DoT Continues Inaugural Meetings of New Stakeholder Advisory Committees

Following the productive discussions on the first day, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the leadership of Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Shri Jyotiraditya Scindiaand Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications, continued the inaugural meetings of the six newly constituted Stakeholders Advisory Committees (SACs). On the second day, the focus was on additional key areas critical to the telecommunications ecosystem. Today’s meetings were held with members of three SACs including Telecom Service Providers SAC, Internet Service Providers & Infrastructure Providers SAC; and Academicians and Research & Development in Telecommunications Sector SAC.

Dr Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Smt Madhu Arora, Member (Technology), Shri Manish Sinha, Member (Finance), as well as industry leaders, academia among others, were present in the meeting.

These committees are designed to facilitate a two-way dialogue with the government on critical matters such as technology promotion, R&D, go-to-market strategies for telecom products, promoting local manufacturing, enabling the manufacturing ecosystem, establishing industry-academia linkages, sharing new ideas, and resolving policy issues.

Addressing the media after the deliberations, Shri Scindia said, “We've identified a rather deep agenda for all three committees. Now, the members of these committees and us will be working together. There are varied schedules for the first presentation of these committees over the next couple of weeks. And then we will be taking each individual issue at a time, delving into the details, and devising an action plan with clear timelines and actionable items so that we can take our sector forward”.