Shri Rajesh Rai having more than 30 years of rich experience in Telecommunication industry has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of ITI Limited (ITI) on 21st February 2023.

Prior to assuming charge as CMD in ITI, Shri Rajesh Rai served as General Manager (Admin) of Mahanagar Telphone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Mumbai.

Shri Rajesh Rai also held prestigious post of Chief Technology Officer of Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited (MTML) in Mauritius for 12 years, where he was responsible for CDMA, GSM, 3G & 4G Network and customer acquisition.

He holds a Bachelors degree of Engineering in Electronics from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, Gorakpur, M.Tech (Computer Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru University and MBA from FMS, Delhi University.

Shri Rajeev Srivastava has taken over charge of Director-Finance of the company w.e.f. October 15, 2020. He has joined as General Manager-Finance in ITI Limited on December 17, 2018. A qualified Finance Professional having membership of the Institute of Cost & Management Accounts of India, Shri Srivastava has a rich experience of more than 29 years.

Before joining ITI Limited, he has worked with Government of India as Director (Accounts)/Senior Accounts Officer from December 1990 to December 2018.

Shri Srivastava has accomplished his Bachelor in Commerce and Masters in Commerce from Delhi University, LLB from DAV Law College, CWA from Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) and CS from Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

Smt S Jeyanthi had initially joined the Board as Director HR (Addl Charge) on 28th February 2023 and later appointed as Director Production w.e.f. 19th May 2023.

Smt S Jeyanthi had started her career in ITI Bangalore Plant as Assistant Executive Engineer in 1989 and thereafter held various positions in Production area. Smt S Jeyanthi has rich experience of more than 3 decades of handling Production of Telecom and allied products. Smt S Jeyanthi was promoted as General Manager-Production of Palakkad Unit during 2021.

Smt S Jeyanthi has successfully upgraded Production facilities of Bangalore Plant and executed prestigious orders for Defence and ISRO.

Smt S Jeyanthi is a B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering Graduate from Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamilnadu.

Shri C V Ramana Babu has taken over charge of Director Marketing of ITI Limited w.e.f. 25^th January 2024. Shri C V Ramana Babu belongs to Indian Telecon Services (ITS) - 90 Batch. He is a graduate in Electronics & Communications from Andhra University and has a Diploma in Public policy and Sustainable Development from The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi.

A highly motivated and result oriented person who has more than 30 years of experience in Project planning, execution, installation and commissioning and operations of various telecom networks. During the initial years in his career, he had worked in Software centre of Department of Telecom (DOT), dealing with large capacity Digital Switching Equipment. He has overseen smooth Y2K transition by developing software patches related to switching and billing. He has extensive knowledge of Mobile networks and installed CDMA and Wimax networks . He successfully led the prestigious CSC project. He was responsible for dealing with spectrum issues in BSNL. He has taken lead in design of 4G network in BSNL and successfully soft launched 4G services in 2016 in Chandigarh. At previous position as Chief General Manager, Bharat Broadband Networks Limited (BBNL), he coordinated with various agencies for completion of Phase 1- which entailed connection of 120000 Gram Panchayats with OFC.

He also has vast experience in procurement. He handled procurement activities of the erstwhile Department of Telecom (DOT). He was instrumental in preparation of BSNL procurement manual, which is used as reference by many telecom PSUs and Private Telcos. He has interest in IOT, Mobile networks, circular economy and renewable energy.

Lt Gen Kanwar Vinod Kumar was commissioned into the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army on 14 June 1986. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, USA and the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad.

He has vast experience in command and staff assignments, and has served all over India including one tenure in Jammu and Kashmir and three tenures in North East India. He has also served with United Nations as Staff Officer in Somalia.

His area of expertise involves tactical communication systems with extensive experience in procurement, having been at the helm of same during his tenure as the Additional Director General with the Directorate General of Signals. He has been Director Complaints Advisory Board at Chief of the Army Staff Secretariat and has had two tenures with the Military Secretary’s Branch at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence. He has been part of the working group for modernisation of Information System in Indian Army and is credited with automation of various systems involved with Human Resource Management.

Prior to his current assignment as the Signal Officer in Chief, he was the Additional Director General National Cadet Corps, Chandigarh from February 23 to August 23.

Shri Alok Shukla, belongs to the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) of 1988 batch. Presently, he is working as Senior Deputy Director General (Personal) in Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, New Delhi. He did B.Sc. and B.Tech (Electronics and communications) from Allahabad University.

He has vast experience of more than 21 years in Planning, Operation and Maintenance of Long-distance Telecommunication Network and has held senior positions in Department of Telecom (DoT) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

He has also worked for more than a decade in Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI), responsible for providing Unique, online verifiable Digital Identity to residents of India.

Dr Raja Nayak, aged 60 years is a Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and the National Vice President of Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) & President, South India, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

He has been officially Conferred the European Professional Doctorate by Aldersgate University Europe.

Dr Raja Nayak is associated with Akshay Enterprises, MCS Logistics, he is now President for Institutions - Kala Niketan College of Education, KJ Convent Nursery, Primary and High School, Director of Purple Haze Beauty Spa Private Limited and Jala Beverages, and CEO of Nayak Food and beverages and Nayak Power systems.

Dr Raja Nayak is a renowned Philanthropist. He has helped innumerable first generation SC/ST community, connecting them to the Government of Karnataka Industrial Board, State Finance Corporation. He has joined hands with Central Food Technological Research Institute and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology to help farmers and food manufacturing entrepreneurs to upgrade farming, contract farming and value addition of products.

Awards and Recognitions: Some of his notable awards are listed as under:

• ZEE Business (Makers of India 2016 Season 6)
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Award)
• APS Research Media (The World Signature Awards 2019)
• India Mart Emerging Business Forum 2016
• Karntaka Sarige Rathna Award (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation 2015)
• Nayaka Mitra (Samaja Seva Ratna Award 2016)
• European Professional Doctorate by ALDERSGATE UNIVERSITY EUROPE 2019

Associations:

• (DICCI) National Vice President, National Head - Tribal Wing – 2021
• IIM Jammu - Member of the Non-Faculty Selection Committee – 2021
• President, South India, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI) - 2020
• Invitee member for District Level Single Window Clearance Committee, District Industries Centre (DIC), Karnataka
• Member - Southern Regional Council, The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• Member, Southern Region (CII) Subcommittee on Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility & Affirmative Action.
• Sub-committee Member - Employment Generation, Education, Skills and Livelihood, Southern Region (CII).

Smt Mamta Palariya, aged 59 years holds Masters degree, Bachelors degree and LLB from Kumaun University. She is an Advocate by profession and has been practicing in Civil Court, Haldwani (Uttarakhand) since 1986. She was an Independent Director in Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited from 31.01.2017 to 31.01.2020.

Shri Billeswar Sinha, aged 41 years, holds Bachelors of Law degree from B N Mondal University, West Bengal. He is an Advocate by profession and has been awarded best lawyer of Bankura District in 2017 by District Legal Services Authority. The other social activities in which Shri Billeswar Sinha is associated are Prisoners Right, Disability Right, Women Rights, Juvenile Rights, Labour Rights, etc.