Resume of Chairperson

RESUME OF CHAIRPERSION & MEMBER

Justice S. B. Sinha (Chairperson)

SATYA BRATA SINHA, B.Sc., B.L., - Born on August 8, 1944 at Dhanbad. Did his B.L. from Chota Nagpur Law College in 1967. Joined Dhanbad District Court in 1968 whereafter he shifted his practice to Ranchi after constitution of the Permanent Bench of Patna High Court in 1976.

Designated as Senior Advocate by Patna High Court. Appointed as the first Government Advocate of Ranchi Bench of Patna High Court. Elevated as a Judge of Patna High Court on March 9, 1987 and transferred to Calcutta High Court on May 11, 1994. Appointed Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court in 1999 and Permanent Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court on December 11, 2000. Assumed the office of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on November 26, 2001. Elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on October 3, 2002. Retired on August 8, 2009. Appointed as Chairperson, Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal on 03.11.2009.

Mr.Govind Das Gaiha (Member)

Govind Das Gaiha: Academic qualification (i) Engineering with specialization in Communication from Banaras Hindu University, (ii) Degree in Law from Delhi University, (iii) Bachelor of Science from Meerut College, Meerut, Agra University (iv) One Year Diploma in Personnel Management from IMT, Ghaziabad (v) One Year Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade and Business Law from Academy of International Law and Diplomacy, and attended One Year Financial Management Course from Bharti Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi. Born on February 19, 1947, he has 37 years of experience in telecommunications technology. His last tenure was as the CMD of Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) where he has worked for over 4½ years before superannuating on February 28, 2007. At TCIL he had conceived the Pan-African network enabling the connectivity of 52 African Nations to provide e-Health, e-Education, and Telecom facilities through optical fibre and satellite based broadcasting systems. He also got the Project of Fiber To Home (G-PON) and New Generation Switch commissioned in Kuwait during his tenure as CMD, TCIL.

Mr. Pramod Kumar Rastogi (Member)

Pramod Kumar Rastogi, M.Sc. (Physics), MBA (Specialization in Finance). Born on 20th October, 1949 at Meerut (U.P.), is having experience of 3 years in teaching in PG College and about one year in Indian Revenue Service (D.T.) before joining IAS. His 35 years experience in IAS includes 10 years of regulatory, quasi-judicial & development administration at district level, 3 years of technical education administration (including discharging of duties of Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Hyderabad); 3 years as Managing Director of A.P. Technology Services; and 3 years as Chief Executive of non-banking financial institution responsible for financing the development of industries. He was also concerned with Financial Administration of Government of Andhra Pradesh for about three years as Principal Secretary (Finance) and had a long stint in Industries Department. His total service includes 8 years service of Government of India and rest in Government of Andhra Pradesh. At Government of India, he worked in Defence Ministry for more than five years which include Defence Production Department having major PSUs like HAL, BEL, BEML etc. He was Special Secretary, Ministry of Defence dealing with operational and logistic aspects of Defence Forces before joining as Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Steel where he was directly concerned with functioning of major PSUs like SAIL, NMDC, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. besides others. He joined as Member, Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal on 19.02.2010.