C-DoT CEO Rajkumar Upadhyay gets a 2-year extension

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Wednesday approved a 2-year extension of Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) chief executive officer (CEO) Rajkumar Upadhyay.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had proposed the extension for Upadhyay beyond his superannuation on July 9, 2023.

“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Telecommunications for the extension in tenure of Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO, C-DoT for a period of two years beyond his attaining the age of 60 years, or until further orders,” the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in a notification said.

On June 23, 2021, Upadhyay was appointed as the executive director of C-DoT, India’s telecom technology research organisation.

Last December, he was promoted to the newly-created rank of the CEO, and had become C-DoT’s board chairman.

Upadhyay is also the founding member of the Bharat 6G Alliance, the country’s prestigious group to spearhead developments in the next generation technology.

Previously, he worked as an Additional Director General at Prasar Bharti.

Upadhyay is an M. Tech in Electronics and communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and completed Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.