R K Upadhyay is the new BSNL chief

New Delhi, Apr 3O (PTI) The Indian government on Saturday
finally appointed Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay as the Chairman and
Managing Director of telecom giant BSNL.
"He (Upadhyay) will join office (of BSNL chief) today,"
DoT Secretary R Chandrashekhar told PTI.
However, no decision regarding the appointment of chief
of MTNL, another public sector telecom major, has been taken,
he added.
A search-cum-selection panel had earlier selected
Upadhyay, CMD of Telecom Consultants India Ltd, for the BSNL
chief's post.
The panel was headed by Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime
Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations,
and included Cabinet Secretary K M Chandresekhar, Principal
Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair and Unique
identification authority UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani as
members for selecting the top officials of the two telecom
PSUs.
Upadhyay is a 1975 batch officer of Indian Telecom
Services. He holds a B.Tech (Electronics) Degree from I T
Banaras Hindu University and MBA (Marketing Management) Degree
from the Indira Gandhi Open University.