Broadband India Forum welcomes Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, IAS (Retd.) as its chairperson

20 February 2023 (New Delhi), The Broadband India Forum (BIF) in the present day welcomed Smt. Aruna Sundararajan IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary (Telecom), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & Chairperson, Digital Communications Commission (DCC) and one of the revered individuals of the sector, as the Chairperson of the group with instant impact. BIF shared that Smt. Sundararajan accepted to chair the discussion board and to information the group in its mission of enhancing reasonably priced broadband proliferation and utilization entry in India.

Smt. Sundararajan has served as the Secretary to the Government of India within the Ministries of Steel, Information Technology and Telecom; and retired as Chairperson of the Digital Communications Commission in July 2019. During her tenure, Smt. Sundararajan performed a pioneering position in steering varied necessary tech insurance policies and initiatives throughout the domains of telecom and {hardware} manufacturing, e-governance, digital funds, knowledge safety, cyber safety, and tech start-ups.

Post her retirement, Smt. Sundararajan served on the Boards of main firms together with Delhivery, Infoedge and Bharat FIH, India’s National Bank of Infra Financing and Development (NabFID), Cochin International Airport, and a neo-banking start-up Digi Vriddhi. She can be an energetic member of varied tech mentoring and angel financing initiatives.

Announcing the Chairmanship of Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, President of Broadband India Forum, said, “We are most lucky and honoured to have the management of Madam Smt. Aruna Sundararajan in our avowed mission of ‘Broadband for All’ in a technology-neutral and all-inclusive method. We are assured that she would information us to larger heights of excellence in serving the financial system, the nation, and the buyer”.

Smt. Sundararajan has had a number of firsts to her credit score throughout her illustrious profession. As the Chairperson of DCC, she was one of many main forces behind the creation of the highly-acclaimed world-class telecom coverage – NDCP 2018 and has been keenly concerned in giving preliminary help and encouragement to the distinctive WANI structure. She was the Chairperson of the 5G High-Level Forum and performed a key position in formulating the best way ahead for India to go to 5G.

Commenting on her becoming a member of BIF and sharing her imaginative and prescient for digital India, Smt. Aruna Sundararajan stated,”I’m completely delighted to just accept the invitation to be Chairperson of Broadband India Forum and contribute my greatest efforts to steer the suppose tank in its pursuit of ‘Broadband for All’ and the digital transformation of India.”