Board of Directors

Corporate structure of BSNL Board consists of CMD & Five full time Directors Human Resource Development (HRD), Planning & New Services , Operations, Finance and Commercial & Marketing, who manages the entire gamut of BSNL operations. There are five other Directors in the full Board of BSNL.

CMD - Shri Kuldeep Goyal

Shri Kuldeep Goyal has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director of BSNL on August 1, 2007. Shri Kuldeep Goyal joined the Indian Telecommunication Service of Govt. of India in 1972. He is an Engineering Graduate from IIT Roorkee.

Just prior to taking over as CMD, BSNL, Shri Goyal has worked as Director (Planning & New Services) and was responsible for planning and execution of strategy for expansion of BSNL's network.

With more than 35 years of service, Shri Goyal has vast experience in telecom sector viz. planning, installation, operation and maintenance of wirelines and wireless services, data services, computerization of various activities in telecom network and provision of value added services.

While working as chief General Manager, Maharashtra Telecom circle, he was in charge for operations, planning and expansion of telecom network of the largest circle of BSNL and contributed to rapid growth of telecom networks in Maharashtra and Goa. During his short tenure of ten months as Executive Director, MTNL Mumbai, he was able to double the connections in GSM network of MTNL Mumbai and MTNL's market share was enhanced from 8.93% to 15.5%. During his tenure, broadband service was also started in January 2005 and 40000 subscribers were enrolled during a short period of nine months.

Shri Goyal has worked in Yemen on a foreign project through Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. He was also a Member of National Working Group of ITU-T Study Group 2 on operational aspect of service, provision and performance of telecom networks and participated in meeting of ITU-T Study Group 2 at Geneva.

Shri Goyal has delivered a number of talks on various topics relating to telecom in various forums like GSM Association, Institute of Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Telecommuincations Engineers, CII, Door Darshan and A.I.R. Some of his articles - "Telecommunication Industry at a Glance", "Universal access - An international perspective" and "Trade in Telecommunications" have been published in Telecommunications Journal.

Director (Operations)- Shri Rajesh Wadhwa

Director (Finance)- Shri S.D.Saxena

Shri S.D.Saxena was appointed Director(Finance), BSNL on officiating basis in April 2002 and has been working as Director(Finance) on regular basis since 29.10.2003. Shri Saxena holds an excellent academic record. He is M.Sc. (Physics) and MBA (Financial Management). Winner of many awards and medals, he was awarded Chancellor's Gold Medal for being the most outstanding student in the Agra University in the year 1967. Prior to joining the Government of India through the IAS, etc. examination of 1972 he was a lecturer in Physics at the University of Rajasthan at Jaipur and taught for six years. During this period he was associated with various organizations including Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR) and Atomic Energy. Among the notable assignments of Shri S.D. Saxena, special mention can be made of C-DOT where he was involved in setting up of C-DOT with Shri Sam Pitroda and Padmshri G.B. Meemamsi. He was also Director (F) in the E-10 B Project for induction of Electronic Switching System in Indian Telecom Network. 

He was IFA of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. For 7 years and was actively involved in the GDR Issue, rated as one of the best GDRs brought out by an Indian Corporate including private companies. He was a member of Rakesh Mohan Infrastructure Committee which made significant recommendations for the  growth and development of Indian infrastructure sector.  Shri Saxena has been an acting Member of the Study Group III under the aegis of International Telecommunication Union. He was the Chairman of the Special Rapporteur Group of Study Group III for telecommunication statistics which made significant contributions for the presentation of telecom statistics on a Global scale.

Shri Saxena was elected Chairman of the Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania(TAS) Group in the World Telecom Standardization Assembly of ITU held in Florianopolis, Brazil.

He has specialised in Techno-economies and Financial Management of Telecom Companies with emphasis on Tariff and Tariff based marketing.

