History
After the foundation of Service in 1972, the first batch was recruited in 1974. Mr S.D. Saxena (Retired as Director Finance, BSNL and Ms Ruchira Mukherjee (Ex Adviser Finance), belong to the first batch of 1974. Initial batches of the service were very small in number, however, with growth in Telecom in India need was felt for more number of officers, hence subsequent batches of the service (e.g. 1994, 1995 etc.) were large batches.
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