Mr Sumnesh Joshi is an officer from Indian Telecom Service Cadre and at present is posted as Deputy Director General , at Joint Secretary level in Ministry of Communications at DoT Mumbai. He is working in the area of expanding 5G use cases , IoT and ensuring connectivity.
He has also been made Nodal officer for monitoring of 4G network saturation Project in East and West region of the country.
He worked with UIDAI as a first officer at UIDAI Regional Office Mumbai in April 2010 as a part of the founding team under leadership of Mr NandanNilekani. He was instrumental in rolling out the implementation of biometric based Digital Identity“Aadhaar” project in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu.
He worked with the Aadhaar EcoSystem Partners like State Governments, Regulators, Banks, Insurance Companies and Fintech Companies and guided them in designing the solutions for the convenient delivery of various services using “Aadhaar”. He facilitated the use of Aadhaar -a Digital Identity Platform in E-Governance for Targeted Delivery of Services and Benefits.
He also headed the Enrolment & Update vertical of UIDAI PAN India. He was in various committees to look into the Strengthening of Aadhaar Enrolment Processes, Revisiting the regulations and SoPs, Automation of various Processes and Universal Client for Enrolment & Update.
MrJoshi is an officer of 1993 Batch of Indian Telecom Service and has over 25 years of experience at various positions in Government of India.
Earlier in his career He worked with the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and was involved in Telecom Traffic Planning , Data Analytics, Project implementation, Marketing of Services, Market Strategies, Market Intelligence, Product DevelopmentandBrand building.
Mr Joshi did his engineering in Electronics & Communications from Rajasthan Technical University Kota Rajasthan India. He holds MicroMasters in Data Economics and Development Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He pursued a Certificate course in Public Policy from University of California Berkeley and MBA from the Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India.
