Committees

BIF Hi Level Committees

AI & IoT

Chair: Mr. Sameer Mahapatra, AERIS
Co-Chair: Mr. Amit Kushwaha, AT&T Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

Broadband Infrastructure

Chair: Mr. Praveen Cherian, STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES Co-Chair: 1) Mr Umang Das, RANext
2) Mr Pankaj Chaturvedi, LIGHTSTORM TELECOM VENTURES
Convener: – Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

Cross Sectoral Digi Infra

Chair: Mr Manoj K Singh, INDUS TOWERS
Co-Chair: Mr Rahul Jain, AMAZON
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar
Co-Convener: Mr Anand Gupta

Cyber Security

Acting Chair: Dr. N Sarat Chandra Babu, ADVISOR (BIF)
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

Device Ecosystems

Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: Mr Kulin Sanghvi, APPLE
Convener: Mr Arun Mukarji
Co-Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

FTTX

Chair: Mr Umang Das, RANext
Co-Chair: 1) Mr. Gopa Kumar, RANext
2) Mr. Mohit Lohani, MOZARK
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

ICAG (Internet Content, Applications & Governance)

Chair: Mr Sunil Abraham, META
Co-Chair: Mr K Aravamudhan, DISNEY – STAR
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

ICT for Inclusive Ability (PwD)

Chair: Dr Nirmita Narasimhan, G3ict
Co-Chair: 1) Mr Dinesh Chand Sharma, SESEI
2) Dr Rishi Bhatnagar
Convener: Mr Arun Mukarji

Interconnect Exchange

Chair: Mr Raunak Maheshwari, EXTREME LABS
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar
Co-Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

Manufacturing – Network

Chair: Mr Amit Marwah, NOKIA
Co-Chair: 1) Mr Subrata K Mitra, ERICSSON
2) Mr Harish Krishnan, CISCO
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

New Technologies

Chair: Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay,C-DOT
Co-Chair: Prof Kiran Kuchi, IIT HYDERABAD
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

Online Skill–Based Gaming (OSBG)

Chair: Mr Deepak Jacob, DREAM11
Co-Chair: Ashwani Rana, ZUPEE
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya  

Rural Digital Initiatives

Chair: Mr S N Gupta, BLUETOWN
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya  

Satcom

Chair: Mr P J Nath, TATA NELCO
Co-Chair: 1) Mr Rahul Vatts, AIRTEL (ONEWEB)
2) Mr. Pranav Roach, HUGHES
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

Spectrum & Regulatory Framework

Chair: Mr Parag Kar, QUALCOMM
Co-Chair: TBD
Convener: Mr Debashish Bhattacharya

Startup & MSME

Chair: Prof Kiran Kuchi, WiSiG
Co-Chair: Mr James Solomon, CITOTO
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar

Wi-Fi

Chair: Mr Manohar Raja, RAILTEL
Co-Chair: Mr Sanjay Padubidri, INTEL
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar
Co-Convener: Mr Arun Mukarji

Working Group on Academia & Standards

Chair: Prof. Radha Krishna Ganti, IIT MADRAS 
Co-Chair: Mr Krishna Sirohi, IIT DELHI
Convener: Dr Shiv Kumar