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| PRADIP BAIJAL is a retired officer of the much respected Indian Administrative Service. He is a 1966 Batch officer from the ] cadre. He is part of a long list of senior bureaucrats who have spent time at ] for specialised training. His career in the IAS has been one of many wins and a few controversies. ], in an article in 2003 called him a storm-raiser, and rightfully so. Credited for 'getting things done', he is respected for his clear thinking and integrity. He has been at the center of the privatisation process in India, the sale of stake in the largest car company in India - Maruti, and the rapid growth of the Telecom market in India. | |||
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| He retired as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). During his tenure, TRAI articulated and adopted pro-development and consumer-friendly regulatory practices and made important recommendations on the growth of telecom services in rural India to the Government of India. TRAI has also urged the industry to think of next generation telecom networks. Baijal, directly dealt with a variety of key issues impacting the telecom industry in India, including changes to the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) that punctured mobile phone bills. | |||
| '''Pradip Baijal''' is an officer of the ] (IAS) who retired as the chief of the ] (TRAI). | |||
| In fact, it was he who is credited with suggesting a reduction in ADC, a fee that private operators pay ] for compensating its rural operations, and its eventual withdrawal by 2009. This was by no means a small decision given the clout and might of BSNL and the support of department of telecom to continue with the levy, which works out to not less than Rs 5,000 crore. He was also responsible for Trai`s recommendations on regulation of the vastly unorganised cable industry in India. | |||
| Baijal held several senior administrative positions in the Ministry of Finance and Industries at state level but first came into prominence as the ] secretary in 1999 and was part of the team that was involved in the disinvestment of various Govt companies like BP, VSNL, IPCL and Maruti. He is credited for the sale of Maruti which resulted in a Rs 1000 crore ] for the government).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/maruti-ipo-may-garner-rs-700-cr/70412/|title=Maruti IPO May Garner Rs 700 Cr|work=The Financial Express|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> He retired as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in March 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/mar/21baijal.htm|title=TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal retires|work=Rediff.com|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> | |||
| Another step of far-reaching implications was Baijal`s continued thrust on ], under which an operator can offer telecom and broadcasting services on a single licence and next generation networks for Indian telecom sector that would bring down the network costs significantly. | |||
| Post retirement, Baijal<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715111309/http://pradipbaijal.com/profile.html |date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> setup Noesis Strategic Consulting Company. | |||
| The unified access licences are already in place. | |||
| == Education == | |||
| Before taking over chairmanship of TRAI, he held senior administrative positions in the Ministry of Finance and industries at state level. Before his current assignment in TRAI, he was the first Secretary, Minister of Disinvestment, from 1999 to 2003, and laid down the entire gamut of rules and regulations for privatization. Mr. Baijal, who in an earlier assignment was the Minister of Power, from 1994 to 1999, and assisted the central Government in power sector reforms, has been a member of India's Administrative Service since 1966. He has published many papers on privatization, liberalization, power and telecom regulation issues. | |||
| ⚫ | He was trained as an engineer before he joined the ]. Baijal earned his BE (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Roorkee; now renamed the ]. He took part in a one-year visiting fellowship at the ] on the Privatisation of Public Enterprise.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} | ||
| == Career == | |||
| ⚫ | He was trained as an engineer before he joined the ]. |
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| Baijal also pushed for ], under which an operator can offer telecom and broadcasting services on a single licence and next generation networks for Indian telecom sector that would bring down the network costs significantly. He is credited<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/mar/mar273.htm|title=Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Trai's Baijal ends tenure; Misra likely successor|author=Anil Wanvari|publisher=Indiantelevision.com|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> with suggesting a reduction in ADC, a fee that private operators pay ] for compensating its rural operations, and its eventual withdrawal by 2009. | |||
| Baijal has trained telecom regulators on behalf of the World Bank (Infodev) in Africa. He similarly works for ITU in Southeast Asia and has also undertaken restructuring of telecom regulation in Lao, Myanmar, and Oman, and has lectured ministers and regulators in Southeast Asia on reforms and regulation. He had also taken training classes on power regulation in 1999, in Vietnam. He is on the boards of Nestle, GVK, and Patni Computers, and advisory boards of the India Oil Corporation, Infrastructure Development Finance Company. For a few months in 2009, he was the chairman of an advisory committee to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board in India. He was Chairman of the ] (TRAI).<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715111309/http://pradipbaijal.com/profile.html |date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> | |||
