In August 2017, Rao was appointed to the top post at TCIL, which has expanded its multinational operations with a presence in nearly 80 countries including pan African spread today. The company is expected to post a 30% higher revenue this fiscal and has a strong order book.
Joined as a general manager (GM), Kumar obtained his engineering degree from IIT Roorkee, and started his career as a Scientist B at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under India's Missile Man APJ Abdul Kalam who later served as an Indian president from 2002 to 2007.
Kumar has techno-commercial expertise with more than a three-decade of experience and has previously worked within the organisation in various capacities such as the Chief General Manager (CGM), Chief Public Information Officer and Executive Director (ED).
Rajiv Gupta, Director - Projects at TCIL, is a senior-most candidate with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and has worked with multiple public sector undertakings such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL<\/a>) and MTNL<\/a>. Gupta, one of the prominent candidates for the top role, will superannuate on July 31, 2021.
In April 2019, Kumar was interviewed by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB), along with Narendra Jain, Director (Finance) at TCIL, Swapan Kumar Gorai, Director- Finance at KIOCL Limited, Sanjeev Kumar, Director (Technical) at Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Atul Kumar Rastogi, ED at TCIL. However, the PESB did not shortlist any candidate and recommended the telecom department to choose a further course of action for selection.
TCIL, which is among the six public sector firms selected to issue Initial Public Offering<\/a> (IPO), has recently opened its office in the United States, and has partnered with technology giant Google to deploy fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), and sees similar potential opportunities with the American telecom giants such as AT&T<\/a> and Sprint.
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