SIA-INDIA - Key Persons
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- Director General
- Member of the Executive Board
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- Manager - Govt. Relations, Membership and Programmes
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- Member of the Executive Board
- Member of the Senior Regional Advisor, INMARSAT & Global Satellite Coalition ( GSC ) Coordinator
Commodore Jena had over four decades of rich experience (both in Indian Navy and Telecom corporate sector) in the field of R&D, Indigenous Development of Electronics/Communication/Weapon Systems, Entrepreneurship & Skill Development and Project Management. He has substantial contribution in development of Indian telecom ecosystem and has to his credit formation of 16 Start-ups in PPP model.
He had been the main architect for creation of 08 Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for Industry led Innovation in IITs, IISc and IIM; and had managed these centres as its Director for over eight years. He was also the founding CEO of Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) that works towards adequate availability of skilled manpower to boost growth of telecom sector. He was instrumental in formation of Telecom Standards Development Society India (TSDSI) to project Indian requirements and IPR in global bodies.
Dr Jena holds a bachelor's degree in electrical Engineering, three Master degrees -- one each in Telecommunications, International Business and Defence Strategy -- and a PhD from IIT Delhi on Smartphone Manufacturing Ecosystem.
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- CEO, Geeks Without Frontiers
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- Commodore
- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Chief Operations Officer
- Chief Operations Officer, Satsearch
Narayan Prasad is Chief Operations Officer at satsearch, the world's largest marketplace for space industry that streamlines procurement for team building space missions and suppliers. He also serves as a Partner to SpacePark Kerala, a Government of Kerala initiative to develop a dedicated space economy hub in India. Narayan holds a PhD in Supply Chain Management from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He previously served as an Associate Research Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute where he contributed to enhancing cooperation between Europe and India in space. He has authored over 100 articles in various national and international publications and was educated in India, Germany, Sweden and France. He is also an elected member of the International Institute of Space Law, awardee of Emerging Space Leaders by the International Astronautical Federation and host of the NewSpace India podcast.
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- Member of the Executive Board
- Technologist
- President, SIA - India & Chairman & MD Ananth Technologies Ltd
Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri is a technologist and an entrepreneur with extensive experience in Indian Space Program (ISRO) for over four decades. He was one of those early pioneers of private industry in high technology areas. He founded "Ananth Technologies Limited (ATL)" in 1993 for Design, Development and Fabrication of highly reliable systems and sub-systems for Indian Space Programme (ISRO) and Indian Defence. ATL has now grown to an entity of 1500 of highly qualified and skilled technical personnel and is the recipient of several technology excellence awards.
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- Member of the President, Aniara Communications
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- Chairman, Indonesia - ITU Concern Forum ( IICF )
He is a telecommunication engineer by profession for about 29 years now and he is currently chairing the Indonesia-ITU Concern Forum (IICF) a non-government organization that focuses on ITU matters which he co-founded in 2013. He is practicing telecommunication consultancy service on satellite communication system, subsea telecommunication system, and radiofrequency spectrum regulatory matters for the private sectors both in Indonesia and overseas. He has extensive experience on PPP projects with the Indonesian Communication and Informatics Ministry for the USO projects in particular.
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- Director Business Development, Pacific Satellite International Limited
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- Satellite Consultant, Asia Video Industry Association
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- Senior Advisor, Radio Regulatory Affairs
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- Member of the MD and CEO, JV International
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- Associate Professor
- FLAME University and Consultant RIS, New Delhi
- Scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Chaitanya Giri is an Associate Professor, FLAME University and Consultant RIS, New Delhi. Dr. Giri has worked as a planetary scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institution for Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, and the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Dr. Giri was a co-investigator of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. He has won the 2014 Dieter Rampacher Prize of the Max Planck Society and the 2016-2018 ELSI Origins Network Fellowship of the John Templeton Foundation. He has consulted the National Security Council Secretariat at the Prime Minister's Office and was a member of the International Cooperation Review Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences. He has authored the book "India in the Second Space Age of Interplanetary Connectivity," published by Routledge India.
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- Director, Technology & Policy
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- Managing Director, India, BowerGroupAsia
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- Member of the Managing Director, Ailawadhi Business Solutions LLP & Regional Director, Methera Global Communications Ltd., South Asia
An International expert in New Generation Network (NGN) technologies, Telecom Regulation, Interconnection and Broadband with 38 years' experience in all aspects of Telecommunications, including 33 years of active services with Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India , TRAI , the Regulator and BSNL A PSU, Ravindra Kumar Mishra ,A Graduate in Electronics and Communications , is recognized as an Analyst, Advocate and Advisor on ICT related Policies, Projects and Business. He joined Ministry of Communications & IT in 1983 in ITS cadre as Assistant Divisional Engineer ( ADET ) and first posting as SDO Telegraph at Sikkim.
