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Telecommunications service In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1.

Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. A specified set of user-information transfer capabilities provided to a group of users by a telecommunications system. Note: The telecommunications service user is responsible for the information content of the message. The telecommunications service provider has the responsibility for the acceptance, transmission, and delivery of the message.[1] For purposes of regulation by the Federal Communications Commission under the U.S. Communications Act of 1934 and Telecommunications Act of 1996, the definition of telecommunications service is "the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used Telecommunications", in turn, is defined as "the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. Indian Telecommunication Service From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indian Telecommunication Service

National Emblem

Service Overview Establishment 1965


Country India

Training centre

National Telecom Academy and Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre(ALTTC) Department of Telecommunications underMinistry of Communications
and Information Technology (India)

Controlling Authority

Cadre Size

2500 Posts

The Indian Telecommunications Service, widely known as ITS, and earlier known as 'Telegraph Engineering Service Class I'(TES Class I)is an organised civil service

of Government of India.[1] The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services exam held every year by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India. ITS is a Group A Central Civil Service of the Union of India. The service was created to meet the technical and managerial functions of the government in areas related to telecommunications.The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) had been run for years by this permanent cadre of technical civil servants called the Indian Telecom Service (ITS). The officers of ITS are working in senior management and administrative positions in the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI),Telecom Dispute Settlement Administrative Tribunal (TDSAT), Unique Identification Authority of India (UID), Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) etc.At present, ITS officers are also working in many other central and state government assignments on deputation. Contents
[hide] 1 Recruitment and induction 2 Training 3 Appointments and responsibilities 4 Cadre controlling authority 5 Indian Telecom Service Association 6 Honours 7 Retirements 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Recruitment and induction

Further information: Indian Engineering Services A competitive examination called combined engineering services examination is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment to the ITS. Recruitment to Group A and Group B Services/Posts are made under the following categories of Engineering: I. Civil Engineering II. Mechanical Engineering III. Electrical Engineering IV. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Appointments to ITS are made in category IV, i.e., Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. The appointment to following services are also made through the same exam:
Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers

Indian Railway Stores Service

(Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering posts)

Engineer in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring organisation; Ministry of Communications (DOT)
Indian Ordnance Factories Service

(Engineering branch) (Electronics Engineering posts)

Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering posts) Central Power Engineering Service (Telecommunications Engineering posts)
Survey of India Service

(Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering posts)

Assistant Executive Engineer, Group A (Electronics Engineering posts) in the Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence
Training

After recruitment through Combined Engineering Services Examination, the officers undergo a two years course at Advanced level telecommunication training centre (ALTTC), [2] Ghaziabad and Bharatratna Bhimrao Ambedkar institute of telecom training (BRBRAITT),Jabalpur[3] for management and telecommunications engineering. The officers are also deputed for on job field training in various areas.The ITS officers were trained at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) until 1980. Department of Telecommunication has set up a new training centre named as "National Telecom Academy" at Ghaziabad for its officers belonging to technical cadre i.e. ITS and TES.
Appointments and responsibilities

As in the other Central Services, the officers are liable to be transferred and posted in anywhere in India. The officers of ITS work in the DOT, TRAI, TDSAT, BSNL, MTNL,Ministry of Home Affairs,UID,Ministry of Power,Department of Pharmaceuticals, Department of Defence, National Highway Authority of India, RITES, IRCON,TCIL,UPSC,SSC and various other Ministries and Statutory bodies of India. The following officers of ITS are currently working in high positions : R. K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL[4] R. K. Agrawal, Director, BSNL[4] R. Wadhawa, Director, BSNL[4] A. K. Garg, Director, BSNL[4] A. N. Rai, Director, BSNL[4] K. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL[5] S. P. Pachauri, Director, MTNL[5] R. K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, TCIL[6] V. K. Sharma, Director, TCIL[6] Vimal Wakhloo, Director, TCIL[6] R. K. Arnold, Secretary, TRAI[7] Mr. M K Shedha, Chief General Manager, Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and
Management (CETTM)[8]

