Shri AK Sinha has taken charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BSNL today. Shri AK Sinha was serving as Sr. DDG (Switching) in BSNL Corporate Office before taking over Shri VP Sinha as CMD of BSNL.

Shri Sinha.has been with Indian Telecommunication Service, Govt of India since the year 1969 and had held the posts of General Manager (Dev) in MTNL Corporate Office as well as MTNL Delhi Telephones and Chief General Manager of Andaman and Nicobar Island Telecom Circle and Jharkhand Telecom Circles.

A graduate in Engineering from MIT Muzaffarpur, Shri AK Sinha has gained wide experience in installation and commissioning of various switching systems in the network of Calcutta Telephones and Delhi Telephones. While working as Divisional Engineer (Installation), he was instrumental in commissioning first C-400 type Japanese Telephone Exchange in the network of Calcutta Telephones and thereafter in MTNL, Delhi Telephones. Shri Sinha has got installed C-400 and many Analogue as well as Digital Telephone Exchanges.

He has also worked for three years on deputation to the Telecom Department of Government of Nigeria as Principal Engineer Training. His extensive training and exposure to various Telecom Switching Systems and many other important fields of Telecommunications within India and abroad are expected to add to his ability to chair India largest telecom service provider, BSNL.

Prior to joining Indian Telecom Service Shri A K Sinha was a Lecturer at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna.

Source: BSNL Press Release