II.           International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

III.         South Asia Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

IV.        United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)

V.           Commonwealth Telecom Organisation (CTO)

VI.        International Telecommunication Satellite Organization (ITSO)

VII.      International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)

VIII.   Asia Pacific Satellite Communication Council (APSCC)      

3.      PROJECTS 

IR Cell in DOT is a nodal point for coordinating the execution of projects under special aid/credit line arrangements from Government of India and  

3.1     Projects under process

·        Establishment of trans- border optic fiber cable link between Myanmar and India and other telecom facilities in Myanmar

·        Establishment of multi-purpose community tele center in Afghanistan

·        Establishment of V-SAT based Pan African network in 53countries providing  e-education and e-health, e-governance  etc services

·        Establishment of a Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Network       for providing e-enabled services like e-education and e-health, e-governance      etc

4.   Hosting of the Important international Events by  DOT

      4.1 Events hosted recently  

The Department of Telecom celebrated the 17^th May as World Telecom  and  Information Society day in the conference hall of Sanchar Bhawan at 1230 hours  The theme  for this year is “CONNECTING YOUNG : THE OPPORTUNITIES OF ICT”.

The event was chaired by Shri K Sridhara , Member (technology), DOT . A  large gathering of dignitaries and  staff participated the celebrations and listened  to a video message of Secretary General ITU  and a Power Point Presentation about ITU  by Shri R N Jha , DDG(IR)

4.2   Events planned for hosting

·        India Telecom 2007 in December, 2007

5.    Deputation of the officers

IR Cell processes the cases for the deputation of the officers for participating in the international events/training/study visits/bilateral meetings, conferences etc to the events conducted by various multilateral and other agencies.   About 49 officers were deputed during the last year.    

In addition, IR Cell is also processes the deputation of the officers to Premier Training Institutes in India like IIM Bangalore, MDI Gurgaon, IIPA etc. for attending one to two years specialized management and other courses. During the last year about  2 officers were deputed to these programmes. 

6.       Meetings and Bilateral Cooperation 

§         H.E. Mr. Yoshi Hide SUGA, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication along with the 10 members delegation visited India in January’ 2007.   The Japanese delegation led by Mr. SUGA met CMD and Board of Directors of BSNL on 12.1.2007 in New Delhi.  BSNL made a presentation to the Japanese delegation highlighting the activities of the BSNL. 

§         H.E. Mr. Yoshi Hide SUGA, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication along with the a delegation, during their visit to India, met Hon’ble MOC&IT on 13.1.2007 at Chennai.  During the meeting both the dignitaries had discussions in the field of ICT and discussed issues concerning the two countries. 

§         A French delegation led by H.E. Mr. Francois Loos, Minister for Industry (also incharge of Telecom & IT), France called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 19.1.2007 in Chennai.  During the meeting both the dignitaries had discussions in the field of Information and Communications Technologies.  The discussions included the ongoing activities and future activities of the French Companies in India.

§         H.E. Mr. Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Trade and Industry of Finland called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 23.1.2007 in his office in New Delhi.  Both the dignitaries had discussions and exchanged views on the development in their respective countries in the field of ICT.  

§         The official level meeting of the 10^th Indo-Australia joint Ministrial Commission (JMC) meeting was held on 27-2-2007 in Udyog Bhawan , Deptt of commerce. Sh P.K Dash joint Secretary Deptt of Commerce Co-Chaired the meeting to discuss the strategic cooperation in key sectors including ICT. ADG(IC-II) attended the meeting from DOT side.

·        H.E Mr Haji Abdul Ghafar , High Commissioner of Brunei- Darussalam in India , Called on Hon’ble MoS (C & IT) in Dak Bhawan on 8th September, 2006.Both the dignitaries discussed the relations of India and Brunei-Darussalam in the Field of ICT . DDG(IR) and Dir(IR-1) were also present in the meeting.

·         H.E Pehin dato Lim Jock Seng , Minister of Foreign affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam called on Dr Shakeel Ahmed , MOS ( C & IT) in his chamber at Dak Bhawan on 10th Oct ,2006. Both the  dignitaries  exchanged views on the going development in the  two  countries  in  the field of Telecom. DDG (IR) and     Dir( IR-1) were present in the meeting from DOT side.

·         5th Indo – French Joint working Group on IT & Telecom was held in Paris at France from 19th to 22nd September , 2006. Sh N. Parameshwaran , DDG (AS) , DOT and Sh R.J.S. Kushwaha, Joint Wireless Advisor (N) , DOT were the representative of DOT in Indian delegation led by Secretary , Department of  IT.

·         H.E Ms. Asha Rose Migiro , Foreign Minister of Tanjania called on Hon’ble MoC & IT on 22nd November , 2006 in New Delhi. Both the dignitaries discussed the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the field of ICT.

·         A 50 Member Egyptian delegation consisting of officials from Govt.  as well as business sector and headed by H.E Dr Tarek Kamel , Minister of Communication & It of Arab Republic of Egypt visited India on 27.11.06.

·          A meeting was held in New Delhi on 27th November, 2006 with the Senior officers of DOT , DIT & DOP. Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Hon’ble MOS (C & IT) chaired the meeting from Indian side. DDG (IR) and Dir(IR-I) attended the meeting from DOT side.  An MOU in the field of ICT was signed between the two countries in Chennai on 28-11-2006 at the Minister level. JS (T) attended the meeting from DOT side.

·         A delegation led by Mr Basen Fawaz Rousan , H.E. Minister of Communication & IT of kingdom of Jordan called on Dr. Shakeel Ahmad , Hon’ble MOS (C & IT) on 01-12-2006 in his chamber in Dak  Bhawan. They exchanged the views on the developments taking place in two countries in the field of ICT.

·        A six member delegation from Telkom ,SA, the largest fixed lines communication company in South Africa visited India during 2nd to 9th December 06.The delegation called the officers of USO Funds , DOT , BSNL , TRAI & C-DOT and sought views in respective areas.  The purpose of the visit was to study the aspects of rural telephony, including policy, regulation, finance and Technology.

·         Meeting of Technical experts of India & Russia was held in New Delhi from (5-7), Dec, 06 to review the operation and maintenance of Direct Secure Communication Link between 7, RCR, New Delhi & Kremlin, Moscow.

·         A meeting was held in the Chamber of Director (IR-I), DOT on 8.12.2006 to discuss the proposal & issues related to the funding by the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)  - a multi donor Facility Administered by the World Bank.  Representative officers from C-DOT, TRAI attended the meeting.

·       An American delegation led by Ambassador David A.Gross called on Chairman, Telecom Commission in his office on 4.12.2006. They discussed issues related to the mutual cooperation in the field of rural telephony in other developing countries.

·         H.E. Mr. Yoshi Hide SUGA, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication along with the a delegation, during their visit to India, met Hon’ble MOC&IT on 13.1.2007 at Chennai.  During the meeting both the dignitaries had discussions in the field of ICT and discussed issues concerning the two countries.  The Japanese delegation also had meeting with CMD and Board of Directors of BSNL on 12.1.2007.

·         A French delegation led by H.E. Mr. Francois Loos, Minister for Industry (also incharge of Telecom & IT), France called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 19.1.2007 in Chennai.  During the meeting both the dignitaries had discussions in the field of Information and Communications Technologies.  The discussions included the ongoing activities and future activities of the French Companies in India.

·        H.E. Mr. Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Trade and Industry of Finland called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 23.1.2007 in his office in New Delhi.  Both the dignitaries had discussions and exchanged views on the development in their respective countries in the field of ICT.  

·         A five-member Maltese goodwill delegation of parliamentarians led by H.E. Dr. Jason Azzopardi. Member of parliament & Chairman standing committee called on Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) in DAK Bhawan on 13-3-2007. they discussed  the present telecom scenario in both the countries.  

·        DDG (IR) & DIR (IR-I) had a meeting with the visiting senior Advisor on Economic Integration for the Bureau of south and central Asia Affairs at the Department of the state of USA, Mr. Robert Deutsch in Sanchar Bhawan on 23rd March, 2007. First secretary of the US Embassy was also present during the discussions. Mr. Robert requested for the participation of Indian side in the central and south Asia Regional Telecommunications policy and Regulatory forum to be held at Almaty, Kazakhestan from 3-5 April, 2007.

·        Mr Carl Bildt. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and Mrs Bildt called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 3-5-2007 in New Delhi Both the dignitaries exchanged views and discussed the present Scenario of the ICT in both the countries.

·        An Inter- Ministerial meeting under the chairmanship of JS, Deptt of commerce was held in Udyog Bhawan to discuss the agenda for forthcoming JTC meeting with Tangania. ADG (IC-II) from DoT attended the meeting.

·        A meeting with two member Polish delegation was convened with the representatives of Indian Telecom companies namely, BSNL MTNL, Bharti Enterprises, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Tele Services under the chairmanship of DDG (IR), DoT on 10^th May, 2007 in Sanchar Bhawan. A presentation was given by the Polish delegation on the current status of Polish Telecom market in respect of Tender to be floated by Poland for Basic services in Poland. Poland side was interested for participation in their telecom market by Indian operators. Director (IR-I) also participated in this meeting

·         An Inter-Ministerial preparatory meeting under the Chairmanship of JS (Gulf/Haj), MEA, prior to the 9th    Session of India-UAE Joint Commission was held in MEA, South Block on 01-06-2007 ADG (IC-II) along with GM (QPT), TCIL attended the meeting from DoT side.

·         The 9^th Session of India-UAE Joint commission meeting was held in MEA, south block on 05-06-2007, under the Chairmanship of JS (Gulf/Haj), MEA, Director (IR-I) attended the meeting from DoT side. 

·         The 18th Indo-Bhutan Telecom operational coordination meeting (TOCM) was held in Sanchar Bhawan on 29-30 March, 2007. Member (T) from the Indian side chaired the meeting. Mr. Tenzin Chhoada, Director Deptt. Of IT, MOIT, Bhutan from the Bhutanese was leader of the Bhutenese delegation.  A Seven-member delegation from Bhutan, DDG (IR) & DIR (IR-I) from DoT and four members from BSNL participated in the meeting. The meeting ended with a friendly note from each side.

·        On the invitation of Secretary, DOT, a 12 member Chinese delegation led by H.E. Mr. Jiang Yaoping, Vice Minister, Ministry of Information Industry of People’s Republic of China (PRC) visited India in late August’ 2007.

