Committees

BIF Hi Level Committees

AI & IoT

Chair: – Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, AERIS
Co-Chair: – Mr. Jared Dougherty, AT & T
Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Broadband Infrastructure

Chair: – Mr Anjan Das, STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES
Co-Chair: – Mr Umang Das, Space World
Mr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Lightstorm Telecom Ventures
Convener: – Mr Kaustuv Sircar (kaustuv@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Device Ecosystems

Chair: – Mr R M Agarwal, ITIL
Co-Chair: – Mr Kulin Sanghvi, APPLE
Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.in)

FTTX

Chair: – Mr Sanjeev Bedekar, RANext
Co-Chair: –  TBD
Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.in)

ICAG (Internet Content, Applications & Governance)

Chair: – Mr Ashwani Rana, FACEBOOK
Co-Chair: – Mr Rahul Jain, GOOGLE / Mr Deepak Jacob, STAR TV
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya
(debashishbhattacharya@broadbandindiaforum.in)

ICT for Inclusive Ability (PwD)

Chair: – Dr Nirmita Narasimhan, G3ict
Co-Chair: – Mr Dinesh Chand Sharma, SESEI / Ms Karishma Chhabra, MICROSOFT
Convener: – Ms Neema S Kumar (neema@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Manufacturing – Network

Chair: – Mr Amit Marwah, NOKIA
Co-Chair: – Mr Subrata K Mitra, ERICSSON / Mr Harish Krishnan, CISCO
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya
(debashishbhattacharya@ broadbandindiaforum.in)

New Technologies

Chair: – Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, 
C-DOT.
Co-Chair: – Prof Kiran Kuchi, IIT HYDERABAD
Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Rural Digital Initiatives

Chair: – Mr S N Gupta, BLUETOWN
Co-Chair: – TBD
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya (debashishbhattacharya@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Satcom

Chair: – Mr P J Nath, TATA NELCO
Co-Chair: – Mr Rahul Vatts, AIRTEL (ONEWEB) / Mr K Krishna, HUGHES
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya
debashishbhattacharya@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Spectrum & Regulatory Framework

Chair: – Mr Parag Kar, QUALCOMM
Co-Chair: – Mr K Krishna, HUGHES
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya (debashishbhattacharya @broadbandindiaforum.in)

Startup & MSME

Chair: – Prof Kiran Kuchi, WiSiG
Co-Chair: – Mr James Solomon, Citoto
Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.in)

Wi-Fi

Chair: – Mr Manohar Raja, RAILTEL
Co-Chair: – Mr Sanjay Padubidri, Intel
Convener: – Mr Anand Gupta
(anandgupta@ broadbandindiaforum.in)

Working Group on Academia & Standards

Chair: – Prof. Radha Krishna Ganti, IIT MADRAS
Co-Chair: – Mr Krishna Sirohi, IIT DELHI Convener: – Mr Abhijit Panicker (abhijit@broadbandindiaforum.com)