Former telecom secretary JS Deepak has been appointed by Bharti Airtel as Group Director for Policy and International Strategy. The 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre was telecom secretary from June 2016Â until March 2017, when he was abruptly transferred to the Department of Commerce. He was attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in his capability as telecom secretary in March 2017, when his switch orders had been revealed.
Barely every week earlier than Deepak was transferred out of the telecom division, the telecom fee, which is the best choice making physique of the DoT, underneath his chairmanship had written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, then headed by RS Sharma, that the regulator’s choice to permit Reliance Jio promotional provide to proceed past the stipulated 90-day interval after which permit a subsequent promotional provide precipitated loss to the exchequer to the tune of Rs 685 crore.
After an almost three month interval as officer on particular responsibility (OSD) within the commerce ministry, Deepak was appointed Permanent Ambassador of India to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Bureaucrats can be part of corporates after a compulsory one-year cooling off interval, or after particular clearance from the federal government that enables them to affix an organization following their retirement or leaving their authorities place. Deepak superannuated in 2018 however his WTO time period led to May 2020.
