Vikram, is the Deputy Director General, of the COAI. This is India’s leading
industry association for Telecom and Broadband issues. In his current
assignment, he works extensively on telecom and broadband policy, regulatory
compliance aspects. He has close interactions with senior government officials
and private sector executives to further augment mobile and broadband service
business. He interacts extensively with the ICT industry leadership and senior
officials at DoT, MeitY, TRAI and other government offices for regulatory and
policy matters. He actively participates in the Joint Working Group on Cyber
Security chaired by Deputy National Security Advisor. Is a frequent speaker at
Telecom Network Security, Telecom and Broadband workshops / conferences.
An active member of Telecom and Broadband Committees of national industry
associations – CII, FICCI, Assocham Committees. He actively participates in all
International Workshops / conferences being conducted by ITU, APT etc.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Global Certification Forum (GCF).
He was the Chief Regulatory Relations (CRO), with TATA Teleservices Limited
from 2008-10. Earlier he was with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as
their Chief Information Officer (CIO) for three years (2005 – 2008). Prior to that,
he served in the communications arm (Signals) of the Indian Army (for a tenure
of 24 years), from where he took voluntary retirement in 2005 in the rank of
Colonel.
Vikram did his Masters in Technology from the IIT Kharagpur in Electronics and
Communication Engineering with a specialization in Microwave Engineering.