Committees

BIF Hi Level Committees

AI & IoT

Chair: Mr. Sameer Mahapatra, AERIS
Co-Chair: Mr. Amit Kushwaha, AT&T
Co-Chair: Ms. Koel Chakrabarty, CTO STL Global Services
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya
Co-Convener: Ms. Mira Swaminathan

Broadband Infrastructure

Chair: Mr. Praveen Cherian, STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES
Co-Chair: Mr. Umang Das, RANext
Co-Chair: Mr. Mudassar Altaf, Lightstorm
Convener: – Mr. Atul Jain

Cross Sectoral Digi Infra

Chair: Mr. Manoj K Singh, INDUS TOWERS
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr. Sundeep Kathuria

Cyber Security

Chair: Dr. N Sarat Chandra Babu, ADVISOR (BIF)
Co-Chair: Mr. Alok Gupta, PYRAMID
Convener: Mr. Atul Jain

Device Ecosystems

Chair: Mr. Ricardo Tavares, GOOGLE
Co-Chair: Mr. Kulin Sanghvi, APPLE
Co-Chair: Mr. Rajeev Aggarwal, Samsung
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

FTTX & IBS

Chair: Mr. Umang Das, RANext
Co-Chair: Mr. Gopa Kumar, RANext
Co-Chair: Mr. Mohit Lohani, MOZARK
Convener: Mr. Atul Jain

ICAG (Internet Content, Applications & Governance)

Chair: Mr. Sunil Abraham, META
Co-Chair: Representative from DISNEY – STAR
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya
Co-Convener: Ms. Mira Swaminathan

Committee for Accessibility & Inclusion (PwD)

Chair: Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, SAKSHAM
Co-Chair: Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma, SESEI
Convener: Ms. Mira Swaminathan

Internet Exchange

Chair: Mr. Raunak Maheshwari, EXTREME LABS
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr Atul Jain

Manufacturing – Network

Chair: Mr. Harish Krishnan, CISCO
Co-Chair: Ms. Vijeta Arya, ERICSSON
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

New Technologies

Chair: Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay,C-DOT
Co-Chair: Prof. Kiran Kuchi, IIT HYDERABAD
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

Rural Digital Initiatives

Chair: Mr. S. N. Gupta, BLUETOWN
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Sundeep Kathuria  

Satcom

Chair: Mr. P J Nath, TATA NELCO
Co-Chair: Mr. Rahul Vatts, AIRTEL (ONEWEB)
Co-Chair: Mr. Pranav Roach, HUGHES
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

Spectrum & Regulatory Framework

Chair: Mr. Jitendra Singh, QUALCOMM
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

Startup & MSME

Chair: Prof. Kiran Kuchi, WiSiG
Co-Chair: Mr. James Solomon, CITOTO
Convener: Mr. Atul Jain

Wi-Fi

Chair: Mr. Manoj Tandon, RAILTEL
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr. Sundeep Kathuria
Co-Convener: Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya

Working Group on Academia & Standards

Chair: Prof. KK Aggarwal, ADVISOR (BIF)
Co-Chair: Mr. Naresh Vattikutti, WiSiG
Convener: Mr. Atul Jain