| Tour No. | Dates and duration of visit | No. of Members who joined the tour | Names of places and organizations visited | Subject studied |
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| 27th to 29th June, 2018 | (1.) Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Chairperson
(2.) Shri Prasun Banerjee,
(3.) Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse,
(4.) Dr. J. Jayavardhan,
(5.) Shri Virender Kashyap,
(6.) Shri Raosaheb Danve Patil,
(7.) Shri Ramdas C. Tadas,
(8.) Shri Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel,
(9.) Shri Santiuse Kujur,
(10.)Smt. Kahkashan Perween,
(11.)Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao,
| Hyderabad and Pune | Discussion with the representatives of the Department of Telecommunications/BBNL/CGMT, BSNL Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Telecom Circles on the subject ‘Overall functioning of BSNL and the progress of implementation of BharatNet in the Circles’,‘Digital India Programme and National Digital Literacy Mission in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana’, Discussion with the CPMGs Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Postal Circles regarding the performance of Department of Posts in the Circles with special emphasis on ‘Real Estate Management’, ‘Setting up of Post Bank of India as a payment Bank’, ‘e-commerce activities’, etc., Discussion with CPMG Maharashtra Postal Circle regarding the performance of Department of Posts in the Circle with special emphasis on ‘Real Estate Management’, ‘Setting up of Post Bank of India as a payment Bank’, ‘e-commerce activities’, etc., Review of functioning of Prasar Bharati organization,‘Overall functioning of C-DAC’ followed by a visit to C-DAC. |
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| 22nd to 25th January, 2018 | 1) Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Chairperson, (2) Shri Prasun Banerjee, (3) Shri Harish Dwivedi, (4) Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse, (5)Dr. Anupam Hazra, (6) Dr. J. Jayavardhan (7.) Smt. R. Vanaroja, (8.)Dr. K.C. Patel, (9.) Shri Raosaheb Danve Patil,(10.) Shri Ramdas C. Tadas , (11.) Shri Suresh Gopi, (12.) Shri Santiuse Kujur, (13.)Smt. Kahkashan Perween | Mumbai and Udaipur | Plan for enhancing the performance of BSNL and MTNL, Overall functioning of the Department of Telecommunications/CGMT, Maharashtra Telecom Circle/Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and also the progress of implementation of Bharat Net in the State of Maharashtra, Review of functioning of Field Publicity Network of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting/Directorate of Field Publicity, Maharashtra Region, Film-Industry Problems and Challenges, Digital India Programme and National Digital Literacy Mission, Overall functioning of the Department of Telecommunications/CGMT, Rajasthan Telecom Circle/Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and also on progress of implementation of Bharat Net in the State of Rajasthan, Overall functioning of Department of Posts in the Circle with particular reference to the initiatives taken by the Department on Real estate management, setting up of post bank of India and e-commerce activities in the State of Rajasthan, Overall functioning of Doordarshan Kendras and All India Radio Stations in the State and also on the Review of functioning of Field Publicity Network of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting/Prasar Bharati/Directorate of Field Publicity, Rajasthan Region
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| 25th to 28th August, 2017 | (1) Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Chairperson, (2) Shri Harish Dwivedi, (3) Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, (4) Dr. Anupam Hazra, (5) Dr. J. Jayavardhan, (6) Shri P. Karunakaran, (7) Shri Ramdas C. Tadas, (8) Smt. R. Vanaroja (9) Shri Santiuse Kujur | Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru | Overall functioning of BSNL and the progress of implementation of BharatNet in the Circle, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting/Prasar Bharati and Heads of Doordarshan and AIR, Kerala on overall functioning of Regional Kendras Prasar Bharati in the State, Start-up companies in the IT Sector - Problems and Challenges, Overall functioning of Department of Posts in the Circle, Digital India Programme, Overall functioning of Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited. |
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| 15th to 19th May, 2017 | 1.Shri Anurag Singh Thakur,2. Shri Harish Dwivedi, 3.Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, 4. Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse, 5. DR. Anupam Hazra, 6. Dr. J.Jayavardhan, 7. Shri P. Karunakaran, 8. Shri Virender Kashyap, 9. Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa, 10.Shri Raosaheb Danve Patil, 11. Dr. (Smt.) Bhartiben Dhirubhai Shiyal,12. Shri D. K. Suresh, 13. Shri Ramdas C. Tadas,14. Smt. R. Vanaroja, 15. Shri Suresh Gopi, 16. Shri P. Bhattacharya, 17. Shri Santiuse Kujur 18. Dr. Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe | Mumbai, Chandigarh and Shimla | Department of Telecommunications and Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL and BSNL), Overall functioning of BSNL and Progress of implementation of National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN), Digital India Programme, Challenges being faced by Indian IT sector consequent upon recent change in US Immigration/Visa Policy, AIR, Doordarshan, Mumbai Overall functioning of Doordarshan Kendras, AIR in the State, CPMG, Maharashtra Postal Circle, Overall functioning of Department of Posts in the Circle, CPMG, Punjab Postal Circle, Chandigarh, Overall functioning of Department of Posts in the Circle, Various IT Companies, NASSCOM, MeitY, Department of IT, UT Government of Chandigarh on Jobs creation and challenges and opportunities in the region. Start-up Companiesin the IT Sector-Problems and Challenges, Heritage Building of General Post Office Shimla and CPMGs of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana Postal circle Overall functioning of Deparmtnt of Posts in the States, Circles, Department of Telecommunications, BBNL, Power Grid Corporttion of India Limited, BSNL on Overall functiong of BSNL in the Circles and Progress of implementation of National Optical Fiber Network in States, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting an, Prasar Bharati, AIR, DDK from Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab and Jammu on the Overall functioning of Doordarshan DKndras and AIR in the States. |