Director (Planning & New Services)-Shri R.K.Aggarwal

Shri Rakesh Kumar Agarwal has done his B.E. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1973 and then M.Tech in Communications from IIT Delhi in 1975. Thereafter he joined Department of Telecommunications and worked in various fields of telecommunications. He did installation of C-400 Cross Bar Exchanges till 1983. He was sent to France for training for the installation of Digital Electronic Exchange of E-10B make in 1983 and thereafter worked as Deputy General Manager (Installation) for E-10B Exchanges in MTNL, Mumbai from 1983 till 1991.

He was DoT representative for the System Selection Committee set up to finalise gateway switches for VSNL. During 1990 he represented India for APT Conference in Indonesia. He was also deputed as Project Director, TCIL to Sultanate-of-Oman from 1991 to 1996 where he handled all the projects related to setting up the external plant network for copper cable and Optical Fibre Network in Sultanate-of-Oman. From 1996-98 he worked as Chief General Manager, Andaman & Nicobar Telecom Circle and thereafter handled the charge of Jaipur Telecom District, Rajasthan from 1998-99. He was posted as General Manager (Development) in Pune in 1999 and was incharge of complete planning and installation of all switching and transmission network in Pune District. He was also in-charge of computerization as well as introduction of new services in the network in Pune.

He was closely involved with planning, evaluation of tender as well as implementation and maintenance of GSM Mobile Services in Maharashtra since 2002. As Chairman of the Validation Committee he successfully carried out the validation of mobile switch for West Zone installed at Pune. He was in-charge of all the Central Platforms for GSM Mobile Services for West Zone installed at Pune namely pre-paid platform, billing system and value added services for mobile. Later on he finalized expansion of mobile network in West Zone for 4 million lines and was involved in the commissioning and maintenance of GSM Mobile Network. He was also closely involved with the setting up of Call Centre at Pune for handling Customer Care and Marketing of Mobile Services till May, 2006.In June, 2006, he was posted as Chief General Manager, BSNL Bihar Telecom Circle. He has taken over the charge of Director (Planning & New Services) in BSNL Board w.e.f. 11^th April, 2008.

Director(Commercial & Marketing)- Shri Rajendra Singh

Shri Rajendra Singh took over as Director (Commercial & Marketing) BSNL Board on 7^th November 2007. He belongs to 1972 batch of Indian Telecom Service. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in 1972 and joined Department of Telecommunications in March 1974. During his more than three decades of service, before joining the BSNL Board, he successfully held various important and prestigious positions in the Department of Telecom, MTNL and BSNL including his tenure as the Chief General Manager Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Circles. These circles recorded significant growth, both in quality and quantity, during his period. While working at different positions, he acquired vast experience and significant knowledge in almost all the streams of telecommunications.  

During his tenure with TCIL, he worked on various key projects in Saudi Arabia and Malawi (Africa). He has a unique record of completing all the TCIL projects before time which resulted in higher profit margins for TCIL. 

During his excellent career, Shri Singh has undergone several trainings in Japan, India and UK. He represented India in a Study Group meeting at ITU HQ in Switzerland in year 2002. 

As Director (Commercial & Marketing) BSNL Board, he is responsible for formulating and implementing policies pertaining to Commercial, Marketing, Business Development, Enterprise Business, Regulation and International Long Distance. He is also responsible for procurement, installation & commissioning of GSM Cellular Mobile equipment. He is spearheading the development and massive expansion of GSM services fo BSNL to garner a larger market share in the mobile segment.

Director (HRD)- Shri Gopal Das

Shri P.K.Mittal, Govt. Director

Shri. P.K.Mittal has done his B.Sc (Electronics), Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi. He joined the Department of Telecom in 1981. He has more than 27 years of experience with department of Telecom. He is presently responsible for implementation and monitoring or access service licences in the country.  

He has extensive experience of policy formulation and implementation for liberalisation of telecommunications service sector, licensing and regulation of various services. He has been associated with formulation of policy and licensing framework for National Long Distance services, International Long Distance Services, Data Services, Basic Services and Unified Access Services. He has vast experience in planning, installation, commissioning and management of telecommunications systems and networks. He also has experience in standardisation of telecom equipment and international relations. 