Experience in Telecom
A. During course of journey in Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, he has served in following establishment.
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- Senior Partner and Co - Founder of LexCounsel
Seema Jhingan, a senior Partner and co-founder of LexCounsel, Law Offices with more than 27 years of law practice. She has extensively advised in areas including Mergers & Acquisition, Telecom and Satellite Communications, Education Laws, Defence & Aviation, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Franchising, Media & Entertainment, Software/Information Technology, General Corporate and Commercial.
Seema has substantial expertise in representing legal matters related to collaborative alliances and joint ventures especially in telecommunications, satellites and information technology, cross border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, foreign satellite coordination, brand and technology license arrangements, corporate structuring, investment and divestment and capital repatriation.
Additionally, Seema has been recognised by the Corporate Counsel Association of India (CCAI) in 2019 for her invaluable contribution and service to the Indian legal fraternity as "Shining Star of Indian Legal Fraternity". Seema has also been awarded as ‘The Partner of the Year - Overall' at the BW Legal World-Global Legal Summit and Awards-2019. She has also been recognized as one of India's Trusted Corporate Lawyers of 2017 by the Indian Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA) in its publication - ‘The Vanguards' with forwards from the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice and the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Seema has also been designated as a leading lawyer in the area of IT, Media & Telecommunications and Media by Asia Law and Practice. Seema regularly contributes to journals and publications and often takes up speaking engagements. Seema is based out of the New Delhi Office of LexCounsel and can be reached at sjhingan@lexcounsel.in.
Sharad Sadhu's industry career spans more than 50 years, covering the areas of Radio and TV broadcasting, satellite TV, spectrum regulation and standards at the ITU and APT, technology leadership and international conferences in the Asia-Pacific, catalyzing digital radio and digital TV in countries around this region, in mobile services and in allied fields.
Sharad was Director Technology of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union till 2013. He previously worked as Director Engineering in Doordarshan-India, General Manager in TCIL, Professor in the Film and TV Institute of India and as Advisor Technology and International Relations to the CEO of Prasar Bharati. Currently he is a Technology Consultant helping out in projects on digital radio, OTT and radio streaming, automotive entertainment, SatCom and advocating use of efficient technologies in 4G, 5G mobile industry.
For 24 years, Sharad participated in and served at the ITU in 8 world conferences (spectrum and regulation) and in Study Groups (WARC-1988 to WRC-2012). He contributed as a Senior Expert to many ITU projects, including for the ITU Akademie.
Sharad spearheaded the expansion of Doordarshan India's satellite services and contingency plans. He was involved with ISRO reviews of INSAT 2 satellites from pre-design to on-orbit loading. He mooted making available domestic satellite capacity to would-be Indian DTH operators in early 1990s.
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- Consultant ( Satellite / Radio ) BBNL / DoT, Former Dy Director General, Department of Telecommunication, Government of India
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- Member of the Former Secretary Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI )
Sudhir Gupta had a long and illustrious career spanning 35 years in the telecommunication industry. He has worked in different capacities in planning, switching, transmission and external plant in the Department of Telecommunications from 1982 to 2003. Subsequently, he worked in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for 14 years, initially as a senior advisor and in the last 3 years as Secretary, TRAI. Having worked for over three and half decades as the operator, policy maker and the regulator, he has exposure in all aspects of Telecom functioning in the country. During his tenure in TRAI, he was responsible for all regulatory matters related to telecommunications network development, spectrum management, licensing, tariff fixation, competition issues and consumer issues.
As the lead specialist for the Authority, he has authored a number of major policy recommendations and regulatory guidelines on varied issues like introduction of 3G+ services via spectrum auction, separation of services and spectrum, need for open SatCom policy, introduction of converged unified licensing, M&A norms, mobile number portability, guidelines for spectrum trading and sharing framework, roadmap for development and growth of ICT sector and its applications (e.g. e-government, mobile content, m-banking) for financial inclusion.
He has also used his leadership position to advocate for the use of telecommunications during disasters and emergencies, improvement in Quality of service and consumer grievance redressal mechanism by the telecom operators. I was also associated in framing the policy guidelines on Cloud, smart cities and M2M communications. During his tenure, he has represented the Authority in Inter ministerial Co-ordination Committee (ICC) for INSAT for around 8-9 years.
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- Analyst Public & Economic Policy
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- CEO and Founder Azzurra Telecom Limited, UK
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- Chairman and CEO of Synthesis Cloud Inc
Vern Fotheringham has been a serial entrepreneur in the broadband wireless and satellite communications industry for over 25 years. He has created and built numerous successful ventures and contributed to large scale projects for major service providers, system vendors and software solution suppliers. He has also been a public policy and regulatory advocate for new standards and technologies.