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| 9th to 13th February, 2016 | 1. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, 2. Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, 3. Dr. Anupam Hazra, 4. Dr. J. Jayavardhan, 5. Shri Virender Kashyap, 6. Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa, 7. Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, 8. Dr. K.C. Patel, 9. Dr. (Smt.) Bhartiben Dhirubhai Shiyal, 10. Shri Ramdas C. Tadas, 11. Shri Salim Ansari, 12. Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda, 13. Shri Meghraj Jain | Places visited Bhubaneswar, Port Blair and Chennai. | Overall functioning of the Department of Posts in Odisha Circle, Overall functioning of Software Technology Park of India (STPI), Overall functioning of Public Broadcasting services in Odisha, Overall functioning of Orissa Telecom Circle, Overall functioning of Public Broadcasting services in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Overall functioning of telecom facilities in A&N Islands and status of Undersea Cabling between Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, functioning of CSCs in the Island region, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and functioning of Telecommunication consultants of India Ltd. |
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| 2nd to 6th November, 2015 | 1. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, 2. Shri Prasun Banerjee, 3. Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, 4. Dr. Anupam Hazra, 5. Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, 6. Shri Ramdas C. Tadas, 7. Smt. R. Vanaroja, 8. Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda, 9. Shri Meghraj Jain, 10. Shri Santiuse Kujur
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Places visited Guwahati, Shillong and Kolkata. Visited BPO company-Serco in Guwahati
| Overall functioning of the Department of Posts in Assam Circle, North East Circle and West Bengal Circle, Progress of implementation of National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) in Assam Circle, NE-I Circle and West Bengal Circle, Digital India Programme in Assam and West Bengal, Progress of Cable TV Digitization and its impact in West Bengal and Overall functioning of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute |
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| 24th to 28th August, 2015 | 1.Shri Anurag Singh Thakur,2.Shri Prasun Banerjee,3.Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad,4.Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse,5.DR. Anupam Hazra,6.Dr. J. Jayavardhan,7.ShriP.Karunakaran,8.Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa,9.Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya,10.Dr. (Smt.) Bhartiben Dhirubhai Shiyal,11.Shri Abhishek Singh,12.Shri D.K.Suresh,13.Shri Ramdas C. Tadas,14.Smt. R. Vanaroja,15.Shri Raosaheb Danve Patil,16,Shri Salim Ansari,17. Shri Santiuse Kujur, 18. Shri Meghraj Jain | Places visited Pune Goa and Chennai.Visited Post Office and BSNL facilities on way to Mahabalipuram | Overall performance of the Department of Posts in the State of Maharashtra,overall position/facilities available under Pune Telecom District,Net Neutrality,Problems and challenges in expansion of rural and remote telephony, overall functioning of the Department of Posts in the State of Goa, status of implementation of Digital India in the State of Goa,overall functioning of the Department of Posts in Tamil Nadu, overall functioning of BSNL in Tamil Nadu Telecom Circle and Progress of Cable TV Digitization and its impact. |
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| 10th to 14th February, 2015 | 1. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur,2. Shri Prasun Banerjee, 3. Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad,4. Dr. K. C. Patel, 5. Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse,6. Dr. Anupam Hazra, 7. Shri Virender Kashyap, 8. Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, 9. Dr. Bharati Dhirubhai Shiyal, 10. Shri Doddaalahalli Kempegowda Suresh, 11. Shri Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, 12. Shri Salim Ansari, 13. Shri Santiuse Kujur, 14. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao | Paces visited 1. Hyderabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Mysore and 4. Mumbai
and IT Companies campus viz. Tech Mahindra and Microsoft at Hyderabad, TCS and Wipro at Bengaluru and Infosys at Mysore, Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Limited at Bengaluru and Postal Training Centre (PTC) at Mysore | Revival of Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Limited ,IT Induction and Modernization in the Department of Posts , and issues viz. overall position of telecom connectivity at Hyderabad, problems being faced by Doordarshan Kendra and All India Radio, Hyderabad, overall functioning including the revival plan of BSNL and MTNL, Mumbai, problems and challenges being faced by Doordarshan Kendra and All India Radio, Mumbai and Research and Development for promotion of Information Technology in the Country |
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