‪Ram Sewak Sharma | ‪Telecom Regulatory Authority of India | india | Contact number

‪Ram Sewak Sharma | ‪Telecom Regulatory Authority of India | india| Contact number

Ram Sewak Sharma (born 1955) is an Indian bureaucrat. Currently, he is the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI). Prior to this assignment, he wored as the Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India).^[1] He belongs to the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service

An officer of the 1978 Jharkhand cadre Indian Administrative Services batch, Ram Sewak Sharma is the Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology), Government of India. In recent times, he has been instrumental in some key policy initiatives of the Narendra Modi government such as Digital India drive and local electronics manufacturing initiatives. In 2008, he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for his impeccable service record and outstanding contributions.

Born in 1955 in a backward village near Faridabad in Haryana, Mr. Sharma had to struggle hard to complete his early education as his village had no primary school until a few years ago. However, his zest for knowledge, especially for Science took him to the University of Allahabad where he pursued a bachelor’s degree in the subject. Following it, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology in 1974 to pursue a Master’s in Mathematics. In 1978, he joined the Indian Administrative Services.

Throughout his administrative career, he has held several key positions including:

• Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand.
• Jharkhand’s Principal Secretary (Public Health and Engineering).
• Secretary IT, Human Resource Development, Panchayati Raj, Personnel and Drinking Water & Sanitation.
• Principal Secretary to the Governor from 1 January 2003 to 11 June 2003.
• Deputy Development Commissioner in Saharsa.
• District Collector in Begusarai, Purnea in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance.
• Nodal Officer for the IMF, MIGA and GEF.