TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal calls it a day
New Delhi: Pradip Baijal on Tuesday retired as chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after a three-year tenure. Baijal's distinguished career spanned 40 years in civil services. During his leadership phone tariffs plummeted to their lowest levels ever along with a steep increase in tele-density.

Baijal, a 1966 IAS officer of the MP cadre, directly dealt with a variety of key issues impacting the telecom industry in India, including changes to the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) that reduced mobile phone bills. 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.
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Nripendra Misra is new TRAI chief
New Delhi: The former Secretary of the Department of Telecom (DoT), Nripendra Misra, has been appointed the next Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Misra, a 1967 IAS officer, had worked in close quarters with the communications and IT minister, Dayanidhi Maran, as DoT Secretary and had assisted in formulating some key policy decisions including the Broadband Policy.

He has served in various administrative field positions and as Special Secretary of Finance of Uttar Radesh. From 1981 to 1985, he was director in the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Division.
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Jaisu CMD receives award
Kochi: Mohanlal G. Kewalramani, chairman and managing director of Jaisu Shipping and Dredging Company, has received the "Sindhu Bhushan" award for his contribution in the field of dredging in the country.
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