Indian Bureaucracy, New Delhi, March 26, 2025 | The Government of India has appointed two senior Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, as AI & Innovation and Study Group Coordinators.
As per an order dated March 25, 2025, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has assigned Dr Brajesh Mishra (ITS, 1993), the current Deputy Director General, Ministry of Communications, and Head of C-DOT Collaborative Research Programs (Scientist ‘G’), as Senior AI & Innovation Coordinator for India, and, Shri Prachish Khanna (ITS, 1996), the serving Deputy Director General of Department of Telecom, J&K, Jammu, as Study Group Counsellor at ITU.
ITU is a United Nations specialised agency for digital technologies (ICTs). ITU comprises of 194 Member States and over 1,000 companies, universities, and international and regional organisations. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with regional offices on every continent, ITU is the oldest agency in the UN family, connecting the world since the dawn of the telegraph in 1865.
ITU is essential for mobile communications, email, internet access, television and streaming services, air travel, weather forecasting, and navigation. ITU facilitates international connectivity in communication networks, allocates global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops technical standards for seamless network and technology connections, and works to improve access to digital technologies in underserved communities worldwide. ITU serves as a trusted multilateral platform to broker international agreements and standards, share knowledge, build capacity, and collaborate with members and partners to expand access to technology globally. With 2.6 billion people, mainly in developing countries, remaining unconnected, ITU is dedicated to closing this digital divide through universal connectivity and sustainable digital transformation.
IndianBureaucracy.com wishes both the officers the very best.