·        Secretary (T) led the 14 members Indian delegation, and met the Chinese Vice Minister and the Chinese Delegation on 28-08-2007 in Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi  .Presentations were made to the Chinese delegation by DOT, TRAI on telecommunications sectors, regulations and universal service etc. Both the sides exchange views with the objective to enhance and exchange cooperation between the two countries in the field of Information and communication Technology.

7.    Foreign Deputations 

·         Shri Arun Kumar, TDM Rae Bareillyr from BSNL  was deputed  to attend the   Training Program on “ Disaster Management Network System ” from 27  September 2006 to 4th  October 2006 at Tokyo , Japan on APT fellowship. 

·         Shri G.P. Sinha, Diector (IR II) from DOT was deputed  to attend the ITU/TEMIC training programme on  “ ICT Development and Management ”  from 11th  - 22nd  September 2006   at Ottawa and Montreal ,      Canada on part fellowship. 

·         Shri A.K. Das, DDG(SU),  DOT  was deputed  to attend meeting of the Ordinary Assembly of IMSO  from 25th  September 2006 to 29th  September 2006 at London , UK. 

·         Shri M. Sahu, JS(T)  from DOT  was deputed  to attend the Nokia CEO  Summit in Asia from  27th  September 2006 to 29th  September 2006 at Philippines. 

·         Shri K. Sridhara, Member(Technology), Mrs S.A. Trimzi, Adviser(Finance), and Sh. Vijender Kumar, Director(IR- I) from DOT were  deputed  to attend the APT  Management Committee meeting at Maldives from 18th  - 21nd  September 2006.

·         Shri R.J.S. Khusvaha, Wirelss Adviser and Shri N. Parmeswaran, DDG(AS) from DOT  participated as a member of Indian delegation led by Secretary (DIT) to the 5th Indo – French JWG Meeting on Information Technology and Telecommunication from 19-22 September , 2006 at Paris .

·         Shri Shakeel Ahmed, Honble Minister of State (C & IT)  accompanied by Shri Hukum Singh Meena, Private Secretary was deputed for meeting at Brunei on 19th September , 2006.

·         A delegation led by Shri D.S. Mathur, Secretary (Telecom) along with Shri N. Parmeswaran, DDG (VAS) DOT for attending Indian Telecommunication Day at New York , USA from 11th - 14th  October 2006. 

·         Shri K. Sridhara, Member(Technology) and Shri R.N. Padukone, Sr DDG TEC from DOT participated in the 3 GSM World Congress Asia 2006 from 16th to 18th October , 2006 at Singapore.

·         Shri Y.S. Bhave,  Special Secretary (T) from DOT  was deputed for Visiting British Telecom in London from 23rd to 25th October 2006 at London, UK and  also visited USA in connection with setting up of Telecom Testing & Security Centre in India from 26th to 28th October , 2006. 

·         Shri Asit Kadayan, Director from TEC  was deputed for validation of Nokia GSM Network Element viz NSS tests at Helsinki , Finland from 30th October , 2006 to 8th November , 2006 on BSNL Expenditure. 

·         Shri R.J.S. Kushwaha of DOT from  WPC Wing participated in the ITU-R Study Group –1  working parties WP 1A , WP 1B and WP 1C meetings from 11-13 October , 2006 at Munich , Germany and 16th to 17th October 2006 for Geneva.

·         Deputation of Indian Delegation led by Shri D.S. Mathur, Chairman, Telecom Commission & Secretary Telecom,  DoT along with ten other members for participation in the Plenipotentiary Conference-2006 of ITU from 06-24 November, 2006 at Antalya, Turkey.

·         Shri M. Sahu, JS(T), Shri N. Parmeshwaran, DDG(VS) and Shri G.P. Srivastava, DDG(CS) from DOT were deputed for  inter ministerial delegation to USA , UK & Belgium from 13-17 November 2006 regarding Network Operation , Control System operation and Security related issues in AT & T and  British Telecom .

·         Shri Santokh Singh Legal Advise from DOT was deputed for Network Operation and Control System its Operation and to have interaction with US authority concerning security and legal aspects to New York 13-15 November 2006 and Dallas/Texas  16-17 November 2006 USA

·         Shri Ashwini Kumar,  Director (TL), TEC was deputed to attend ITU–T Study Group-16 Meeting at Geneva, Switzerland from 14-24 November,2006.

·         Mrs Sadhna Dikshit,  Sr.DDG (LF), DOT, New Delhi was deputed for participating United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Expert Meeting on Universal Access to Services at Geneva, Switzerland from 14-16 November, 2006 on UNCTAD expenditure.

·         Deputation of Indian delegation led by  Secretary(T) , DoT along with the Administrator (USOF) , DDG(LR) , DDG(IR) and Asst. Protocol Officer as member of delegation for participation in the ITU Telecom World 2006 from 03rd  to 08th December 06 on government expenditure  at Hong Kong , China.

·         Deputation of  Senior DDG(VIG) Shri D.K. Agarwal, for participation in the Residential programme on a new approach to Vigilance  from 19th  December 06 to 23th December 06 at Kathmandu , Nepal sponsored by Delhi Productivity Council.

·         Deputation of  Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Director(T) , Director(WPF) for participation in the ITU Telecom World 2006 from 04th to 08th December 06 on ITU fellowship at Hong Kong , China.

·         Deputation of Ms Geeta Paul,  CCA , Karanataka , DoT for attending the Workshop on Access to Information and Intellectual Property Rights Issues from 19th to 22nd December , 2006 at Islamabad, Pakistan.

·         Deputation of  Shri V.V. Singh,  Deputy Wireless Advisor, DoT to participate in the APT Seminar on WRC-07 and 4th APT Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-07 and APT Wireless Forum Interim Meeting 2007at Bangkok, Thailand,  from 07th to 12th January 2007, on APT Fellowship.

·         Deputation of  Shri A.K. Das, DDG (SU), DoT for attending the Advisory Committee Meeting of the  IMSO from 15-16th January 2007, at London, U.K on government expenditure.

·         Deputation of Indian Delegation led by Shri R. Bandyopadhyay, Additional Secretary (T), DoT along with Associate Director   Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , and Director (IP), DoT as a member  to get first hand knowledge for setting up of Telecom Security Certification Center in India  from 29-31st January to UK and 1-2nd February, 2007 at France on government expenditure.

·         Shri Rakesh Bedi,   ADG (NW),TEC, DoT was deputed  to participate in the APT Workshop on Telemedicine at Bangkok, Thailand,  from 06th to 07th  February 2007, on APT Fellowship.

·         Deputation of Indian delegation led by  Hon’ble  Minister of Communication & IT, Government of India  along with to Member (T), Joint Secretary (T) , Sr.DDG (TEC)  PS to Hon’ble MoC &IT , DDG (IR) Barcelona, Spain from 12-15th February, 2007 on government expenditure.  On this occasion, recognizing the best practice being adopted by Indian Telecom Sectors for the rapid growth of mobile services, GSM Association presented Government Leadership Award to Hon’ble MOC&IT

·         Shri V.V.  Singh, Dy. Wireless Advisor, DoT was deputed  to Geneva, Switzerland, for attending Conference Preparatory Meeting from 19th February to 2nd March, 2007 on government expenditure.

·         Shri G.P. Srivastava, DDG (CS) was deputed to Washington DC as a member of Indian    

·         Delegation for  attending 5th HTGC Meeting from 22-23rd  February, 2007. on government expenditure.

·         Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri R. Bandyopadhyay, Additional Secretary (T) , DoT along  with Legal Advisor, DoT  and   DDG (AS),DoT    from  31st March to 5th April, 2007 to undertake meeting with FCC, FBI, TIA and other Industry Association of USA on Government expenditure.

·         Mrs Rajni Taneja, DDG (USOF), DoT was deputed for attending training course on e-Government and ICT at Tokyo, Japan from 8th to 14th March 2007 on APT Fellowship.

·         Shri Shiv Narain,  Director (SU-III), DoT was deputed for attending Twelfth APT Standardization Program Forum from 12-15 March, 2007 and APT-ITU Workshop on NGN Planning from 16-17 March 2007, at Bangkok, Thailand on APT Fellowship.

·         Mrs Anuradha Joshi Durgapal,  G.M(Finance) , Ghaziabad was deputed for attending the meeting of study Group–III  on Tariff and accounting principles including related Telecommunication Economic and policy issues from 26th –30th March , 2007 at Gewneva , Switzerland.

·        Deputation of  Deputy Wireless Advisor, DoT to participate in the APT Seminar on WRC-07 and 4^th APT Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-07 and APT Wireless Forum Interim Meeting 2007at Bangkok, Thailand,  from 07^th to 12^th January 2007, on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of Sr. DDG (SU), DoT for attending the Advisory Committee Meeting of the  IMSO from 15-16^th January 2007, at London, U.K on government expenditure

·        Deputation of  ADG (NW),TEC, DoT to participate in the APT Workshop on Telemedicine at Bangkok, Thailand,  from 06^th to 07^th  February 2007, on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of Indian delegation led by  Hon’ble  Minister of Communication & IT, Government of India  along with to Member (T), Joint Secretary (T) , Sr.DDG (TEC)  PS to Hon’ble MoC &IT , DDG (IR) Barcelona, Spain from 12-15^th February, 2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation  of Dy. Wireless Advisor, DoT to Geneva, Switzerland, for attending Conference Preparatory Meeting from 19^th February to 2^nd March, 2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation  of  DDG (CS) to Washington DC as a member of Indian delegation for attending 5^th HTGC Meeting from 22-23^rd February, 2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Indian delegation led by Additional Secretary (T) , DoT along  with Legal Advisor, DoT  and   DDG (AS),DoT     from  31^st March to 5^th April, 2007 to undertake meeting with FCC, FBI, TIA and other Industry Association of USA on Government expenditure.

·        Deputation of DDG (USOF), DoT for attending training course on e-Government and ICT at Tokyo, Japan from 8^th to 14^th March 2007 on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of Director (SU-III), DoT for attending Twelfth APT Standardization Program Forum from 12-15 March, 2007 and APT-ITU Workshop on NGN Planning from 16-17 March 2007, at Bangkok, Thailand on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of G.M(Finance) , Ghaziabad for attending the meeting of study Group–III  on Tariff and accounting principles including related Telecommunication Economic and policy issues from 26^th –30^th March , 2007 at Gewneva , Switzerland.

·        Deputation of Indian delegation led by shri K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), DoT for participation in Asia Pacific Wi-MAX Conference and Exhibition held at Taipeie, Taiwan during 13-15 May, 2007.

