Shyamal Ghosh

A retired IAS officer, was the administrator of the USO fund.
He was the chairman of the Telecom Commission and Secretary, DoT, Government of
India from 7 February 2000 to 31 May 2002.

He was elected the vice chairman of the World Telecom Development Conference
2002 and was the head of the Indian delegation for the Indo-French Joint
Committee Meeting. Apart from making India's presence felt in the global
space, he also presented a paper on "Telecom Reforms in India" at
Stanford University and has contributed many articles on various issues on
telecom and information technology. During his tenure, he lead various major
reforms in the telecom sector, which initiated the complete opening of the
telecom sector for private sector participation.