MTNL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), P.K. Purwar has been appointed as the CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for a period of three months, starting July 1. This has been subject to the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), for ensuring continuity at the struggling PSU.
Department of Telecom (DoT) orders that as Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL, will retire on 30.06.2019, in order to ensure continuity as an interim measure and subject to approval of the ACC, the additional charge of CMD, BSNL, is entrusted to P.K. Purwar, CMD of MTNL, for a period of three months or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post or until further orders, whichever is earliest. Shrivastava is to retire after four-and-a-half years of tenure in BSNL.
It has been said that Purwar would try to keep both the organisations - BSNL and MTNL -- operationally efficient. Though, until and unless Purwar really understands the issues with all the facts, he would not like to comment.
There are many issues in both the organisations and the BSNL issues are in the public domain. What is important is to keep the network operational and build upon the network so that the moment the government comes to the stage of giving 4G spectrum, services can be rolled out on a fast priority.
DoT expects Puwar to follow the directions. During the period of holding additional charge, Purwar will not be entitled to any additional remuneration. Purwar was selected through the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) in January this year.
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