·        Deputation of Shri Ram Narain DDG (PIP), DoT for participation in the Asia Pacific Forum on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation 2007 and The APT Regulators- Industry Dialogue and Investment Dialogue held from 15-18 May 2007 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on APT Fellowship. 

·        Deputation of Dr. Ashok Chandra, Joint Wireless Advisor (WPC), DoT for    participation in the 2^nd Centre for Tele Infrastructure Workshop on Cognitive Radio Technology held during 22-23^rd May, 2007 at Denmark on Government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Shri Ajit Singh Bhola, DDG (FEB), DoT for attending ITU/TEMIC training programme 2007 for Telecommunication Senior Management from 21^st May to 01^st June, 2007 at Montreal, Canada on part fellowship.

·        Deputation of Sh. R.J.S. Kushwaha (JWA), from WPC participated to represent India’s Policyin the field of Information and Communication Technology and services in the French National Advisory Board meeting on 2^nd May 2007 at Paris, France. 

·        Deputation of Shri P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor (WPC), DoT for participation in the meeting of Radio Regulations Board of International Telecommunication Union  held from 4^th to 8^th June, 2007 at Geneva, Switzerland on ITU expenditure.

·        Deputation of Indian delegation led by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Hon’ble MOS  C&IT, DoT along with the Shri Hukum Singh Meena PS to MOS C&IT, DoT and Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR) for participation in the 3^rd Inforcomm Media Business Exchange Ministerial Forum, Communic Asia 2007 at Singapore from 18^th to 20^nd June, 2007 but DDG (IR) attended from 18^th to 22^nd June2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Indian delegation led by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Hon’ble MOS  C&IT, DoT along with the Shri Hukum Singh Meena PS to MOS C&IT, DoT for participation in Indian symposium 2007 at Zurich   21^st  to 22^nd June, 2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Indian Delegation led by Shri D.S. Mathur, Chairman Telecom Commission, Department of Telecom along with Shri. R.N. Padukone Sr. DDG (TEC), Department of Telecom from 19^th-22^nd June, 2007 for participation in the Wi-MAX Forum Member conference  held in Madrid, Spain on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Dr. Ashok Chandra, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, DoT to Geneva, Switzerland from 18^th -26^th June, 2007 for attending Study Group Meeting SG-1 and SG-8, on Government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Shri Kirthy Kumar, DDG (C&A), DoT, Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena Director (T), DoT, for participation in the communic Asia Exhibition at Singapore during 19^th to 22^nd June, 2007 at Singapore.

·        Deputation of Shri M. Sahu, Jt. Secretary (T), DoT as a member of delegation led by additional Secretary (T), DIT for 3^rd meeting of the US-India ICT Working Group from 10-13^th July, 2007 at Washington, USA on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Shri Balram Sharma, Jt. Secretary (A) and Smt. Sanyukta Arjuna, Director (OL), DoT for 8^th World Hindi Conference at New York from 13-15^th July, 2007 on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Dr. Ananthakrishan Janaki Director (LF-II), DOT for International Workshop in Entrepreneurship and e-Business Development for Women on ITU Fellowship to Seoul, Korea from 16-21^st July, 2007.

·        Deputation of Shri Anuraag Kochar Director (IR-II), DOT, to Thimpu, Bhutan from 16-18^th July, 2007.For SAARC Telemedicine Network Project being coordinated by Ministry of External Affairs on government expenditure

·        Deputation of Shri Arun Agarwal Director (TEC), and Shri S.M. Sharma (Dy. Wireless Advisor) DOT, for attending 5^th meeting of APT Conference, Preparatory group for WRC-2007 from 16-21^st July, 2007 at Bussan, Korea on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena Director (T), DoT ,for meeting with industry and government officials in Sweden and U.K. along with FICCI members from 17-20^th July, 2007.

·        Deputation of  Shri S.T. Abbas Director (CS-II), DOT, for attending Training Course on Optical Fiber Transmission Technologies to be held from 18-27^th July, 2007 at Tokyo., Japan on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of Shri A.K. Kalia Director, NOCC, DOT for carrying out Factory Acceptance Test of equipment for cabinet Secretariat from 19-30^th July, 2007 at USA on BSNL Expenses.

·        Deputation of Shri D.S. Mathur, Chairman (TC) & Secretary (T), along with Shri R.N. Jha  DDG (IR),  DOT to Shanghai, China from 24-26^th July, 2007 for ITU Seminar on Telecom Transformation and bilateral meeting with Chinese counterparts on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Shri P.K. Saha, DDG (SR), DOT for Workshop on
Standardization Programme from 24-26 July, 2007 at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on APT Fellowship.

·        Deputation of Shri Shantanu Consul, Administrator (USOF), DoT, for attending Advanced Management Programme from 29^th July to 10^th August,2007 at Cambridge, UK on government expenditure.

·        Deputation of Dr. Ashok Chandra , Joint Wireless Advisor, DoT  for attending the Meeting of Working party 8F on IMT-2000 and Systems beyond IMT-2000  scheduled to be held from 29-31 August, 2007 at Seoul, Korea on Government expenditure

·         Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri R.Bandyopadhyay  Additional Secretary (T), and A.K.Srivastava, DDG (AS),DOT as member of Department of Telecommunication to Siem Reap, Cambodia from 22-25 August, 2007 for participation in the 7^th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting on Government expenditure.

1.     Bilateral Co-operations / Joint Commission Meetings: - September, 2007 to August, 2008  

§         Mr. Joyesh Patel , Vice President- Technology , Iridium Satellite , USA and Mr. Alvin Chew Head of Business Operation for Iridium Satellite Asia pacific gave a Presentation on current services , future trend , plans for Iridium for India on 6.9.2007 in committee Room , Sanchar Bhawan. The Presentation was attended by DDG(DS), DDG(CS), Director (DS), Director(CS), Director(NOCC) and Director(IR-I)from DOT

§         A six members Bostwana delegation led by H.E. Ms. Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, met Hon’ble MoS (C&IT) on 17.10.2007, Wednesday at 10.00 hrs in Dak Bhawan, New Delhi. DDG(IR) from DoT also participated in meeting to assist Hon’ble MoS (C&IT) during the discussions in the meeting. Both the dignitaries exchanged views and discussed matters concerning each country in the field of ICT.     Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) also hosted dinner on 17.10.2007 in the honor of the visiting delegation which was also joined by other senior officers of DIT, DOT, DOP, BSNL, TCIL and MEA.

§         H.E. Mr. Kayumpa Nayarnwase, Ambssador of Rwanda called on DDG (IR) in his office on 19.10.2007 to discuss the forthcoming ITU event Connect Africa Summit being hosted by Rwanda at the end of October this year.

§         A six member Finnish delegation led by H.E. Mr. Paavo Vayrynen, Minister for foreign Trade and Development met Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communication and IT MOS (C&IT) on 22^nd October, 2007 at 15:00 hrs, at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi. Visiting Finnish Minister was accompanied by Ambassador Asko Numminen’ Mr. Tommi Partanen, Polic Sergent; Ms. Luostarinen, DDG, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Yrjo-Pekka Rautalahti, Director, Strategic Development, UPM-Kymmene Corp; and Mr. Veli Sundback, Executive Vice President, Nokia Corporation. From DOT Director (IR-I) attended the meeting to assist Hon’ble MOS(C&IT). Both the dignitaries exchanged views on the developments taking place in India in the IT and Telecommunications Sector. During discussions Hon’ble MOS(C&IT) also replied some of the queries raised by EVP, Nokia.

§         In order to prepare for the ASEAN-India working group meeting, an inter-ministerial meeting was convened by MEA on 25.10.2007, which was chaired by JS(MER). From Telecom side Director (IR-I), DOT, Director (Technical) and GM, TCIL attended the meeting. MEA was requested to convey the necessary approvals for the CLMV project.

§         An Inter-Ministerial meeting regarding the “follow up of the decision taken in the fourth meeting of the Indo-Pakistan composite Dialogue held on 31^st July–1^st  August 2007 “ was held on 6.12.2007 in department of Commerce from Telecom side Director(IR-I) , DOT attended the meeting.

§         A seven member Fujitsu (Japanese) delegation led by shri Tosh seTh , General Manager (S & M), Fujitsu met DDG (IR) on 11.12.2007 at 12:30 Hrs in the chamber of DDG(IR), Sanchar Bhawan , New Delhi. Both sides had discussion and exchanged views on building infrastructure in India by way of Public Private Partnership(PPP).

§         A five member Vietnam Public Utility Telecommunication Service Fund(VTF) delegation from Vietnam visited India from 24^th -29^th December , 2007. Interaction meetings with visiting delegation were arranged on 26^th & 29^th December , 2007 in DOT , Sanchar Bhawan , TCIL , BSNL , and MTNL. Presentation were made on USOF activities in India , and scope of future cooperation with Vietnam in the telecom sector. DDG(IR) , DOT chaired the meeting in DOT. From DOT Jt. Administrator (Tech), Jt. Administrator(Finance), DDG(BB), Dy Administrator(Tech), Dy Administrator(Finance, USOF and Director (IR-I) also attended the meeting .

§         A meeting to discuss the details of the study on the Comprehensive Mobility Planning and Management using Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in Delhi was held on 05-02-2008 under the Chairmanship of Secretary (UD) in Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan. It is in connection with Delhi’s needs to prepare for the commonwealth Game of 2010 and need for appropriate control system to handle the increased mobility needs during the games, to get the best possible use of the transport infrastructures and options planned for that circumstance. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) form DOT.

§         In order to discuss the details of the study on the ‘Comprehensive Mobility Planning and Management using Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in Delhi’ for telecommunication part/issues, a meeting was held on 07-02-2008 in TRAI as a follow up of decision in the February 05^th meeting under the Chairmanship of Secretary (UD) in Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan. The meeting was chaired by Advisor (CN), TRAI. It was attended by officials from DIT, MTNL, WPC, TRAI and Consultants from Italy (who are reportedly working on this system and are likely to extend cooperation in this area to the Ministry of Urban Development). The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) from DOT.

• An inter-Ministerial meeting regarding hosting “ The year of India in Russia in 2009 “ was held in Indian Council of Cultural relations(ICCR)on 12-3-2008. Director (IR-I) attended the meeting from DOT side.

• An inter-Ministerial meeting for the preparation of 15^th Indo-Iran JCM was held on 12-3-2008 in MEA. Director (IR-I) attended the meeting from DOT side.

