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Introduction

Any citizen of India seeking any information relating to Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, an attached office of Department of Telecom (DoT), may address his or her application to officers designated as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) in pursuance of section 5(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

In respect of Finance and Technical wings of USO Fund, the following officers have been designated Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) under the RTI Act 2005:

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Details of CPIO

Subject Matter

Details of FAAs

Shri Sita Ram Meena, Director (T-2)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1007, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: director-t2-usof@gov.in

tel no. 23372088, ext 6003

354 uncovered villages project, 502 aspirational districts project
Left Wing Extreamism -Phase I and Left Wing Extremism Phase II

BOP/BIP, CSC – Bihar

Shri Deepak Chanduka, DDG (SP), USOF
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1101, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: deepak.chanduka@gov.in

tel no. 23723575, ext 6396

Shri B P Vishwakarma, Director (T-3)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1419, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: bp.vishwakarma@gov.in

tel no. 23724623, ext 6916

7287 aspirational districts
4G saturation, 10 selected districts

2G-4G

Shri Ram Singh, Director (T-4)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.< >, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: ramias.2008@gov.in

BharatNet PPP, ROWs, PMG Portal of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) (Nodal for USO Fund)

Shri Arun Gupta, Director (BB-1)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1418, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dirbb2usof-dot@gov.in

tel no. 23310287, ext 6156

CTDP (NER for six states), BharatNet utilisation (Government institutions
Nodal for Ministry Of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, PM Gati Shakti), New IT Act modification
NDCP and TRAI inputs

Last mile PPP, Special assistance scheme for states (coordination with JST wing), etc

Shri Sunil Kumar Verma, DDG – I, USOF
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications
3rd floor, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: jsa-dot@nic.in

Shri Vilas Burde, Director (BB-2)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.719, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dirusof2-dot@gov.in

tel no. 23372088, ext 6409

Parliament questions model, Parliament assurances (Nodal for USOF)
Inputs for parliamentary committee meetings

RailTel, OFC projects in NER, Meghalaya project, 4G Arunachal Pradesh, Two districts of Assam project, etc

Shri Akhil Saxena, Director (IS-1)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1309, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001
e-mail: Akhil.saxena@gov.in

tel no. 23723532

Kochi-Lakshadweep-Island (KLI) project, 4G for Andaman project
Pilot projects, Chennai-Andaman and Nicobar-Island (CANI) project issues

BharatNet for Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Shri Sanjay Varshney, DDG – II, USOF
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.706, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: sanjay.varshney@gov.in

tel no. 23372364, ext 6740

Shri Mukesh Kumar, Director (IS-2)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1015, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: mukesh.kumar72@gov.in

Satellite (Digital Satellite Phone Terminals or DSPTs and V-SAT projects)
Old closed schemes like Rural Community Phones and Rural Household Direct Exchange Lines, etc)

Research and Development projects

Shri Sanjay Kumar (DA T-1)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1121-A, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dirbb2.hq-dot@nic.in

tel no. 23372377, ext 6838

Daily, weekly and monthly reports
Annual reports, E-samika, OOMF, Data Governance Quality Index (DGQI) reports
Hiring of manpower, other administrative and coordination works

Social media outreach (Nodal for USOF)

Shri Rajesh Gupta, Joint Administrator (T and A), USOF
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.405, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

e-mail: jatusof.hq-dot@nic.in

tel no. 23372364, ext 6740

Shri Ashi Kapoor (DA T-II)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.413, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dat2usof-dot@gov.in

tel no. 23036132, ext 6132

BharatNet Phase I (Except NER, including Memorandum of Understandings)
BharatNet Phase II (BSNL- Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh-East and West and Sikkim)
Operations and Maintenance for Phase I, CSC agreement

Wi-fi project (BSNL, CSC, RailTel), Audit and court cases

Shri Sheel P Gautam (DA T-III)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
Room No.1418, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dat3usof-dot@gov.in

tel no. 23310261, ext 6111

State-led-model progress, reviewing and dealing with parliament questions and other matters (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Telangana

Sh. Sahil Garg Dy. Administrator (F-I)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1111, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

e-mail: dyadmnfin1.hq-dot@gov.in

tel no. 23036913

Comprehensive Telecom Development Project for NER, Village Public Telephones, Digital Satellite Phone Terminals, Comprehensive Telecom Development Project for Islands, SMCF(TERI)
Wi-fi Schemes (other than under BharatNet).
Telecom Plan for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas
Uncovered Areas Schemes
Empanelment of financial consultants
Administrative and Establishment works (Finance) including RTI
Payments and outsourcing related to USOF and Finance wing
Delegation of financial powers
Subsidy disbursement and settlement

Claim Settlement and Management Software (CSMS)

Sh. Yashashri Shukla
Joint Administrator (Finance), USOF
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
No.1101, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

e-mail: y.shukla@gov.in

tel no. 23372190, ext 6886

Shri Sathish Kumar M C, Dy. Administrator (Finance - II)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, No.1401, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: mc.satish@gov.in

tel no. 23372162, ext. 6712

Matters related to BharatNet (State led and PPP model)
Parliament questions and USO Fund status
Matters related to Budget

Social Impact Assessment, VIP, PMO references

Shri Ankit Verma, Dy. Administrator (Finance - III)
Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications,
No.1401, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001

e-mail: verma.ankit@gov.in

tel no. 23372162, ext. 6712

All matters related to BharatNet Phase-I
All matters pertaining to CSC projects (Wi-Fi, LMC, Operations and Maintenance, etc)
Matters related to Parliamentary Standing Committee, Estimate Committee matters
All reports and coordination matters pertaining to USOF Finance
Preparation of Audit paras, ATN, DAP reports

All closed schemes

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