(a) A workshop on ‘World Radio communication Conference 2003 (WRC-03)’ was organized in May 2003 at Imperial Hotel, New Delhi. More than 100 participants attended it from telecom industry, service sector as well as government sector. The dignitaries who participated include,

Mr. Shyamal Ghosh, former Telecom Secretary and currently USO Fund Administrator, Govt. of India.

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India.

Dr. D.K. Ghosh, Exe. Director, Siemens PCN Ltd.

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication Services

Mr. V.P. Chandan, President, Qualcomm India

Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Chairman, Asia Pacific Region of ITU’s TDAG

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Senior Consultant, TRAI & former Coordinator of ITU, ASP Regional Office, Bangkok.

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola Singapore

Mr. Anil Kumar, Deputy Technical Director, International Regulatory Affairs, Boeing, USA

(b) A seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Broadband Services’ was organized in Feb. 2004 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi which was attended by more than 100 experts from their Govt and Private Sectors involved in Telecommunication and Cable TV including the following:

Mr. Pradip Baijal, Chairperson, TRAI

Mr. Amrendra Narayan, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Telecommunity, Bangkok.

Mr. P.K. Chanda, Member (Services), Telecom Commission of India

Mr. Sujit Kumar, Chairman, CII National Broadband Committee

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola, Singapore

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Chairman, Asia Pacific Region of ITU’s TDAG

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Senior Consultant, TRAI & former Coordinator of ITU, ASP Regional Office, Bangkok

(c) A Seminar on ‘Government Industry Cooperation on Spectrum Issues – Challenges and Opportunities’ was organized in May 2004 at India International Centre, New Delhi in collaboration with Core Group of Telecom Industry Associations (CTIA), which was attended by over 80 participants representing a broad spectrum of professionals from the government and industry. The participants included

Mr. Nripendra Misra, Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Dr. DPS Seth, Member, TRAI

Lt. General Davinder Kumar, Signal Officer in Chief, Indian Army

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Chairman, Asia Pacific Region of ITU’s TDAG

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. A.K. Bhatnagar, Director, All India Radio

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola Singapore

Mr. Anil Kumar, Deputy Technical Director, International Regulatory Affairs, Boeing, USA 

Brigdier P.K. Sachdev, Director, Joint Communications and Electronics Staff (JCES)

Mr. Kamlesh Deka, Director, Directorate of Coordination Police Wireless

(d) A workshop on ‘World Radio Communication Conference 2007 (WRC-07)’ was organized in February 2005 at Naval Complex, Kota House, New Delhi. More than 100 participants attended it from telecom industry, service sector as well as government sector. The dignitaries who participated include

Mr. K.L. Jain, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Col. Bony Mathews, Director, Joint Communications and Electronics Staff, Ministry of Defence

Mr. J.S. Kushvaha, Chairman, National Preparatory Committee on WRC-07

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt. Limited

Mr. T.R.Dua, Advisor, Bharti Televentures Limited

(e) Interactive Workshop on ‘NFAP 2005’ was organized at Naval Complex, Kota House, New Delhi on June 2, 2005, presided over by Member(Technology), Department of Telecommunications and attended by about 80 participants from government and industry. The dignitaries who participated include

Mr. K.L. Jain, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, IIT Chennai

Col. Bony Mathews, Director, Joint Communications and Electronics Staff, Ministry of Defence

Mr. B.B.Anand, President, Reliance Infocomm Limited

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt. Limited

Mr. T.R.Dua, Advisor, Bharti Televentures Limited

(f) International Workshop on ‘Standardising National Regulations on Health Effects of Mobile Phones Exposure’ was organized on October 25, 2005 at Assocham House, New Delhi. The Workshop was presided over by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT, India and attended by about 100 participants including international experts from Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) and professionals from government and industry in India. The dignitaries who participated include

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT, India

Dr. Ken Joyner, Chairman, MMF Regulatory Working Group, Brussels, Belgium

Dr. Sakari Lang, Chairman, MMF Bio-effects Working Group, Brussels, Belgium

Dr. Vijaylaxmi, Health Science Centre, University of Texas, USA

Mr. A.K. Saxena, Member (Services), Department of Telecom, India

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. Vijay Madan, Executive Director, C-DOT, India