• An Inter-Ministerial meeting for the preparation of forthcoming India-Australia JMC was held in Department of Commerce on 20-3-2008. AD (IR-I)attended the meeting from DOT side.

• An Inter-Ministerial meeting for the preparation of the forthcoming India-Kuwait Joint Technical and Ministerial Commission Meeting was held 25-3-2008 in MEA. Director (IR-I) attended the meeting from DOT side.

• Commissioner for Information Society and Media from the European Union called on Hon’ble MOC&IT on 27-3-2008. Secretary, DOT joined the meeting with Hon’ble MOC&IT.

§         Inter-Ministerial preparatory meeting for the forth coming Indo-Sweden JCM in Department of Commerce was held on 28.4.2009.

• An Inter-Ministerial preparatory Meeting for the forthcoming Indo-Iran JCM was held on 01.05.2008 in MEA, South Block, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) from DOT.

• An Inter-Ministerial Preparatory meeting was held in Department of Commerce on 07.05.2008 for the forthcoming 11^th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission meeting to be held on 19-21 May, 2008 and also for the proposed visit to New Zealand by Commerce and Industry Minister on 21-23 May, 2008. AD(IC-I) from DOT attended the meeting.

• An Inter-Ministerial Preparatory meeting was held in Department of Commerce on 15.05.2008 for the First Session of Indo-Polish Joint Commission Meeting to discuss the issues and point/suggestions for inclusion in the Protocol to be signed during Indo-Polish JCM.

• An Inter-Ministerial Preparatory meeting was held in Department of Commerce on 22.05.2008 for the India-Eu sub-commission on Economy Cooperation and sub-commission on Trade. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) from DOT.

• An official level Mid-Term Review Meeting for the JCM was held in Tehran on 10-11 May, 2008. The Indian delegation comprising of officials from various department/Ministries was led by JS(PAI), MEA. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) from DOT.The sub group on Telecommunication and Information Technology had exchange of view on bilateral cooperation.

• A two Member delegation comprising of Director (IR-I), DOT and assistant Manager (TM),TCIL visited Dhaka in connection with SAARC Tele-Medicine Project. The delegation had meeting with the concerned authorities of Bangladesh along with an an official from HCI, Dhaka.

• An Inter Ministerial preparatory meeting was held in department of Commerce on 5.6.2008 under the chairmanship of Commercial Secretary for discussion regarding bilateral cooperation with Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).

• A delegation from Iridium Satellite, LLC of USA visited with the senior    management officials Team on 05.08.2008 and given presentation. The same was attended by Director (IR-1) and other senior officers of DOT.

§         An Inter-Ministerial meeting regarding Indo-Iran JCM was held on 09-09-2008 in MEA. Director (IR-I), DOT  attended the meeting from DOT side.

§         An Inter-Ministerial meeting regarding hosting “The year of India in Russia in 2009” was held in Indian council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) on 12-09-2008. Director (IR-I) and ADG(IR-II) attended the meeting from  DOT side.

§         An Inter-Ministerial Regarding Indo-France was held on 15-09-2008 & 16-09-2008. Director (IR-I) attended the meeting on 15-09-2008.

§         5^th India-Ethipia JTC meeting was held on 26-09-2008 meeting was chaired by Ms. Bharti Sihag, J.S. DOC- Two officers from TCIL and Director (IR-I) DOT attended the meeting.  

2.  Events :-

§         The Indian delegation led by Wireless Advisor participated in the ITU’s Radio-communication Assembly, 2007 (RA-2007) from 15-19 October 2007 at Geneva. The RA-2007 considered technical recommendations received from various ITU-R Study Group as well as proposals received from Administrations. Nominations from India for vice chairmanship of different ITU-R Study Groups were also agreed at RA-2007.

§         Broad Guidelines for 3G services and broadband Wireless Access(BWA)   services have been released.

3.      Foreign Deputation: - September, 2007 to August, 2008  

• Deputation of Shri V.K.Arya, DDG (N) TEC, DoT for participation in the training course on Spectrum Management   held from 3^rd -11^th September, 2007  at Seoul, Korea on APT  Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri Vipan Kumar, DDG (S), TEC, DoT for participation in the Study visit on National Informatization Framework   held from 4-13^th September, 2007  at Seoul, Korea on APT  Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri R.K.Pathak , Director (IP), DoT  for attending the 4^th Meeting of the India-Japan Joint Task Force at Chief Delegate Level  held from 3-6^th September, 2007 at Tokyo, Japan on Government expenditure.The Indian delegation will be led by Commerce secretary.

• Deputation of following Indian delegation of  DOT to Geneva, Switzerland from 4^th to 14^th  September, 2007  for participation in the High Level Segment of the 2007 session of the Council of the ITU on Government expenditure.

                                                                                                                         Duration 

Shri D.S.Mathur Secretary (T), DOT         Leader                     8-12 September, 2007

Shri K.Sridhara, Member (T),                  Member                  8-14 September, 2007

Shri P.K.Garg Wireless Advisor, DOT      Member                  8-14 September, 2007

Shri R.N.Jha, DDG (IR) , DOT                  Member                  4-14 September, 2007

Shri T.K.Varada Krishnan,(DWA), DOT  Member                  4-14 September, 2007

• Deputation of Shri P.K.Sinha, DDG (TPF), DoT for participation in the Gitex , Dubai for Promotion on India Telecom 2007    held from 8^th -12^th September, 2007at  Dubai on  Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri R.K.Siddhartha Director (I), TEC and  Shri Rajeshwar Dayal Director (M), TEC, DOT  for attending the NGN-GSI event and SG-13 meeting from 11-21 September, 2007  at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Ram Narain, DDG (Security) DOT  for attending the Meeting of Study Group-17 regarding Cyber Security Aspects from 19^th to 28^th   September, 2007  at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.

• Deputation of following   DOT officers for participation in the training course on “ Transition Strategies for Telecom Operators on Part fellowship offered by Swedish International Development Cooperation at Ronneby , Sweden  from 17^th September 2007 to 17^th October

Mrs Archana G. Gulati        Director (USOF , DOT)

Shri Anuraag Kochar           Director (IR-II) ,. DOT

Shri S.S. Yadav                      Director (DS-III) , DOT.

• Deputation of Shri Shashi Mohan , Director, (SW), TEC, DoT for participation in the 27^th APT Study Group Meeting held from 18-20^th September, 2007  at Kathmandu, Nepal on APT  Fellowship.

• Deputation of  Indian delegation led by Shri K.Sridhara, Member (T), DOT & Shri Anupam Varshney, Director,TEC  to Shanghai, China from 24-25 September, 2007  for participation in the China Wireless Summit 2007 on Government expenditure.

• Deputation of  Mrs Deepa Tyagi, DDG (M), TEC, DOT  for attending the Meeting of Study Group-19 regarding Mobile Telecommunication Network on 21^st   September, 2007  at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Shri Shailendra Agarwal, DDG (I), TEC, DOT  for attending the Meeting of Study Group-11 regarding Signaling requirement and protocols on 21^st   September, 2007  at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Shri N.K.Yadav, DDG (SU), DoT for participation in the Asia Pacific Telecommunications and ICT Development Forum  held from 10-12^th September, 2007  at Tokyo, Japan on APT  Fellowship.

• Mrs Anuradha Joshi Durgapal, GM(Fin.) NICF, DOT had  attended  the SG-3 for Tariff and Accounting principles including related telecommunications economic and policy issue  from 2^nd to 9^th October 2007   at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri R.Bandyopadhyay  Additional Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunication to Study telecom Security certification, Policy and procedures at Singapore, Hong Kong and China from 8-12^th October, 2007 on Government  expenditure.

                                                                                                         Duration                       

Shri R.Bandyopadhyay  Additional Secretary (T), Leader  8 October, 2007,Singapore

                                                                                                      9, October, 2007, HongKong

                                                                                                      10-12 October, 2007,China

Shri R.K.Pathak, Director (IP) , DOT                    Member            same as above         

Prof. N.Balakrishnan, IISc, Banglore                     Member            same as above

• Deputation of Shri Rajnish Kumar , Director, (Accounts), DoT for participation in the Study Visit course on Legal and Regulatory Issues on Telecommunications  held from 15-24 October, 2007  at Seoul, Korea on APT  Fellowship.

§         Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri D.S.Mathur , Chairman Telecom Commission to Switzerland, Rwanda and Tanzania  from 21^st October to 1^st November, 2007 on Government Expenditure.

Shri D.S.Mathur, Chairman Telecom Commission Leader

                                                                                                     26-27^th, Oct, 2007     Switzerland                 

                                                                                      28-29 October, 2007 Rwanda

                                                                                                 30 Oct- 1^st Nov, 2007 Tanzan

 Shri K. Sridhara, Member (Technology) Member   28 -31^st Oct, 2007      Rwanda

 Shri R.N. Jha, Deputy Director General (IR) DOT   Member

                                                                         21-27^th Oct, 2007    Switzerland

                                                                         28-29^th Oct, 2007      Rwanda

                                                                          30 Oct-1^st Nov, 2007 Tanzania

• Shri Anupam Varshney, Director (S), TEC DOT has participated  in  WiMAX  Forum Member Conference held at Taipei, Taiwan during 22-26^th October, 2007.

• Shri Kamal Bhagat ,Deputy Administrator (Tech) USOF, DoT  had participated in the Regulation of Broadcasting, Telecommunication and On-line Content  held from 22-26^th October, 2007  at Melbourne, Australia on ITU  Fellowship.

• Shri Asit Kadyan Director (V),TEC, DOT had attended the SG-2 for Operational aspects of Service provision, network and performance  from 30^th October to 8^th November, 2007   at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.         

• Shri R.K.Pathak, Director (IP), DOT as a part of Indian delegation led by Shri  Dinesh Sharma, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce to Seoul for the eighth meeting of India – Korea JTF held from October 31- November 3, 2007 on Government  expenditure.

• Deputation of Smt Indarani Kaushai, Deupty Economic Advisor , DOT had  participated  in the capacity Building Workshop on Information Society Statistics organized by ITU and APT  from 6^th  to 8^th November ,2007   at Bangkok ,Thailand on ITU  Fellowship.                

• Deputation of ShriBrajesh Mishra , Director(SU-II), DOT had  participated  in the Digital Broadcasting training course organized by APT  from 6^th  to 11^th November ,2007   at Seoul , Korea on APT Fellowship.  

