A.K. BHARGAVA

Having worked in the telecom sector for more than 40 years, covering the journey of telecom feels like writing an autobiography for Mr. A. K. Bhargava, an engineering graduate from BITS Pilani. He retired as Member TDSAT, where he was part of many important judgments in telecom, broadcasting, cyber, and aviation sectors. He has worked in DoT as Member Telecom Commission and Advisor (Technology), where he was closely associated with policy, regulatory issues, and spectrum management. He was a founding Director in BBNL, which is tasked with providing optical fiber connectivity to all gram panchayats in the country. He has had a long stint in MTNL as well, where he led many IT, broadband, and GSM initiatives, including India’s first 3G roll-out. He has also worked in
Zimbabwe for five years.