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Chairman and CEO, BPL Communications Ltd.
Date of Birth:
May 31, 1964
Educational Qualification :
Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering
Masters in Computer Science
Work Experience and Background
He has worked for about 6 years at Intel where initially he was in the team that developed the 486 microprocessor.
Subsequently he was a CPU architect in the Pentium Team.
In 1991 he returned to India and took over BPL Systems and Projects Ltd, then a company with revenue of US$
6 Million.
Mr Chandrasekhar is presently the Chairman and Chief Executive of BPL Innovision Business Group.
Mr Chandrasekhar is:
- An advisor to the Prime Minister on Trade & Industry
- On the Adivsory Committee in the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India.
- Chairman, Karnataka Infrastructure Task Force, Government of Karnataka.
Mr Chandrasekhar has done substantial work in developing the Telecom Sector in India. He had led the industry
negotiations with the Government and has assisted the Government in formulating the New Telecom Policy.
His interests range from Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Systems, the Internet, Broadband networks, New
Convergent Internet Appliances etc. He is presently working on introducing into this market a totally integrated
Internet suite of products and services ranging from High speed Internet access on one end to a range of consumer
Internet appliances for the home and the office on the other end.
BPL Group
BPL is India's leading consumer brand and the group has businesses and products in consumer electronics, Home
appliances, Telecommunication and components. The group has one of the strongest Distribution networks that cover
the country.
The BPL Innovision Business Group, has since 1991 grown rapidly. The BPL Innovision Business Group focusses
on four areas, namely Wireless, Internet , Broadband, and Technology solutions.
Total assets of the telecom business alone exceed US$ 667 million and with about 2200 employees, manufactures
a range of telecommunication systems and Information Technology and solutions, has a state-of-the-art design and
development facility and provides cellular and paging services in the most prosperous regions in India, covering
a total of 220 million pops.
BPL is in a unique situation of working its consumer markets and products strengths and marrying it to the emerging
technologies and applications driven by the internet to offer the Indian consumer a range of new products and services.
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