• Deputation of Shri D.S. Mathur , ChairmanTelecom Commission , DOT had  participated  in the Digital Broadcasting training course organized by APT  from 6^th  to 11^th November ,2007   at Seoul , Korea on APT Fellowship.  

• Deputation of Indian Delegation led by Ms S.A. Tirmizi , Advisor (Fin), DOT along with Anupam Varshney Director (TEC) had  participated  in the 31^st Session of Management Committee Meeting  from 27^th  to 30^th November ,2007   at Seoul , Korea on Government expenditure. 

• Deputation of Shri M. Sahu , Joint Secretary (T), DOT for attending the meeting with National Post & Telecom Agency at Stockholm , Sweden  from 22^nd to 23^rd  November ,2007  on Government expenditure.

• Ms. Archana G. Gulati, Joint Administrator (USOF) and Ms. Rajni Taneja DDG (BB) USOF,  DOT has been deputed  for participating in Workshop on Universal Service Obligation and Rural ICT Connectivity from 10-13^th December, 2007  at Kedah, Malaysia on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Shri Shailendra Agarwal, DDG (I), TEC  DOT  for participating in the ITU Study Group 11 Meeting regarding Signalling requirements and protocol from 16-23^rd January, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on Governmental  expenditure.

• Deputation of Mrs Deepa Tyagi, DDG (M), TEC  DOT  for participating in the ITU Study Group 19 Meeting regarding Mobile Telecommunication Network from 17-24^th January, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on Governmental  expenditure

• Deputation of Shri M.Sahu Joint Secretary (T), Shri R.N.Jha DDG (IR) and Shri R.J.S.Khushvaha Joint Wireless Advisor DOT for participating in the WiMAX Forum Member Conference from 27^th January to 01^st February, 2008 at Kona, Hawaii, USA on Governmental  expenditure.   

• Deputation of Shri P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor, DoT for participation in the 46^th meeting of Radio Regulation Board of ITU  held from 4-8^th February, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on ITU  Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri R.Bandhopadhyay, Special Secretary (T) to Geneva for participating in the meeting of Telecommunication Development Advisory Group  from 4-8^th  February, 2008 excluding journey time on Government  expenditure

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom   Commission to Barcelona, Spain  from 10-14^th February, 2008  excluding journey time on Government Expenditure.

Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman (TC)    Leader              10-13 Feb, 2008  Spain

                                                                                                     14^th Feb, 2008    Austria

 Shri K. Sridhara, Member (Technology)   Member            10-14^th Feb, 2008  Spain

 Shri V.K.Shukla, Advisor (O), DOT           Member            10-14^th Feb, 2008  Spain

 Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR) DOT                     Member             10-14^th Feb, 2008  Spain

• Shri Kirthy Kumar, DDG (C&A), Shri P. K. Sinha, DDG (TPF), Shri Sudhir Kumar Sexena, Director (T) from   DOT is deputed for participating in CeBIT Exhibition, Promoting India Telecom-2008 and Export Promotion Forum at Hannover, Germany from 2^nd-10^th March, 2008 on Govt. Expenditure.

• Shri R. K. Pathak, Director (IP), DOT is deputed for attending Inter-Ministerial Plurilateral and Bilateral Meeting of Services Negotiations of the WTO at Geneva, Switzerland from 10^th-14^th March, 2008 on Govt. Expenditure.

• Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission , DOT is deputed for participating in the India-Asia Investment Forum at Singapore held during 17-18^th March, 2008 on Government expenditure.

• Mrs Anuradha Joshi Durgapal, GM(Fin.) NICF, DOT was deputed    for attending the SG-3 for Tariff and Accounting principles including related telecommunications economic and policy issue  from 31^st March to 4^th April 2008   at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri H.P.Mishra, DDG (WPF) and Shri A.K. Srivastava, DDG (AS-I), DoT for participation of Government nominees in the meeting of Board of Directors of Tata Communication Limited from 1-3 April, 2008 Singapore.

• Deputation of Shri Ram Narain, DDG (Security) DOT  for attending the Meeting of Study Group-17 regarding Telecommunication security aspects from 07-18 April, 2008  at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Anupam Varshney Director (SM&FLA), TEC, DOT  for participating as a speaker and panelist at WiMAX Forum Asia 2008 Congress in Singapore from 08-10 April, 2008 on Governmental  expenditure.   

• Deputation of Shri K.Sridhara, Member (T), DOT for participating in the meeting of  Spectrum requirement for future generation Wireless Technology at Aalborg, Denmark from 8-11^th April, 2008 on Government  expenditure

• Deputation of Shri Kirthy Kumar, DDG (C&A), DOT  as a member Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for attending Sixth India- Japan Joint Task Force for concluding a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement during 10-14^th April, 2008 at Tokyo, Japan on Governmental expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II), DOT  for participating as a member of delegation of SAARC in Telemedicine Project at Kabul, Afghanistan from 28^th April to 1^st May, 2008 on Governmental  expenditure.    

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission with the following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications for participation  in the WiMAX Forum Member Conference held at Athens, Greece from 28^th April-2^nd May, 2008 on Government  expenditure.

Period of visit

   Shri Siddhartha Behura,                     Leader               28-30 April, 2008  Greece

  Chairman, Telecom Commission                                  1^st -2^nd May, 2008    Austria

  Shri Ajay Bhattacharya,                       Member           28 April-2 May,2008  Greece

 Administrator, USOF

  Shri R.N. Padukone,                            Member           28 April-2 May,2008  Greece 

  Sr.  DDG, TEC, DOT

  ShriVijay Madan,                                  Member           28 April-2 May,2008  Greece

  Executive Director, CDOT 

• Shri R.K. Pathak,Director (IP), DOT  as a member of of Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for attending bilateral meeting under the Services negotiations at the WTO during 5-9^th May, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental expenditure.

• Indian delegation led by Shri R.Ashok, Member (F) DOT along with following members to Cairo, Egypt from 12-15^th May, 2008  for participation in the ITU Telecom Africa 2008 on Government expenditure.

Shri R.Ashok, Member (F), & ex-officio Secretary, DOT       Leader        

Shri J.S.Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT                                 Member      

Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR), DOT                                                    Member

MsVinod Kotwal, Director , (B&P), DOT                                 Member

Shri H.S. Chawla, Protocol Assistant                                       Member

• Shri V.K.Sharma, Director (IR-I), DOT  was deputed as a member of Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, PAI, MEA for attending mid- term official level review meeting during 11-12^th May, 2008 at Tehran, Iran on Governmental expenditure.

• Shri R.K. Siddhartha, Director (I), TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director (M), TEC  DOT was   deputation for participating in the Next Generation Network  GSI event meeting from 12-22^nd May  2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Shri R.K. Goyal, Director (Sat),TEC,  DOT was deputed  for participating as a member of delegation of SAARC in Telemedicine Project at Kathmandu, Nepal from 12-14^th May, 2008 on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Indian delegation led by Shri A.Raja, Hon’ble Minister of Communication &IT, Government of India along with following officers were deputed to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 18-22^nd May, 2008  for participating  in the 16^th World Congress on Information  Technology (WCIT 2008).

ShriA.Raja, Hon’ble MOC & IT                                                     Leader             

Shri R.K.Chandolia, PS to Hon’ble MOC&IT                                Member           

Shri K.Sridhara, Member (T), & ex-officio Secretary, DOT          Member           

Shri Anuraag Kochar  Director (IR-II), DOT                                  Member        

Shri Debashis  Dutta,Scientist ‘G’ DIT                                           Member         

• Deputation of Shri V.K. Sharma, Director (IR-I),  DOT  has participated  as a member of delegation of SAARC in Telemedicine Project at Bangladesh from 26-28^th   May , 2008 on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri G.S. Grover, Member (S), T.C. & Ex-officio Secretary DOT and Shri M.K. Yadav, Director (P&M), DOT was participated  in the 2008 Global Event on Measuring the Information Society from 27-29^th May, 2008   to Geneva, Switzerland  on Government expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Rajeev Kumar, Director (SEA), and Shri D.C. Madan, Under Secretary (AC),  DOT  for participating as a member of delegation of TEMA for promotion of India Telecom 2008 at Japan and Korea from 28-31^st May  2008 on Governmental  expenditure.       

• Deputation of Shri R.K. Pathak, Director (IP), DOT  as a member Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce has attended tenth meeting of India- Korea Joint Task Force during 29^th May- 2^nd June, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on Governmental expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT as a member of Indian delegation led by Commerce and Industry Minister has   attended JCM, India- Sweden CEO,s Roundtable and Opportunities in India  Seminar held during 30^th May- 3^rd June, 2008 at Stackholm, Sweden on Governmental expenditure.

• Dr. Ashok Chandra, Joint Wireless Advisor, DOT and  Shri R.R. Prasad, Chief Engineer, Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati. delegation was deputed for participating  in Joint Task Group 5-6 meeting of ITU-R during May 28-June 03, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II),  DOT  for participating as a member        of delegation of SAARC in Telemedicine Project at Karachi, Pakistan from 9-11^th June, 2008 excluding journey time on Governmental  expenditure.    

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission with the following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications for participating in the NXTcomm 2008 event  held at Las Vegas, USA from 16-19^th June, 2008 on Government  expenditure

Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman, Telecom Commission              Leader                     

 Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Director (T), DOT                                  Member 

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Ajay Bhattacharya , Administrator USO Fund along with Ashok Kumar Joint Administrator  DoT  has participated in the WI-Max Forum Global Congress 2008 event at Amsterdam , Netherland from 16^th to 18^th June 2008 on Government expenditure.

• Deputation of following officers  for attending 6^th Meeting of Technical Experts of India and Russia for the operation of Direct Secure Telephone Communication Link during 18-20^th June, 2008 held at Moscow, Russia on Governmental expenditure

Shri S.K. Oberai, G.M (Central), MTNL                                      

Shri K. Ravi Shankar, Scientist “E”, CAIR, DRDO, Bangalore.           

Shri Harsh Vardhan Singh, Director (VT), DOT   

• Deputation of  Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR) DOT  as a member of composite team led by   Commerce Secretary, Department of Commerce to discuss with the Democratic Republic of Congo authorities, the project proposals made by them and also to discuss areas of India’s interest during 23-27^th June, 2008 held at Kinshasa, Congo on Governmental expenditure.

