Know our new Chairman & MD, Sri Gopaldass

Gopal Das joined Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider in the year 2007 and it was only during his tenure that BSNL witnessed the largest corporate restructuring.

With a vision that brings leadership of a seasoned industry veteran to the position of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider today announced the appointment of  Gopal Das to this post. With an extensive and rich experience spanning 35 years in the field of Telecommunications and his association with BSNL as the Director, Human Resources Development,  Gopal Das happens to be an ideal choice for the post. An Engineering Graduate from Banaras Hindu University,  Gopal Das joined the Department of Telecom’s ‘Group A’ services in 1975.  Gopal Das joined Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider in the year 2007 and it was only during his tenure that BSNL witnessed the largest corporate restructuring.  It was to his credit that BSNL appointed Boston Consultancy Group in Dec, 2008 to develop an overall strategy and transformation plan for the future. This transformation exercise was called Project SHIKHAR. Also, the system of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) - based Performance Management System (PMS) for measuring and rewarding performances at distinguishable levels was schemed under his vision. Till date, the Performance Management System ushered in by him happens to be the most effective tool devised for the welfare of employees, in the segment of Human Resource in the Industry. Besides,  Gopal Das was deputed in Saudi Arabia as Project Director and during his tenure of this 5 years he was responsible for handling the various Telecom projects in the city of Dammam during the period 1987 to 1992. He has also worked on Deputation in Nigeria for about 3 years as Project Director and handled many Optical Fibre and transmission projects.  Das has visited different countries like USA, UK, France, Australia, Singapore, Korea etc. to get exposure of management of telecom systems at international level. Commenting on his joining,  Gopal Das, CMD, BSNL, said “After a good old journey of more than three decades, this is the best form of reward I can seek for my career. I am privileged and humbled to occupy the post of CMD, BSNL. A great challenge lies ahead of us and I am sure we will meet every challenge with determination”. Prior to joining BSNL,  Gopal Das has served as the  Chief General Manager, (Wireless Services) in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited at Mumbai.  Within the company, he is known for his positive attitude and integrity. He is one of the few senior officials who command respect among close to three lakh employees of BSNL.