MTNL Chairman P.K.Purwar To Assume Additional Charge As BSNL CMD

New Delhi: The government has appointed MTNL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) P.K. Purwar as the CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for a period of three months starting July 1, subject to the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), for ensuring continuity at the struggling PSU. “Consequent to the retirement upon superannuation of Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL, 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 w.e.f 1.07.2019 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post or until further orders, whichever is earliest,” a Department of Telecom (DoT) order said.

Puwar told: “I will be taking charge on Monday. Unless and until I take the charge and really understand the issues with all the facts, I would not like to comment on what’s going to be my priorities.” Sources, however, said that Purwar would try to keep both the organisations — BSNL and MTNL — operationally efficient.

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, assets revenue generating 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. Puwar is expected to follow the directions by the DoT, sources said. (IANS)

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