RailTel Corporation of India Limited announced the appointment of Rakesh Ranjan, Executive Director (Telecom Development), as Part-time Government Director, with effect from April 18, 2022.
Rakesh Ranjan is presently working as Executive Director (Telecom Development) in the Ministry of Railways. He has 24 years of experience in the Railways and has worked in NER, ECR, IRISET and Railway Board besides working in RailTel and Central Electronics Limited (CEL) on deputation. He has undertaken higher management courses in ISB, Mohali ICUF, Kuala Lumpur and INSEAD, Singapore.
While working in RailTel, he has been associated with the commissioning of the first STM-16 network on Indian Railways. He has also been instrumental in commissioning of the IP/MPLS network and NGN of RailTel. He was heading the Railway division in CEL and besides being part of the CEL tum-around story was instrumental in maturing the MSDAC along with reviving the Railways R&D in CEL. He also played a key role in designing and developing the next-generation axle counters in CEL. He enjoys teaching and at IRISET he designed and delivered courses on IP Telephony, SDH networks etc. An ardent lover of open source software, he got commissioned IP exchanges and VoIP control communication system in ECR using open source software, the statement said.
His current area of interest includes IP exchanges and VoIP control communication systems, L TE-R for Indian Railways, network optimization for IR, central monitoring of Railway Telecom gears, adoption of open-source software and technologies, secure surveillance systems, and road-map for SG on Indian Railways, according to the company’s statement.
RailTel Corporation a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track.
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