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SCTE India announces a power- packed Governing Council

Embarking on F.Y. 2016-17, SCTE India started by announcing a new power-packed governing council. The initiative was taken on the recommendation of Mike Jones, Vice President of SCTE in the UK, and Rahul Nehra (Hon. National Secretary, SCTE India) and supported by the President, Vice President and all the founder members. n Mr. Vivek Garg, Head (DTH Business), Reliance Big TV Limited. n Mr. Rajat Nigam, Group Chief Technology Officer, Network18 Media & Investments Ltd. n Mr. N K Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer, Electronics Sector Skills Council of India. n Mr. Sandeep Bhargava, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Public Policy, Vodafone India Limited. n Mr. Gurdeep Singh Bakshi, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, PPC Broadband Inc. n Mr. Shaji Mathews, Chief Operating Officer, GTPL, Hathway Pvt. Ltd. Rahul Nehra, Hon. National Secretary, while welcoming the Governing Council, said: “SCTE stands to play a pivotal role in emerging Digital India from a skills and innovation perspective and the new governing council will be the defining light of efforts going forward.” Adding to this, Rajat Nigam, Network18 Media & Investments Ltd, said: “SCTE deserves salutation for driving technology enhancement and culture in the industry. I am happy to be a part of the campaign. Today, innovation is a tradition that needs to be adhered to in order to continue the fast-paced tech journey enhancing the user experience.” The SCTE Society has also created the following three sub-committees with a Chairman and a Co-Chair to each committee which will together address and align the needs of the industry and the Society’s vision and current set of activities and possibilities. The committees formed are: The executives joining SCTE India’s Governing Council are:

n Training, Innovation, Standards and Technology Committee.

n Industry Relationships Committee.

n Memberships & Member Relations Committee.

Specific goals for this year include developing technical skills in the digital space, collaborating with policy-makers to fast- track innovation and learning, driving standards in the eco- system and adopting innovation. SCTE India has also planned to launch its own India Broadband Journal which will be a quarterly thought-leading magazine in technology-related offerings in India's cable and broadband world. “This shall enable us to focus on the needs of the broadband sector and help build relationships with various stakeholders in government and industry and create the right policy environment,” said Sandeep Bhargava, Chairman, SCTE India's Industry Relationships Committee. SCTE India is based in New Delhi and led by nine founding members from the Indian telecoms industry. Like the SCTE, SCTE India is an educational society designed to promote expertise, exchange of information and experience and the training and accreditation of members. Membership of SCTE India is open to all wireline engineers and technicians throughout the Indian sub-continent. For additional updates, follow SCTE India on Facebook at https://facebook.com/scteindia , Twitter at https://twitter. com/scteindia and Linkedin at https://linkedin.com/ company/scte-india/ or visit www.scteindia.org and email diksha.allawadhi@scteindia.org

For further information, see www.scteindia.org

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue