Director General
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Mr. Sanjeev Banzal Director General Education and Research Network (ERNET), India |
Mr. Sanjeev Banzal is the Director General of Education and Research Network (ERNET), India. Before joining ERNET, he served as Advisor at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Mr. Sanjeev Banzal has nearly 30 years of professional experience in various areas of Information and Communication Technology. He has held leadership positions in policy and regulation, technology development, project management, marketing, content management, training and capacity building, procurement and contract management, and consumer affairs.
He has extensively contributed to the development of policies and regulations for the Indian telecom sector in the areas of cellular mobile licensing, spectrum management, emergency telecommunications, mobile number portability, VSAT, M2M/IoT, ICT for smart cities, and ICT needs for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), etc., and handled consumer affairs in the telecom and broadcasting sectors.
Internationally, he led Study Group-2 of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, as a Rapporteur on the topic “Use of ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management” for the 2018-21 period. He was also Vice-Rapporteur for the study on “Smart Cities and Society” for the 2018-21 period. He chaired the Working Group on Spectrum for the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) under Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT), Bangkok, during the 2012-14 period.
Mr. Sanjeev Banzal has been a speaker at several international seminars/workshops/trainings organized by ITU/APT/SATRC and other international organizations. He has written many articles in telecom journals and newspapers.
Mr. Sanjeev Banzal holds a Bachelor’s degree (BE) in Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Surat, a Master’s degree (ME) in Electronics & Telecommunication from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India.
Contact details:
Email: dg@ernet.in
Phone: +91-11-2217 0586
Fax: +91-11-2217 0602