Sri BALAJI Institute of Telecom &Management—(Pune) recently as a part of the corporate interface program me organized A one –day national telecom symposium on “Transforming Telecom Landscape”
Prof.(Col.)A Balasubramanian ,Prsident,Sri Balaji society in his welcome address shared their views on the growth opportunities and challenges that lie before the dynamic Telecom Industry.
About twenty cooperates from leading industries across India representing the spectrum of telecom industry came together on a common platform for this annual telecom symposium, to set new benchmarks for aspiring Telecom managers and to drive the telecom industry to greater heights. the top industry leaders who enlightened the students were Mr.Ashwin Joshi, Director , Ericsson India ,Mr.A.T.Kishore ,General Manager ,Alcatel Lucent,Mr.Gaurav Dua,Associate Director ,Pipal Research, Dr Gowrikrishna Jandhyala,VP-Telecom Services,Infotech Enterprises Limited ,Mr.Kunal Bajaj,Director-india,Analysis Mason ,Mr.Lalit Chandra Mathur, Executive Council –Member-ISPAI,Mr.M.k.khera Founder Director, KTMT Consulting India,Mr .Monicka Raj Govindan ,CTO,Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt. Ltd. Mukesh Bakliwal, National Head- Wireless Convergent India , Mr. N.K.Goyal ,President, CMA,Mr.Navaid Khan, Executive Direction –South Asia, Middle East &Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan
Mr.Nitin Doddihal ,VP-Business Development, Asia Pacific , American Towers,Mr.R.Nagrajan,Director,Huawei Telecommunication India Mr.Rama Subramanian Mahadevan ,General Manager-Quality Tecnotree, Mr.Sandip Biswas, Director TMT(Tech-media &Telecom) Strategy& Operations,Deloitte Consulting ,MR,Srikumar Dhanddapani, Head –HR& Administration,Ever Electronics Limited Mr.Suneel Bandhu ,COO,Videcon, Mr.Vijay Anand VR,Global Program Technical Lead for M2M-Global Innovation ,Logica CMG,Mr.Vikram Shanbhag, VP-Mobile messaging Solutions,Comviva.
Mr.A.T.Kishore said that the Indian Te3lecom Industry has witnessed a growth rate of 15 percent in the last fiscal year 2010-2011.He highlighted the importance of eco-sustainable telecommunication services and how increasing efficiency and productivity of the devices could pave the way for a higher market share for a company.
Mr.Monicka Raj Govindan (CTO Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt.Ltd)gave a good informative lecture about the journey of telecom technology from switches to modern networks which are capable of carrying voice, video and data .He also stressed on the power of landlines and network architecture.
Nitin Doddihal(VP-Business Development, Asia Pacific-American Tower) talked about how the Telecom regulations have evolved over the years and impacted the industry .He also Highlighted the future impacted the industry. He also highlighted the future market potential for the Indian Telecom Tower Industry (multiple operators sharing the same infrastructure).
Mr.Kunal Bajaj focused on the explosive potential of VAS industry. Mr.Gaurav Dua spoke about the positive impact of telecom Industry on the Indian Economy as it is expected to empower even the rural population of Indian.