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As the ITUWTSA 2024 spangs its 10-day-long assembly in India, Indian candidates have been able to secure leading spots in all 10 study groups of ITU’s Standardization Sector (ITU-T).
Positions Secured
“While India retained the Chair position in one group, it secured Vice-Chair positions in all other 9 Study Groups and the SCV Committee, thereby increasing its leadership positions in ITU-T from 7 in WTSA-2022 to 11 positions in WTSA-2024,” the Ministry of Communications said in a statement on Saturday.
Tenure
Since ITU’s study groups are renewed every 4 years, these members will be pivotal for the coming 4 years as the main agenda on the table of ITU remains to be the standardization initiatives and activities in emerging technologies and resolutions on topics such as AI, Metaverse, OTT and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), among many.
Study Groups, Positions Secured
An ITU study group is a group of technical experts who develop international standards for telecommunication technologies based on the inputs received from the members of ITU. Chairs and Vice-chairs of the groups are elected during the WTSA.
India has secured a Chair position for one study group and a Vice-chair position for 10 other study groups. These are as follows:
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S. No |
Study Group |
Position |
Personality |
|---|---|---|---|
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SG2: Operational aspects |
Vice-Chair |
Premjit Lal, DDG(IR), DoT |
|
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SG3: Economic & policy issues |
Vice-Chair |
Sathish Kumar MC, Deputy Administrator, USOF |
|
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SG5: Environment, EMF & circular economy |
Vice-Chair |
Neha Upadhyay, Director, TEC |
|
|
SGC [Merger of SG9: Broadband cable & TV and SG16: Multimedia & digital technologies] |
Vice-Chair |
Avinash Agarwal, DDG, TEC |
|
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SG11: Protocols, testing & combating counterfeiting |
Chair |
Tejpal Singh, Advisor, TRAI |
|
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SG12: Performance, QoS & QoE |
Vice-Chair |
Abdul Kayum, Advisor, TRAI |
|
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SG13: Future networks |
Vice-Chair |
Abhijan Bhattacharyya, TCS |
|
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SG15: Transport, access & home |
Vice-Chair |
Sudipta Bhaumik, STL |
|
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SG17: Security |
Vice-Chair |
Preetika Singh, Director, TEC |
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SG20: IoT, smart cities & communities |
Vice-Chair |
Ravi A Robert Jerard, CMD, BSNL |
|
|
SCV [Standardization Committee for Vocabulary] |
Vice-Chair |
Hemendra K Sharma, DDG(Media), DoT |
Prospects
With India securing key positions in all the 11 standardization study groups of ITU coupled with an era of AI, IoT, and other innovations, India’s commitment to a safe and secure telecom space can be witnessed in the coming period. This presents a much better opportunity and position for India as it aims to lead the world in the 6G revolution.