• Deputation of  Shri Kirthy Kumar, DDG (C&A) DOT  as a member of composite team led by  Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology participate in a meeting of India-US ICT Working Group during 30^th June to 3^rd July, 2008 held at Washington, USA on Governmental expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri V.V. Singh, Director (WMO) DOT  has attended  the Meeting of ITU-R Study Group-1and its working parties  from 18-27 June, 2008  held at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure. 

• Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission along with following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications for attending  the meeting on Bilateral Cooperation in the field of Telecommunication to held at London, UK from 7-11^th July, 2008 on Government  expenditure.

      Shri Siddhartha Behura,                                                                          Leader         

      Chairman, Telecom Commission                                                

      Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT                                            Member

      Dr. Ashok Chandra, Jt Wireless Advisor, WPC, DOT                        Member

§         Shri D.K. Agarwal, Sr. DDG (Vig), DOT  has participated in FTTH Council Asia Pacific 2008 conference at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  from 22-24^th July, 2008 excluding journey time on Governmental  expenditure.                

• Deputation of Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), Dot for participation in the Short term training programmes on Successful Evaluation & Management of Public Sector Projects from 11^th 22^nd August, 2008 at Australian national University, Canberra, Australia on  DOPT Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri R. K. Singh, Director (PG), DOT for participation in the training course on IP Network Basic Technologies from 18-29^th August, 2008 at Kitakyushu City,Japan on APT Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri Anil Kumar, Joint Wireless Advisor, Mumbai, DOT for participating in 5^th Meeting of APT Wireless Forum at Macao, China from 26-29^th August, 2008 on Government  expenditure.

• Deputation of Indian Delegation led by Shri K. Sridhara , Member (T) , DOT along with Shri R.N.Jha , DOT and Shri Brij Mohan Baveja , Senior Director , DIT for participation in the 9^th ASEAN Telecommunications & IT , Senir officers meeting(TELSOM) held in Bali , Indonesia from 25^th -29^th August 2008 on government expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri R. K. Siddhartha, Director (I), TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director (M), TEC DOT for participation in the Next Generation Network GSI event meeting from 1^st -11^th September 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri S.P. Singh, Director (CS-I) and Rajiv Prakash, Director (WF), DOT for participation in the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 from 2-5^th September, 2008 at Bangkok, Thailand on ITU Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T) DOT with the Shri R.P. Agrawal, Wireless Advisor , Department of Telecommunications had participated in the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 at Bangkok, Thailand from 2-5^th September, 2008 on Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri A. K. Singh, DDG (VTM), UP (West), DOT for participation in the training course on Computer Network & management from 15-28^th September, 2008 at China on APT Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri Ram Narain, DDG (Security), DOT and Shri S.N. Ramgopal, Director (VTM), Bangalore, DOT for participation in the Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 17 relating to Security aspects of Telecom Network from 15-19^th September, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II), DOT for participation in the ITU Regional development Forum 2008 and APT Preparatory meeting for WTSA-2008 from 15-19^th September, 2008 at Hanoi, Vietnam on APT Fellowship.

• Deputation of Shri R. Ashok, Member (F), DOT for participation in the meeting of 20^th Session of the Assembly of International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) at Malta from 28^th September to 3^rd October, 2008 on Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT for participation in the CLSA investors Forum 2008 from 22-26^th September at Hong Kong on Government Expenditure.

• Deputation of Shri K.K. Chanda, DDG (VTM), Orissa, DoT for participation in the training course on Mobile Communications Technologies from 29^th September to 8^th October, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on APT Fellowship

September, 2008 to February 2009.

1. Co-operations / Joint Commission Meetings :-

1.      An Inter-Ministerial meeting regarding Indo-Iran JCM was held on 09-09-2008 in MEA. Director (IR-I), DOT  attended the meeting from DOT side.

2.      An Inter-Ministerial meeting regarding hosting “The year of India in Russia in 2009” was held in Indian council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) on 12-09-2008. Director (IR-I) and ADG(IR-II) attended the meeting from  DOT side.

3.      An Inter-Ministerial Regarding Indo-France was held on 15-09-2008 & 16-09-2008. Director (IR-I) attended the meeting on 15-09-2008.

4.      5^th India-Ethipia JTC meeting was held on 26-09-2008 meeting was chaired by Ms. Bharti Sihag J.S. DOC- Two officers from TCIL and Director (IR-I) DOT attedded the meeting.

5.      Bilateral meeting between India and Brazil in the field of Telecom. A High level Brazilian delegation attended the bilateral meeting on 03-10-2008 at 15:30  Hrs in the committee room III floor Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Advisor (T), DOT.

6.      An Inter-Ministerial meeting was held on 19.11.2008 in Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Karan Singh, President, ICCR to review the progress on the events during “Year of Russia in India” being proposed by various agencies of Government of India and also to work out the frame work of the “Year of India in Russia” in 2009. From DOT the meeting was attended by Director (IR-I).

7.      An Inter-Ministerial Preparatory meeting was held on 21.11.2008 under the Chairmanship of Js, Department of Commerce for the preparation of the forthcoming 5^th India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee meeting schedule to be held on 16-17^th Dec., 2008 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of MOS for Commerce and Power. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) and ADG (IC-I) for DOT.

8.      10^th Meeting of India-Philippines Joint Working Group of Trade and Investment (JWGTI) was held in Department of Commerce on 21 and 22^nd November, 2008 under the Co-Chairmanship of Commerce Secretary. From DOT the meeting was attended by Director (IR-I).

9.      The coordination agreement of INSAT-EK 48 R satellite  network of India with PAKSAT-2(41E) was communicated to Administration of Pakistan through diplomatic channel.

10.  The coordination agreement of INSAT-EK 83 R satellite  network of India with STATSionAR-3 (85-E)  &  STATSIONAR-6 (90E) was communicated to Administration of Russia.

11.  5^th Joint Committee meeting India-Kenya was held on 16^th-17^th December 2008. JTC was held 10:00 Hrs on 16-12-2008 in Room No. 47 Udyog Bhawan. Shri P.K. Chaudhary Addl. Secretary D.O.C Co-Chaired   the Senior Officials meeting on 16-12-2008 from India side. JTC concluded on 17^th December, 2008 at Hotel Taj Place.

The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I), E.D. TCIL from DOT side.

2.   Foreign Deputation :

  1. Deputation of Shri R. K. Siddhartha, Director (I), TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director (M),     TEC DOT for participation in the Next Generation Network GSI event meeting from 1^st -11^th September 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

   2.                      Deputation of Shri S.P. Singh, Director (CS-I) and Rajiv Prakash, Director (WF), DOT for participation in the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 from 2-5^th September, 2008 at Bangkok, Thailand on ITU Fellowship.

  3. Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T) DOT with the Shri R.P. Agrawal, Wireless Advisor , Department of Telecommunications participated in the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 at Bangkok, Thailand from 2-5^th September, 2008 on Government Expenditure.

  4. Deputation of Shri A. K. Singh, DDG (VTM), UP (West), DOT for participation in the training course on Computer Network & management from 15-28^th September, 2008 at China on APT Fellowship.

  5. Deputation of Shri Ram Narain, DDG (Security), DOT and Shri S.N. Ramgopal, Director (VTM), Bangalore, DOT for participation in the Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 17 relating to Security aspects of Telecom Network from 15-19^th September, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

  6. Deputation of Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II), DOT for participation in the ITU Regional development Forum 2008 and APT Preparatory meeting for WTSA-2008 from 15-19^th September, 2008 at Hanoi, Vietnam on APT Fellowship.

  7. Deputation of Shri R. Ashok, Member (F), DOT for participation in the meeting of 20^th Session of the Assembly of International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) at Malta from 28^th September to 3^rd October, 2008 on Government Expenditure.

  8. Deputation of Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT for participation in the CLSA investors Forum 2008 from 22-26^th September at Hong Kong on Government Expenditure.

  9. Deputation of Shri K.K. Chanda, DDG (VTM), Orissa, DoT for participation in the training course on Mobile Communications Technologies from 29^th September to 8^th October, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on APT Fellowship.

10.  Deputation of Shri R.R. Tiwari, Director (Staff), DoT to participate in the training course on Information Security for the Broadband Communications from 01-10^th October, 2008  at Tokyo, Japan on APT  Fellowship.

11.  Deputation of Indian delegation as per the following participated in the 32^nd Assembly of ITSO meeting at Estoril, Portugal from  06-10^th October, 2008  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Nitin Jain, DDG (DS), DOT                                                          Member

§         Dr. S. Janakiraman, Second Secretary & HOC                                  Member

   Indian Embassy at Lisbon, Portugal

12.  Deputation of Dr Ashok Chandra, Joint Wireless Advisor, DOT to participate in the inaugural ceremony of CTiF held during 03-04^th October, 2008 at Tokyo, Japan  on Governmental expenditure.

13.       Shri D.K. Agrawal, Advisor (T), DoT has participated  in 2008 Taipei Summit and Broadband Taiwan exhibition held at Taipei, Taiwan during 07-11 October,2008 on Government expenditure.

14.  Shri N. Ashokraj , DDG (VTM), Coimbatore,  DoT has participated  in the training course on Telecommunications & Broadcasting Convergence from 15-20^th October, 2008  at Seoul, Korea on APT  Fellowship.

15.  Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Director (T) and Shri L.S. Negi, Deputy Secretary (Admn), DOT have participated  in India Telecom 2008 event at Dubai  from 19-23^rd October, 2008  on Government Expenditure.

16.  Shri C. Manoj, Director (Security II), DoT has participated  in the training course on VoIP Technology and Applications from 19^th  October to 1^st November, 2008  at Xian, China on APT  Fellowship.

17.  Deputation  of Indian delegation led by Shri K. Sridhara, Member (T) ,DOT 21-23^rd October, 2008  & Shri R.Ashok, Member (F), DOT 28-30^th October, 2008  along with Shri R.N. Padukone, Sr. DDG (TEC), DOT 21-30^th October, 2008   and Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR) DOT 19-30^th October, 2008 for participation in the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly at Joannesburg, South Africa from 21-30^th October, 2008 and Global Standardization Symposium on 20^th October, 2008  on Government Expenditure.

18.  Shri A.K.Das, DDG (Estt), DoT has participated  in the training course on Competition Policy for Expansion of Broadband Networks from 23-29^th  October, 2008  at Tokyo, Japan on APT  Fellowship.

19.  Deputation of Shri Rajiv Kumar, Director (VTM), Ambala, DoT to participate   in the training course on Wireless Communications Technologies from 21^st October to 5^th November, 2008  at Tokyo, Japan on APT  Fellowship.