Mr. TV Ramachandran, Director General, COAI, India

Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Advisor, TRAI, India

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt. Limited

Mr. T.R.Dua, Advisor, Bharti Televentures Limited

(g) Workshop on Broadband Wireless Technolgies – Spectrum Strategies for India was organized on February 3, 2006 Complex, Kota House, New Delhi. The Workshop was presided over by Dr. DPS Seth, Member TRAI and attended by about 100 participants from government and industry. The dignitaries who participated include:

Dr. DPS Seth, Member TRAI

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication Services

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Senior Consultant, TRAI & former Coordinator of ITU, ASP Regional 

Office, Bangkok

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. Vijay Madan, Executive Director, C-DOT, India

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt. Limited

Mr. R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC

Mr. Anuj K Srivastava, General Manager, MTNL 

(h) National Seminar on Roadmap for WiMAX in India was organized on July 18, 2006 at Le Meridien, New Delhi in association with WiMAX Forum. The seminar was very well attended by about 140 telecom experts from India and abroad. The event was presided over by Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT. Hon’ble Minister also launched the WiMAX Forum India Chapter. The dignitaries who participated include:

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT

Mr. A.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL

Mr. RSP Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication Services

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Senior Consultant, TRAI & former Coordinator of ITU, ASP Regional 

Office, Bangkok

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor, Govt. of India

Mr. S.N. Gupta, Principal Advisor, TRAI

Mr. Tajit V Mehta, Sprint USA

Mr. Aditya Agrawal, Chair, CWG, WiMAX Forum & Director of Marketing, Beceem 

Communications

Mr. Hendrik Prins, Regulatory Working Group, WiMAX Forum

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, President, CTIA, India

Mr. R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint wireless Advisor, Govt of India

Mr. James Campbell, Motorola, Australia

Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Director, Intel

Mr. Anuj K. Srivastava, General Manager, MTNL

Mr. Deepak Maheshwari, Secretary ISPAI

Mr. Tajit V Mehta, Sprint USA

Mr. Sunil Kumar, WiMAX Forum, India Liason

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Jt.DDG (Strategic Planning), BSNL

(i) 2nd International Workshop on ‘Standardising National Regulations on Health Effects of Mobile Phones Exposure’ was organized on October 17, 2006 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. The Workshop was presided over by Mr. A.K. Saxena, Member (Services), Department of Telecommunication, Government of India and attended by about 80 participants including international experts from Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) and professionals from telecom and medical research from India and abroad. The dignitaries who participated include

Mr. A.K. Saxena, Member (Services), Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India

Dr N.K. Ganguly, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Dr. Ken Joyner, Chairman, MMF Regulatory Working Group, Brussels, Belgium

Mr. Michael Milligan, Secretary General, Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF)

Mr. Ralf Grafe MMF Regional Representative Europe

Dr. B.C. Das, Director, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology, Noida

Dr. Ashok Chandra, Jt. Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India

Ms. Maya Saxena, DDG, Telecommunication Engineering Centre

Mr. P.S. Saran, former Secretary, Department of Telecommunication

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt. Limited

(j) Round Table Conference on “Role of WiMAX in Next Generation Services” was organized at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi on 07 December, 2006. The Conference was very well attended by telecom experts from India and abroad. The event was presided over by Mr. R.N. Agarwal, President, ITU-APT Foundation of India and Theme Presentation was delivered by Mr. Peter Pitsch, INTEL. The dignitaries who participated include:

Mr. K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India

Mr. A.K. Saxena, Member (Services), Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. Peter Pitsch, INTEL

Mr. R.N. Padukone, Sr. DDG, TEC

Mr. S.N. Gupta, Former Principal Advisor, TRAI

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola

Mr Anuj K. Srivastava, GM, MTNL

Mr. Vishesh Gupta, CMO, Alcatel

Mr. J.P. Garg, Nokia

Mr. T.V. Sriram, Bharti

Col. R.S. Perhar, Secretary, ISPAI

Mr. Sandeep Sibal, Reliance

Mr. R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint wireless Advisor, Govt of India

Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Director, Intel

(k) 2nd National Workshop on WRC-07 was organized at India International Centre, New Delhi on 21st December, 2006. The Conference was very well attended by telecom experts from India and abroad. The event was presided over by Mr K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication. An Overview of WRC-07 and APT Preparatory activities (APG-07) was presented by Mr. R.N. Agarwal, President ITU-APT Foundation & Chairman, APT Preparatory Group. Keynote address was delivered by Mr. Amarendra Narayan, Executive Director, APT and Mr. P.K.Garg, Wireless Advisor to Govt. of India. The dignitaries who participated include:

Mr K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication

Mr. Amarendra Narayan, Executive Director, APT

Mr. P.K.Garg, Wireless Advisor to Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Co-Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) and President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint Wireless Advisor to Government of India, WPC, & Chairman,

National Preparatory Committee on WRC-07

Mr. T.R. Dua, Senior Director, COAI

Col. P.K. Sharma, Joint Communication and Electronics Staff

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Vice President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Mr. Arif Khan, Sr. Manager Govt. Affairs, Qualcomm

Mr. J.P. Garg, Principal Advisor, Nokia

(l) National Conference on Cyber Security was organized by ITU-APT Foundation on 9th & 10th March 2007 at Bangalore in association with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a deemed University. Tutorials on the subject were held on 8th March 2007 for professionals and students. The conference was presided over by Dr. C Rao, Kasrabada, Chairman, UTL, Bangalore. More than 200 IT and telecom experts from India and abroad participated in the event. The objective of this conference was to focus on awareness, education and vision for the future in all areas of Cyber Security. The dignitaries who participated in the event include:

Dr. Sateesh& Dr. Karthik Sivakumar, IBM Bangalore

Mr. Rakesh Dharmala, CISSP, Bangalore

Prof. C. E. Veni Madhavan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Dr. M. Sethumadhavan, Amrita-TIFAC CORE

Mr. Siva Kumar, A. Kavitha and Ms. Hemavathy, Bharat Electronics, Bangalore

Dr. P. V. Ananda Mohan, ECIL

Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita University

Prof. H. Raghav Rao from SUNY Buffalo

Mr. G.K. Patra of CMMACS, Bangalore

Dr. C.R. Chakravarthy (Former Director, SAG, DRDO

Mr. M.Chandrasekhar, Vice President (UTL)

Prof. K.V.V. Murthy, , Amrita University.

Mr.Vijayashankar (Naavi), Director, Cyber Law College

Dr. Chandan Mazumdar, Prof & Head, Distributed Computing Dept.Jadavpur University, 

Calcutta

Prof. C.E.Veni Madhavan , IISc-Bangalore)

Mr. S. S. Choudhary, General Manager, ITI Ltd, Bangalore

Prof. S.K. Manocha, Former Charman, Indian Telephone Industry

(m) National Workshop on Next Generation IMT Technologies was held ar Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi on April 11, 2007. The Workshop was very well attended by more than 100 telecom experts from India and abroad. The Keynote addresses were delivered by Mr K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication and Mr. G.S. Grover, Member (Services), Department of Telecommunication. An Overview of Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) was presented by Dr. Avneesh Agrawal, Sr. Vice President, Qualcomm and An Overview of Long Term Evolution (LTE) ) was presented by Dr Erik Dahlman, Ericsson Research, Stockholm. The dignitaries who participated include:

Mr K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunication

Mr. G.S. Grover, Member (Services), Department of Telecommunication

Mr. P.K.Garg, Wireless Advisor to Govt. of India

Mr. P.S. Saran, Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. S.K. Hajela, Co-Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. DPS Seth, Former Member, TRAI

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, Former Chairman, Radio Regulations Board, ITU and presently Chairman, APG(APT) ) and President ITU-APT Foundation of India

Dr. Avneesh Agrawal, Sr. Vice President, Qualcomm

Dr Erik Dahlman, Ericsson Research, Stockholm

Mr. R.N. Padukone, Sr. DDG, TEC

Mr. T.R. Dua, Senior Director, COAI

Mrs. Deepa Tyagi, DDG, TEC

Dr. Koilpillai, IIT, Chennai

Mr. Arif Khan, Sr. Manager Govt. Affairs, Qualcomm