'Make in India - Telecom' Conclave

Shri Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecom today emphasized on the need for frequent exchange of views among manufacturers, service providers, operators, industry and the R&D institutes to find out the shortcomings and ways to address the problems faced. Speaking at the Make in India-Telecom conclave here today he said, there is no dearth of talent in India but still we are hugely dependent on imports, especially in electronics and telecom. He said research is being done in India, but IPRs are with other countries. Then we are buying the very same products at higher costs from those countries. He said that there is a great need to make a mechanism to interact with the industry before developing technology or a solution rather than post development. He appreciated C-DOTs role in connecting Gram Panchayts with broadband under the NOFN.