The Union government has appointed by Atul Kumar Chaudhary as the new secretary of the TRAI, filling the vacancy left after V Raghunandan retired last month.
Chaudhary previously served as deputy director general (DDG) at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and also held the position of DDG at Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in 2021.
He worked in various capacities in the personnel, human resources, administration, licensing, and vigilance divisions of BSNL and DoT. He is a member of the 1989 batch of Indian Telecommunication Services (ITS) officers, graduated from IIT Roorkee, and has a diploma in public policy and administration from the Indian Institute of Public Administration.
