Anupam Shrivastava, who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the state-run BSNL from January 15, said the focus would be on turning around the loss making company into a profitable venture.
The appointment of Shrivastava as the CMD of BSNL will be for a period of five years or till the time of superannuation at the age of 60 years.
“Government is focusing on connecting unconnected people with telecom services including high-speed broadband. My top propriety will be to work with the government in connecting people at affordable cost, expeditiously and at turning around BSNL into a profitable venture,” said BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava.
“I will take up important pending project of NOFN (National Optical Fibre Network), mobile service in Maoist-hit areas,” he added.
Prior to becoming CMD, Shrivastava has served as director (consumer mobility) BSNL from 1 May, 2013.
Shrivastava was responsible for the growth of mobile business of GSM / CDMA / WiMax in BSNL, including all activities related to Sales & Marketing, VAS, tariff finalization and revenue. As zonal director for North Zone he was responsible for monitoring growth and maintenance of telecom network in 8 circles.
Prior to this assignment, Shrivastava held the post of senior general, Ajmer TD where he gave special attention to Sales & Marketing of telecom products in the SSA which resulted in physical growth of connections in all segments and increased revenue for the SSA. Ajmer SSA was chosen for the pilot project for NOFN which was completed ahead of target.
