Pradip Baijal is a much respected officer of the Indian Administrative Service who retired as chief of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Pradip Baijal held several senior administrative positions in the Ministry of Finance and Industries at state level but first came into prominence as the disinvestment secretary in 1999 and was part of the team that was involved in the disinvestment of various Govt companies like BP, VSNL, IPCL and Maruti. He is credited for the successful sale of Maruti - which is seen as a landmark transaction (managed to extract a Rs 1000 crore control premium for the government). He retired as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in March 2006.
Post retirement, Pradip Baijal setup Noesis Strategic Consulting Company. Noesis Strategic Consulting was doing advisory work for Indian, MNC clients, foreign government/regulators, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank etc. in power, telecom, broadcasting policy and regulation, steel and mineral sectors, India entry strategies, public private infrastructure projects etc.
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