20.  Deputation of Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T), DOT for participating in the 15^th India-Iran JCM meeting scheduled to be held at Tehran, Iran during 1-2 November, 2008 as a member of Indian delegation led by Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs excluding journey time on Government Expenditure.

(I)  Bilateral Co-operations / Joint Commission Meetings that were   represented by the officers of DOT :-

1.      An Inter-Ministerial meeting was held on 19.11.2008 in Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Karan Singh, President, ICCR to review the progress on the events during “Year of Russia in India” being proposed by various agencies of Government of India and also to work out the frame work of the “Year of India in Russia” in 2009. From DOT the meeting was attended by Director (IR-I).

2.      An Inter-Ministerial Preparatory meeting was held on 21.11.2008 under the Chairmanship of Js, Department of Commerce for the preparation of the forthcoming 5^th India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee meeting schedule to be held on 16-17^th Dec., 2008 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of MOS for Commerce and Power. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) and ADG (IC-I) for DOT.

3.      10^th Meeting of India-Philippines Joint Working Group of Trade and Investment (JWGTI) was held in Department of Commerce on 21 and 22^nd November, 2008 under the Co-Chairmanship of Commerce Secretary. From DOT the meeting was attended by Director (IR-I).

4.      The coordination agreement of INSAT-EK 48 R satellite  network of India with PAKSAT-2(41E) was communicated to Administration of Pakistan through diplomatic channel.

5.      The coordination agreement of INSAT-EK 83 R satellite  network of India with STATSionAR-3 (85-E)  &  STATSIONAR-6 (90E) was communicated to Administration of Russia.

6.      5^th Joint Committee meeting India-Kenya was held on 16^th-17^th December 2008. JTC was held 10:00 Hrs on 16-12-2008 in Room No. 47 Udyog Bhawan. Shri P.K. Chaudhary Addl. Secretary D.O.C Co-Chaired   the Senior Officials meeting on 16-12-2008 from India side. JTC concluded on 17^th December, 2008 at Hotel Taj Place. The meeting was attended by Director (IR-I), E.D. TCIL from DOT side.

7.      An Inter ministerial meeting  was held under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary Department of Commerce on 26^th February 2009 at 16:00 Hrs in conference Room No 141 Udyog  Bhawan regarding 9^th Meeting of the Indo-Croatia Joint committee to Identify and discuss the issue of mutual business interest. The meeting was attended by ADG(IC-I) from DOT side.

8.      Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) arranged a workshop on ASEAN e.network Project at Hotel Le-Meridian, New Delhi on 25-26^th March, 2009. The Workshop was attended by Director (IR-I) form DOT.

9.      An Inter Ministerial Meeting was held on 12^th March, 2009 on the Year of India in Russia. The Meeting was attended by Director (IR-I) from DOT side.

10.  Bilateral meeting between India and Japan in the field of Telecom. A High level Japanese delegation attended the meeting at Ball Room in Hotel Oberoi on21-22^nd May, 2009. From DoT side DDG(IR) and Director (IR-I) attended the meeting.

(II) Foreign Deputation :-

1. Deputation of Shri Subodh Saxena, Director (DS), DoT for participation in the training course on Regulatory Issues in Telecommunications from 03-12 November, 2008 at Seoul, Korea on APT Fellowship.

2. Deputation of Smt. M. Revathi A.W.A,DOT, New Delhi, for participating in the meeting of ITU-R  JTG 5-6 from 4-10^th November 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.   

3. Deputation of Shri A.K. Verma, Director (PHP), DOT for participating in the training course on Universal Access Telecommunications Management Programme from 17-28 November, 2008 at Montreal, Canada excluding journey time on part fellowship of ITU.

4. Shri Mohamad Ur rehman, Director (I), TEC,  DOT has been deputed for participation in APT and ICT Development Forum from 11-13 November, 2008  at Bangkok, Thailand on APT  Fellowship.

5. Shri R.J.S.Kushvaha, Jt. Wireless Advisor, WPC, DOT has been deputed for participation in the Special Committee on regulatory/procedural matters for WRC-11 from 25-28^th November, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland time on Government expenditure.

6. Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission to Macao from 18-20^th November, 2008 along with following  officials for participation  in the GSM Mobile Asia Congress event  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission       Leader      

§         Shri D.K.Agrawal, Advisor (T) DOT                                            Member        

§         Mrs Rajni Taneja, DDG (BB), USOF, DOT                                   Member

7. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Secretary (T), DOT for participating in the High Level Segment of the ITU Council 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland from 12-21^st November, 2008  along with following officials on Government Expenditure.                                                                                                                                                                                              Period of visit

§         Shri Siddhartha Behura, Secretary (T),DOT                        Leader    12-13 November, 2008 

§         Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T),DOT Member   19-21 November, 2008   

§         Shri R.P. Agarwal, Wireless Advisor, WPC, DOT     Member   17-21 November, 2008  

§         Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR), DOT                                      Member    12-21 November, 2008 

§         Shri G.K.Agarwal, Jt W.A., WPC, DOT                      Member    12-21 November, 2008 

§         Shri C.Manoj, Director (TERM), DOT                         Member    12-21 November, 2008

8.      Deputation of Shri Ashutosh, DDG(FLA), TEC, DOT to participation in the meeting of Study Group-15 of ITU-T from 01-12^th December, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

9.      Deputation of following Member of Indian delegation for participation in the 11^th Session of General Assembly and 32^nd Session of the management Committee of APT at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11-18^th December, 2008 on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri R. Ashok Member (F), DOT                     Leader            11-13 December, 2008

§         Mrs. S.A. Trimizi, Advisor (F), DOT               Member         15-18 December, 2008

§         Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II), DOT  Member         11-18 December, 2008

§         Shri A.K. Singh, DDG (T&C), TEC, DOT        Member         11-18 December, 2008

§         Shri T.K. Vardakrishnan, DWA, WPC, DOT Member         15-18 December, 2008

10.  Deputation of Shri Siddhartha Behura, Secretary (T), DOT alongwith two officers for Review of Pan Africa e-Network Project and performance of MTNL companies at Mauritius and Seychelles from 29^th December, 2008 to 2^nd January, 2009 on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Siddhartha Behura, Secretary (T), DOT  Leader   Mauritius 20-31Dec., 08

                                                                                                     Seychelles 1-3^rdJan., 09

§         Shri R.S.P. Sinha, CMD, MTNL            Member                     ---do---

§         Shri R.K. Upadhyay, CMD, TCIL        Member                     ---do---

11. Deputaion of Shri P.S.M. Tripathi, Engineer, WPC, DOT to participation in the World Radio communication Seminar of ITU from 08-12^th December, 2008 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

12. Shri Nitin Jain, DDG (DS) DOT was deputed for participation  in the  Advisory Committee Meeting of IMSO held  from 27-29^th January, 2009 at London, U.K. on Government expenditure

13. Shri R.K. Siddhartha, Director, TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director, TEC  DOT were deputed  for participation in the Study Group 13 of ITU meeting held  from 12-23^rd January, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure

14. Shri T.K.Vardhakrishnan , DWA, WPC, DOT    participated  in the  WiMAX Forum Member Conference from 5-8^th   February, 2009 at Orlando, USA. on Government expenditure.

15. Shri Sanjay Padmane, Director (TERM) Pune and Shri Manish Kumar Bansal, ADG (Security) DOT participated in the meeting of ITU-T Study Group 17 relating to Security aspects of Telecom Network from 11-20^th February, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

16. Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission with the following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications participated in the Mobile World Congress, Ministerial Programme at Barcelona, Spain from 16-18 February, 2009 on Government Expenditure:-.

§         Shri Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, USOF, DOT                                    

§         Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary (T), DOT                                            

§         Shri A.K. Srivastava, DDG (AS-I), DOT                                                

17. Shri R.K. Gupta, , Director (AS-I), DOT participated in Mobile Telecom Technology training during 09-19^th February, 2009 at Tokyo, Japan on JTEC  expenditure.

18. Shri Umang Shrivastava, Engineer, WPC, DOT participated  in training course on   Space Communications during 19-25^th February, 2009 at Tokyo, Japan on APT fellowship.

19. Shri G.S. Reddy, DDG (TERM), Bangalore, DOT participated  in the training course on Recent Trends and Technology of Broadband Services during 30^th March to 17^th April, 2009 at Tokyo, Japan on APT fellowship.

20. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Dr. Ashok Chandra, Wireless Advisor, along with J.S.Deepak Joint Secretary Department of Telecommunications for participation in the CTIA Wireless 2009 event held in Las Vegas, USA from 31^st March to 3^rd April, 2009 excluding journey time on Government expenditure.

21. Shri R.B. Prasad, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC and Shri Bhagirath , Engineer, WPC, DOT  participated in the APT Workshop on Spectrum Management & Monitoring and 6^th meeting of the APT Wireless Forum from 30^th March to 3^rd April, 2009 at Danang, Vietnam on Governmental  expenditure.                

22. Shri Anupam Varshney, DDG (Spectrum), TEC and Shri Asit Kadayan, Director (M-2), TEC  DOT  participated  in the ITU-T Study Group 2 meeting from 24^th March to 2^nd April, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure. 

23. Indian delegation led by Shri Ram Narain, DDG (Security), DoT along with the following officers had meetings with British Telecom, U.K. during 16-17^th March, 2009 regarding setting up of Telecom Testing and Security certification Centre in India.

§          Shri  Ram Narain, DDG (Security), DOT                    Leader

§          Shri R.K. Pathak, DDG (IP), DOT                                Member

§          Shri M.K. Gupta, Group Leader (CSG), CDOT         Member

24. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T) ,DOT with the following senior officers of DOT had meetings with Telecom regulators at U.K. and France during 16-19^th March, 2009  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri A.K. Srivastava, DDG (AS-I), DOT                      Member 

§         Shri Rohit Prasad, Professor, MDI, Gurgaon            Member

25. Shri R.M. Agarwal , DDG (SA), TEC DOT participated in the ITU-T Study Group 12 Meeting from 10-19^th March, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland excluding journey time on Government expenditure.

26. Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission with the following senior officer of Department of Telecommunications participated in the India Telecom Day and APCC meeting held in Hong Kong from 12-13^th March, 2009 on Government expenditure.  