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==Post retirement== | ||
| Baijal spent a year after retirement writing the book ''Disinvestment in India - I Lose and you Gain'', published by Pearsons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pradipbaijal.com/disinvestment_book.html |accessdate=18 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825012143/http://pradipbaijal.com/disinvestment_book.html |archivedate=25 August 2011 |title=Disinvestment in India - I lose and you gain | Pradip Baijal | Pradip Baijal Profile }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Books-and-Guides/Man-With-A-Mission.html |accessdate=22 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010025645/http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Books-and-Guides/Man-With-A-Mission.html |archivedate=10 October 2008 |title=Businessworld - Man with a Mission }}</ref> He also co-founded a strategy consulting firm Noesis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noesis.in/|title=Noesis Consultancy|publisher=Noesis.in|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> with Niira Radia. He also serves on the boards of GVK, Nestle India and Patni Computers. He works as an independent consultant and advisor to several countries including ], ] and ]. He has recently self-published a book and released it on Amazon. "This is an honest account of the journey of one of India's finest civil servants .... and it is a clarion call to stop the witch hunt practices, otherwise Baijal might just be the last of his tribe to have the courage to carry out big and bold reforms. The India of today cannot afford this. " - Mr. Deepak Parekh | |||
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| Born | (1943-02-15) 15 February 1943 (age 81) |
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| Residence(s) | Noida, India |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee |
Pradip Baijal is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) who retired as the chief of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Baijal held several senior administrative positions in the Ministry of Finance and Industries at state level but first came into prominence as the disinvestment secretary in 1999 and was part of the team that was involved in the disinvestment of various Govt companies like BP, VSNL, IPCL and Maruti. He is credited for the sale of Maruti which resulted in a Rs 1000 crore control premium for the government). He retired as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in March 2006.
Post retirement, Baijal setup Noesis Strategic Consulting Company.
Education
He was trained as an engineer before he joined the Indian Administrative Service. Baijal earned his BE (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Roorkee; now renamed the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He took part in a one-year visiting fellowship at the University of Oxford on the Privatisation of Public Enterprise.
Career
Baijal also pushed for unified licensing, under which an operator can offer telecom and broadcasting services on a single licence and next generation networks for Indian telecom sector that would bring down the network costs significantly. He is credited with suggesting a reduction in ADC, a fee that private operators pay BSNL for compensating its rural operations, and its eventual withdrawal by 2009.
Baijal has trained telecom regulators on behalf of the World Bank (Infodev) in Africa. He similarly works for ITU in Southeast Asia and has also undertaken restructuring of telecom regulation in Lao, Myanmar, and Oman, and has lectured ministers and regulators in Southeast Asia on reforms and regulation. He had also taken training classes on power regulation in 1999, in Vietnam. He is on the boards of Nestle, GVK, and Patni Computers, and advisory boards of the India Oil Corporation, Infrastructure Development Finance Company. For a few months in 2009, he was the chairman of an advisory committee to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board in India. He was Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Post retirement
Baijal spent a year after retirement writing the book Disinvestment in India - I Lose and you Gain, published by Pearsons He also co-founded a strategy consulting firm Noesis with Niira Radia. He also serves on the boards of GVK, Nestle India and Patni Computers. He works as an independent consultant and advisor to several countries including Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. He has recently self-published a book and released it on Amazon. "This is an honest account of the journey of one of India's finest civil servants .... and it is a clarion call to stop the witch hunt practices, otherwise Baijal might just be the last of his tribe to have the courage to carry out big and bold reforms. The India of today cannot afford this. " - Mr. Deepak Parekh
References
- "Maruti IPO May Garner Rs 700 Cr". The Financial Express. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- "TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal retires". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Anil Wanvari. "Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Trai's Baijal ends tenure; Misra likely successor". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Disinvestment in India - I lose and you gain | Pradip Baijal | Pradip Baijal Profile". Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Businessworld - Man with a Mission". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- "Noesis Consultancy". Noesis.in. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
