Decades of experience across Government, the Regulator and industry — working side-by-side with our clients.
An International expert in NGN technologies, Regulation, Interconnection and Broadband with 45 years+ experience in all aspects of ICT, including 25 years with Govt. and Regulator, Dr. Gupta is publicly recognized as an Analyst, Author, Advocate and Advisor on ICT related Policies, Projects and Business. After post-graduation from IISc. Bangalore joined ministry of Communication in 1981 and Ministry of railways in 1983 and rose to the level of Additional Secretary in TRAI and recipient of coveted Minister of Railways award for outstanding performance for Delhi Digitalisation project,1995.
A triple master in Electronics Design Technology, IT Management and Telecom Policy and Regulation, globally known as “NGNguru” he is trainer and coach for telecommunication technologies, policy and regulation and a Regulatory advocate. Author of "Everything over IP-All you want to know about NGN". He also authored a concept called “Job Factory- Converting Unemployment into Intrapreneurship”. His recent research-based work, “Long Tail - Walking the Extra Mile on Rural Broadband Business”, brings out the innovative business models for rural broadband connectivity. He has also established and mentoring a consulting startup named SAAM CorpAdvisors managing “Govt. Affairs as a Service”. He was also awarded Global Visionary Award by Vision World Academy in 2019 for his Mission for Rural Women Empowerment through DigiGaon Foundation, a Social Enterprise. Based on his impact making business model “Hotspots- as- Managed Service”, awarded PhD (HC) by Commonwealth Vocational University, Kingdom of Tonga and bestowed with Doctorate of Excellence in Blockchain and Management by European Digital University, USA. As Adjunct Professor of Practice at South Asian University, chairs the Quantum Computing Research and Capacity Building Centre.
As founding Chair of Blockchain for Productivity Forum he is engaged with various Govt. depts. and Regulatory bodies with a mission to create a Universal and Ubiquitous Blockchain Infrastructure in country as Phygital Public Good. Recipient of Lifetime achievement award and recognized among the top 50 Influencers of Blockchain and a Mentor at Apiary, Blockchain Centre of Entrepreneurship, STPI.
He is Secretary General of ITU-APT Foundation of India, Vice-President of DCIF and Chairs BIF committee on Rural Digital Infrastructure. He has been inducted in the Govt High Level Coordination Committee to accelerate the IPv6 migration in the country. As a part of his pastime, Speaking-Tourism, he conducts training programs in the areas of NGN Technologies, Quantum, Broadband Policy and Regulation, Interconnection Costing, Spectrum Management, IPV6, Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Blue-Ocean Strategy and BMI. He is first Indian recipient of IPv6 Hall of Fame Award-2019 and Lifetime Achievement Award-2022 by Global IPv6 Forum and appointed Chairman of Bharat IPv6 Forum. He is also the member of ETSI SIG on IPv6 and Chairman of Digital Transformation Committee at European Business Group.
Dr. Ravindra Kr. Mishra, ITS, graduated in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1981 and joined the ITS cadre in the Department of Telecommunications in 1983, working across different field organisations of DoT. From October 2000 he worked with BSNL on telecom administration, operations, installation and maintenance, and modern telecommunications projects at national and international level.
From 2010 to 2012 he served as Principal Advisor with TRAI at the level of Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India, heading Administration, International Relations and Regulatory Enforcement. He has served on the boards of IIT CoE and IIM Ahmedabad programmes and of two PSUs — Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) and Millennium Telecom Ltd (MTL) — and was deputed as an expert to China, Germany, France and other countries.
In DoT from 2012 onwards he worked as Deputy Director General in the Security, SU and Establishment divisions, and later with TCIL as Senior Consultant (Telecom). Presently he is CEO of SAAM CorpAdvisors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi — leading the firm’s consultancy in regulatory, licensing and advisory engagements in the Telecom & IT sector.
A professional with 30 years of experience in liaisoning and Government relations, Bhupendra Chaubey has been a Director at the Prabhat Group, Sadhna News, Taneja Developers Infrastructure Limited and AMR Infrastructure Limited, and is a promoter for start-ups and established organisations.
He brings rich networking across the top league of political, bureaucratic, Government and media circles — spanning all ideologies — making him well versed in business liaison for any company in the country, providing full logistic support for growth. Adaptable to new business domains in a challenging market envelope, he can help new ventures from conception to execution, and is known for troubleshooting long-standing hindrances in business. Trust and honesty are his most precious assets.
Harjit Kumar Khurana — B.E. (Honours) in Electronics & Electrical Communication from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (1980) and a PGDM — is a Fellow of IETE, New Delhi with over 36 years of industry experience, primarily in consumer electronics and durables, mobile devices and solar LED lighting. Customer services, training and manufacturing have been his forte.
Known for a customer-focused approach, he has repeatedly been recognised for creating lean teams and collaborating with external groups including ODMs and principals such as Panasonic, Sony, Ericsson, LG, Philips and Boxin Solar, as well as franchisees and distribution channel partners across India.
Since 2016–17 he has worked as an independent consultant on project-based assignments — helping global clients improve performance through industry benchmarks, leading practices, new market assessment, buying-behaviour analysis and technology scanning, reinforcing secondary research with primary interactions with domain experts.
Ramesh C. Hooda graduated in Electronics & Communication Engineering in 1979 from R.E.C. Kurukshetra (now NIT Kurukshetra), joined the ITS cadre in the Department of Telecommunication in 1982 and completed an MBA during service. A telecom professional with more than 36 years of experience, he headed various Telecom Districts as TDE and GMT in Rajasthan and Haryana, and served as General Manager (Tech & Projects) of the Data Network Circle — dealing with NIB, BBNOC and international internet bandwidth procurement.
He was involved in telecom operations, maintenance and installations across technologies, and associated with the CDR, ERP and NOFN (Bharat-Net) projects during his tenure in BSNL. His training spans project management, data communications and internet technologies — including APT-sponsored training at NTT Tokyo (1994) and deployment training at SGI Singapore and Cisco Systems & Sun-Netscape Alliance, San Jose (2000).
He was actively involved in implementing Bharat-Net (Phases 1 & 2) for broadband connectivity to Gram Panchayats in Haryana and Punjab, and was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the Hon’ble MoS (Communications) for significant contribution to achieving the Bharat-Net Phase-1 target of 1 lakh Gram Panchayats. He is associated with PTC India Foundation, is a Life Member of the APT-ITU Foundation of India, and presently provides consultancy for the implementation of a national cyber-crime project.
Decades in Government, the Regulator and industry — now in your corner.