§         Shri S.T. Abbas, Director (CS-III), DOT            Member        

27. Shri Brijesh Prajapati , Director TEC, Mumbai, DOT participated  in training course on Broadband Access Network Design and Construction during 02-13^th March, 2009 at  Kitakyushu City, Japan on APT fellowship.

28. Shri R.K. Siddhartha, Director, TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director, TEC  DOT  participated in the Next Generation Network Standardization meeting from 07-10^th   April, 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka  on Government  expenditure.                

29. Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission was deputed  to hold bilateral meeting in Nepa 14-16^th April, 2009 on Government Expenditure.

30. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri R.Ashok, Member (Fin) & Ex-officio Secretary, DOT along with following members to Lisbon, Portugal from 20-24^th April, 2009  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri D.K. Agrawal, Advisor (T), DOT           Member   

§         Shri R.N.Jha, DDG (IR), DOT                         Member    

31. Deputation of following Indian delegation for participation  in Number Portability , Middle East 2009 Conference at Dubai during 19-21^st April, 2009  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Manish Sinha, DDG (LF), DOT  

§         Shri A.K. Srivastava, DDG (AS-I), DOT                                     

§         Shri A.K. Singh, ADG (AS-I), DOT     

32. Deputation of Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR) DOT as member of Indian delegation led by  Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology along with  to Tunisia for participation during 16-17^th April, 2009  on  Governmental expenditure.

33. Shri U.K. Srivastava, DDG (Sat), TEC  DOT  participated in the ITU-R Study Group 4 meeting from 22-29^th April, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.                

34. Shri A.K. Kalia, DDG. (NOCC),  DOT  participated  in the ITU-R Study Group 4 meeting from 27^th April to 5^th May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.    

35. Shri V.K.Pant , AWA, WPC  DOT  participated in ITU-R Study Group 4 Meeting from 20^th April to 24^th April, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.

36. Shri  Maha Singh, AWA, WPC  DOT  participated in ITU-R Study Group 6 Meeting from 27^th April to 1^st May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.                

37. Ms. M. Revathi, AWA, WPC  DOT  participated in ITU-R Study Group 6 Meeting from 27^th April to 4^th May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.                

38. Shri  Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II),  DOT participated  in the ITU-R Study Group 6 Meeting from 30^th April to 6^th May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government  expenditure.                

39. Deputation of following senior officers of DOT for participation  in Telecommunications ICT Policy and Regulation Meeting at Nadi, Fiji during 29^th April to 1^st May, 2009  on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri G.P. Srivastava, DDG (CS), DOT                     

§         Shri Shah Nawaz Alam, Director (LF), DOT

40. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom    Commission with the following senior officer of Department of Telecommunications to participate  in the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Asia Pacific Region held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 05-8^th May, 2009 on Government expenditure.

§         Shri N.K. Srivastava, Sr. DDG (TEC), DOT             Member   

§         Shri R.N. Jha, DDG (IR), DOT                                  Member    

41. Shri R.K. Siddhartha, Director, TEC and Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, Director, TEC  DOT    participated in the Study Group 13 of ITU meeting from 11-22^nd May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.                

42. Mrs. Shaukat Ara Tirmizi, Advisor (Finance), DOT participated in the Seminar on Women Leadership organized by USTTI at Washington, USA during 11-15^th May, 2009  on Governmental  expenditure. 

43. Shri Viresh Goel, AWA, WPC,  DOT  participated in the ITU-R Joint Task Group 5-6 Meeting from 11-15^th May, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland  on Governmental  expenditure.

44. Shri R.K. Saxena, DWA, WPC  DOT  participated in the WiMAX Forum Member Conference from 11-15^th May, 2009 at Dublin, Ireland on Governmental  expenditure.

45. Deputation of Indian delegation with the following senior officers of DOT to participate in the meeting of ITU-R Study Group 5 and its working parties at Geneva, Switzerland during 18-29^th May, 2009  on Government Expenditure.

                                                                                                                              Duration

§         Dr. Ashok Chandra, Wireless Advisor, WPC, DOT                   18-26^th May, 2009                                          

§         Shri N.K. Srivastava, Sr. DDG , TEC, DOT                                  18-29^th May, 2009  

46. Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Subodh Kumar, Additional Secretary (T), DOT to participate in the meeting of WSIS Forum 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland from 18-22^nd May, 2009 on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Anuraag Kochar, Director (IR-II), DOT                              Member        

§         Shri K.N. Rai, Director (Security-II), DOT                                  Member

47. Shri K.K. Jain, ADG (Spectrum), TEC, DOT participated  in training course on Spectrum Management during 19-25^th May, 2009 at Seoul, Korea on APT fellowship.

48. Dr. S.M. Sharma, DWA, WPC  DOT  participated in the meeting of working party  of ITU-R Study Group during 10-17^th June, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Governmental  expenditure.    

49. Shri Kirti Kumar, DDG (C&A), DOT participated in International Promotion of the India Telecom 2009 Exhibition and Conference at  Dubai from 25-27^th May, 2009 on FICCI expenditure.

I.       Bilateral Co-operations / Joint Commission Meetings that were   represented   by the officers of DOT :- Month of  June, 2009  to September, 2009.

1.      The 12^th India- Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting was held on 11^th September 2009 in Room No 108 Udyog  Bhawan. The meeting was attended by ADC (IC-I) from DOT side.

II.    Foreign Deputation: - Month of  June, 2009  to September, 2009.

1.      Dr. S.M. Sharma, DWA, WPC DOT deputed for participation in the meeting of working party 5D of ITU-R Study Group during 10-17 June, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government expenditure.

2.      Shri J.S. Deepak, Joing Secretary(T), DOT visited Japan and Korea during 02-05^th June, 2009 for International Promotion of the India Telecom 2009 Exhibition and Conference on FICCI expenditure.

3.      Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom Commission along with the following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications to Singapore for participation in communic Asia for International Promotion of the India Telecom 2009 Exhibition and Conference during 16-19^th  June, 2009 on Government expenditure.

§         Shri Manish Sinha, DDG (LF), DOT             Member

§         Shri H.S. Chawla, Assistant, DOT                Member

4.      Deputation of Shri M.C. Pandey, AWA, WPC  DOT for participation in the meeting of ITU-R Study Group 3 during 9-10^th June, 2009 at Geneva, Switzerland on Government expenditure.

5.      Deputation of Shri R.M. Agrawal, DDG(SA), TEC DOT for participation in the IRU-R Study Group 12 meeting from 15-18^th June, 2009 at Stockholm, Sweden on Government expenditure.

6.      Deputation of Shri R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, DOT for participation in the second APT conference preparatory group meeting for World Radio Conference 2011 scheduled to be held at Hangzhou, China during 22-26^th June, 2009 on Government expenditure.

7.      Deputation of Shri R.K. Pathak, DDG(IP), DOT as a member of India delegation for participation in the Sector Specific meetings under the Services negotiations of the WTO at Geneva, Switzerland during 23 June, 2009 on Government expenditure.

8.      Shri Brijesh Mishra, Director (PSU-I), DOT  visited South Africa during 29^th June to 1^st July, 2009 for International Promotion of the Indian Telecom 2009 Exhibition and Conference on FICCI expenditure.

9.      Deputation of Indian delegation led by Shri Siddhartha Behura, Chairman Telecom    Commission with the following senior officer of Department of Telecommunications for participation in the 33^rd meeting of Assembly of Parties of International Telecommunications Satellite Organization at Rome, Italy from 08-09^th July, 2009 on Government expenditure.

§         Shri G.P. Srivastava, DDG(CS), DOT

10.  Deputation of Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Director (T), DOT as a member of Indian delegation  for participation in the Fifth meeting of the SASEC ICT WG/SASEC Information Highway Project steering Committee Meeting at Bankok, Thailand from 02-03^rd July, 2009.

11.  Deputation of Shri L.D. Meghwal, Engineer, WPC, DOT for participation in training course on Radio Spectrum Management at Bangkok, Thailand from 13-24^th July, 2009 on APT fellowship.

12.  Deputation of Shri N.K. Joshi, DDG(SU), DOT for participation in the Seminar on Competition Policy for Telecommunications and Regulatory & Privatization issues in Telecommunication being organized by ITU/USTTI at Washington, USA from 17-24^th July, 2009.

13.  Deputation of Shri V.K. Shukla, Member (S) and Ex-officio Secretary, DOT with the following senior officers of Department of Telecommunications for participation in the ITU-D Study Group 1&2 Meeting to be held  at Geneva, Switzerland on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri V.K. Shukla, Member (S) DOT        Leader      31-08-2009 to 07-09-2009

§         Shri R.N. Jha, DDG(IR), DOT                  Member   31-08-2009 to 11-09-2009

§         Shri M.K. Yadav, Director (ERU-M),     Member   07-08-2009 to 11-09-2009

14.  Deputation of Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, Assistant Director (SA), TEC for participation in the training course on Digital Environment and IPTV from 01^st to 07^th September, 2009 at Seoul, Republic of Korea on APT Fellowship.

15.  Deputation of the following Indian delegation to Hong Kong   from 8-9^th   September, 2009 excluding journey time.for participation in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Asia 2009 on Government expenditure : 

§         Shri N.K. Srivastava, Sr. DDG TEC,  DOT                    

§         Shri Dr. Ashok Chandra, Wireless Advisor, DOT

§         Shri J.S. Deepak, Jt. Secretary (T), DOT

16.  Deputation of Shri Manish Jain, Assistant Director General (IT-I), DOT for participation in the training course on Computer Network & Management from 14-22^nd September, 2009 at Nanjing, China on APT Fellowship.

17.  Deputation of the following  Indian delegation for participation in Number Portability 2009 Conference at Barcelona, Spain during 21-23^rd September, 2009 excluding journey time on Government Expenditure.

§         Shri Shah Nawaz Alam, Director (LF), DOT

§         Shri R.K. Gupta, Director (AS-I), DOT

18.  Deputation of Shri V V Singh Director WMO Geneva from 21-25 September,2009 for Participation in ITU-R working Party 1AStudy Group on Governemnt Expenditure.

19.  Deputation of Mr. Amit Gulati Engineer WPC to Geneva for participation in ITU-R working party meeting from 14-18 September,2009 on Government Expenditure.

20.  Deputation of Mr. P Karmagam EIC WMO DOT to Geneva for participation in ITU-R working party I C meeting from 16-21 September, 2009 on Government Expenditure.

III. Other Events:-

§         Hosted ITU Cyber Security Forum at Hyderabad from23-25 September, 2009.

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