Present(2009) cadre strength in different time scales is given below:

Grade Apex Scale Higher Administrative Grade+ (HAG+) Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)

Position In The Central Government Member (equivalent to secretary) Advisor (equivalent to Additional secretary) Chief General Manager/Senior Deputy Director General

Strengt h 2 1 61 659 957 151 01

Senior Administrative Grade General Manager/Deputy Director (SAG) General Junior Administrative Grade Deputy General Manager/Director (JAG) Senior time Scale (STS) Junior time Scale (JTS)
Cadre controlling authority

Divisional Engineer Assistant Divisional Engineer

Member (Services), Telecom Commission of India is cadre controlling authority of ITS, Group A. Member(Services)is ex-officio Secretary to Government of India. S. C. Misra is currently working as Member(Services) , Department of Telecom, Government of India[9]
Indian Telecom Service Association

The officers of ITS are represented by the Indian Telecom Service Association in different forums. N.K.Chhoker and A.S. Meena are currently president and secretary, respectively.
[10]

Honours

Many members of ITS are awarded by many national and international organisations for their significant contributions.Few of them are enlisted below, 1.Shri G.B. Meemasi was the first ITS to receive Padma Shri for his work in Electronic Switching in DOT.He was the founder Director of CDOT and father of RAX.[11] Shri SM Agarwal(Secretary DOT) and Shri P.S. Saran(Member Services) were other subsequent recipients, from ITS. 2. Dr.T.H.Chowdary[12] was awarded the L.V.Ramaiah award in 1989 for distinguished service to society thro telecoms.[13] He was conferred a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 1999 for distinguished service to engineering, education & IT services.He was one of the eminent five Engineering Personalities who were felicitated by Institution of Engineers (India), at its Fifteenth Indian Engineering Congress, on 19 December 2000, in Hyderabad.He was the founding Chairman and Managing Director of Indias Overseas Communications Corporation (VSNL). [14] From May, 1997 to May 2004, he was the Information Technology Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, in the rank of a Minister of State.[15] He has authored number of books on telecommunication, to mention a few; Are You Listening?(The story of his struggles in the DOT to deliver service and not merely administer rules)

Right Number; Cheap Service, Telephones Unlimited(Play on how telephone services are administered) We the Telephone men in your Service Delineation of the duties, functions and work of DOTs telephone employees From America to Andhra(Plays with telegraph & telephone services as themes) (Telugu) The Tales the Telephones Tel(Telephone Cheppina Kathalu in Telugu-First persons narration of telecom persons while on duty) Telephoning Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh Information and Communication Technologies into the New Millennium(Talks on All India Radio: August and September, 1999) Issue in Telecom De-monopolisation in India(compilation of 70 articles appeared in Computers Today from 1994 to 1998) P-Telcos in India Why did India get them so wrong?(Running Commentary on analysis of the liberalization, demonopolisation and independent regulation process for Telecommunications in India) Information & Communication Technologies for Classes and Masses India Under Strain (compilation of 70 articles) India! Speak Up!! (Compilation of 60 articles) India Explorations (Compilation of 57 articles) India Under Assault Series I Aallochinchandi (Compilation of 55 Articles in Telugu) 3. Dr D.P.S Seth is a former member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and he has also been chairman of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). 4.Mr.Prithipal Singh was the CMD under whom the GSM got to a flying start in BSNL. 5. Mr. P. C. Gupta has written a book on 'Data Communications And Computer Networks'.The book is useful for all telecom professionals.The book is published by PHI and EAN number is 9788120328464.
Retirements

Many ITS officers will be retiring from government service shortly on attaining current superannuation age of 60 years. Year wise retirement position is given below, Year Number of officers retiring

2011 30 2012 44 2013 50 2014 51 2015 56

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