Pre-consultation papers on the twin subjects were issued earlier by the regulator – one in April this year and the other in the same month of last year. That it has already been more than a year since the broadcast regulator first issued the pre-consultation paper shows the sensitive, controversial and challenging nature of the set top portability issue.
A 1978 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, Sharma is serving as Secretary of Department of Electronics and IT and has been selected as new chairman of the Trai for three years. He succeeds Rahul Khullar who retired on May 14.
Government today appointed IT Secretary R S Sharma as new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
RS Sharma talks to Forbes India about his tenure as the director general and mission director of the UIDAI and his vision as the new chief secretary of Jharkhand.