Shri Amit Agrawal, I.A.S. assumed office as the Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on January 1, 2026.

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January 3, 2026 BDPA Admin

He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur. Prior to this appointment, he served as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, and has held key positions including CEO of UIDAI and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY). As Telecom Secretary, Agrawal will oversee strategic priorities such as 5G and 6G expansion, spectrum management, and the revival of public sector telecom units BSNL and MTNL. His tenure is expected to continue until June 2030.

We accord our hearty welcome to him and wish that all the irritating and long pending issues of the Department, including Pension Revision of BSNL Pensioners will be expeditedly settled.

Preface

On 12th July, 2009 Sunday, The BSNL & DoT Pensioners Association, Gujarat Circle, Ahmedabad had launched its own web www.bdpa.in to cater needs of BSNL & DoT Pensioners of Gujarat in general India in particular. Within Ten Years period, more than 1,00,00,000 viewers have visited the web which speaks of its popularity amongst the Pensioners/Workers. Our aim is to provide latest Pensioners/Workers immediately. In order to make it Pensioners friendly we have given new look to our web. It contains regular pages such as orders on IDA/CDA, BSNL Medical Rules, Name of Hospitals, Membership list, Birthday List, Membership Form, Procedure, and exhaustive information for members including vital information on 4th, 5th & 6th CPC Pay Scales. We have incorporated orders on 1st & 2nd Wage Revision in BSNL. We have membership in more than 16 Circles and have formed Circle Branch in Kolkata, W.B. Bihar, J & K, NTR, Gujarat, AP, Chennai Telephones, Tamilnadu, Kerala & Karnataka. We have more than 10000 members throughout the country. Your suggestions to make this web pensioners friendly are always well come and you can send email to [email protected] Phone: 079-25500800 Cell: 09879090682. Please visit Magazine Page for “BSNL PENSIONERS NEWS GUJARAT” which is published quarterly by the Association from Ahmedabad. We have won Cash Award of Rs.5000/-, Certificate & Trophy in the year 2012 for our excellent work. Our 4th Bi-Yearly Gujarat Circle and 1st All India Conference were held during the period from 24.6.2012 to 25.06.2012. The Delegates/observers from throughout the country participated. Open session was held on 25.06.2012 and addressed by S/Shri K.C.G.K. Pillai, B. K. Sinha, PGM Ahmedabad Telecom District, Smt. Sujata Ray, PGM Finance, CGM Office, Thomas John K, K. Jayaprakash, Islam Ahmad and many dignitaries. BSNL Pensioners Directory 2012 – 3rd Editions released on 25.06.2012 is under distribution at concessional price. Book your copy with Shri H. C. Bhatia, Office Secretary. In Gujarat, we have formed District Branches at Valsad, Surat, Vadodara, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Junagadh and have membership in all the Districts which is unique achievement. We have established our office at Central Telegraph Office Compound, Bhadra Ahmedabad and our office remains open from Monday to Friday during 14.00 to 18.00 hours. Shri H.C. Bhatia, Office Secretary and R.C. Sharma Treasurer are available on 079-25500800 during normal workig hours. The 3rd A.I.C. of BDPA (INDIA) was held in Kerala 4th and 5th April, in Thiruvalla. S/Shri Thomas John K and D.D. Mistry were elected as All India President and General Secretary for 2019-20-21-22 There is long way to go and reach our goal of selfless service to fraternity. We look forward to receive your appreciation and guidance to go ahead. None is complete but task can be accomplished we there is a will. Thank you all once again. The web is maintained by Shri D.D. Mistry, GS BDPA (INDIA). Dinesh D. Mistry, General Secretary. 05.11.2019