Telegraph Engineering Service Class-I (TES Class-I)
Abbreviation
ITS
Formed
1965
Country
India
Headquarters
Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi
Training Academy
National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training, Ghaziabad, www.ntiprit.gov.in
Cadre Controlling Authority
Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications (India)
Minister responsible
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Communications
Legal Personality
Governmental; Engineering
Cadre Size
1690
Selection
Engineering Services Examination
Association
Indian Telecom Service Association
Service Chief
Member (Services), Digital Communications Commission
Shri A K Sahu ,ITS
Head of the Civil Services
Cabinet Secretary
Shri Rajiv Gauba, IAS
The Indian Telecommunications Service ( भारतीय दूरसंचार सेवा), widely known as ITS, and earlier known as 'Telegraph Engineering Service Class I' (TES Class I) is one of the Central Civil Services under Group 'A' of the executive branch of the Government of India.[1][2] The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services Exam held every year by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India. The service was created to meet the techno managerial needs of the government in areas related to telecommunications. The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) had been managed for years by the officers of this permanent cadre, called the Indian Telecommunications Service (ITS).The officers of ITS work under restrictions and rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) rules.
The engineering officers of ITS are working in senior positions in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM Cells) now known as DoT Licensed Service Area(LSA), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), Unique Identification Authority of India (UID), Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Metro Rail Corporations etc. At present, ITS officers are also working in many Departments of central government and state government on deputation.
Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications (India), under the Government of India, is the Cadre Controlling Authority of the Indian Telecommunication Service.
^"G.S.R 278. Telecommunications Commissions dated 29 May 1992". The Gazette of India, Part II – Section 3 – Subsection (1) (PDF) (Report). Vol. 23. 6 June 1992. pp. 875–886.
^Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India (3 April 2017). I-11019/5/2017-CRD – Updation of the list of Central Group A Civil Services (PDF) (Report).
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