He has been a member of the governing council of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and ERNET and has been a Government Director on the Board of Directors of HTL. 

Prior to joining the Department of Telecom, he has worked in private sector for three years.

 Shri Mahesh Shah, Director

Shri Mahesh Shah is a B.Com., LLB., FCA, FCS, FICWA, MBA[USA], MBIM[UK]. He entered upon the office of Director of the Company wef 20.2.2008.  He is a Corporate Advisor on Company Law, Finance, Tax, Audit, Corporate Governance, Costing, Capital Market, Restructuring etc. He was very closely associated with all the professional bodies such as ICSI and ICWAI in various capacities such as Central Council Member, President, Vice-President; and is a former Member of Accounting Standard Board of the ICAI.  He is a Member of the Technical Group for Depository System, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Also associated with various trade bodies such as FICCI, ASSOCHAM, ICC etc., as Member of various committees. Has also authored a book titled Guide to Non Banking Financial companies, Procedure and Regulations. He has participated in large number of national and international seminars and presented papers. Is actively associated with many social bodies such as Bharat Relief Society, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, IRC, Chinmaya Mission etc.

Dr. S.K.Kak, Director

Dr.Kak, is an M.Tech in Electronics Engineering [Microwave Engineering] and Ph.D in Electronics Engineering [Digital Communications] is a Professor in Electronics and Engineering Department of BHU. He entered upon the office of Director of the Company wef 20.2.2008. His areas of interest include Communication systems /Design, digital and Data communication, Computer Networking, Optical communication and Signal Processing.  Has more than 34 years of  Research Experience in the fields of Communication Engineering, Communications systems, Optical and Fire Optic communication, Data Networks, Signal processing and AI Engineering and Expert Systems.  He was instrumental in designing and installation of Campus wide Telephone  Network and Computer network in BHU.  Also possess very rich experience in Administration.  Has delivered more than 22 research papers in international seminars; and participated in over 30 workshops, seminars etc. Held important assignments such as Chairman, PDR  of  VSAT Monitoring system for DRDO 2004, Chairman, PDR, FLIR for ALH Version of NAG 1996 etc., to name a few. Also held important positions in various scientific and educational institutions of national importance.

Sanjiv Gupta, Director

Shri Sanjiv Gupta, 46, an alumnus of IIT Delhi, has had a long and distinguished career in marketing and operations in diverse categories.

A Chemical Engineer, Shri Sanjiv started professional career with Hindustan Lever Limited in 1984 and very quickly moved across the organisation in Sales and Marketing. In the last two years of his stint, he was the National Media Manager for the whole Unilever Group in India to consolidate buying and negotiation across all group companies and profit centres to tackle the imminent privatization and mushrooming of media. He joined the Coca-cola company in India in 1997 as Vice-President Marketing and was instrumental in providing a bold new direction to its marketing campaigns; connecting with consumers with relevant brand messages like never before"!

Following a successful inning in marketing, Shri Sanjiv took over as Head of Operations for the company-owned bottling operations of Coca-Cola in India. He was elevated as the Deputy President of Coca-Cola India Division in April 2002, with above 60 plants under his supervision. During this period, he brought about significant operational improvements at the marketplace, resulting in the company reaching the break-even profit stage in 2001-2 and the India Division receiving the prestigious Woodruff Cup in 2002. He steered the company's owned bottling as well as franchise operations and led the Indian operations to the country's premier total beverage company. Under Shri Gupta, the Coca-Cola company was poised to change the beverage landscape once again with an exciting range of new product offerings in Juice, Carbonated Soft Drinks and numerous Packaging innovations. The company in India has consolidated its leadership position of a 60.2% Market Share and is a strategic market for the overall Coca-Cola Company.

Shri Sanjiv is now associated with a Infrastructure Fund focussed on the growing infrastructure sector in India.  He has delivered lectures in national and international forums and is actively associated with various commerce and trade bodies such as FICCI, CII etc., in various capacities

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