1st Edition
Telecom Sector Regulation in India An Institutional Perspective
Part I Overview 1. Introduction Part II Judicialization and the Framework of Regulatory Governance in the Indian Telecom Sector 2. TRAI: Origin and Early Years 3. Tribunalization and After Part III Crafting Order? Two Decades of the Regulatory Institution 4. The First Regulatory Phase 5. Transition to Unified Access 6. The Competitive Second Phase (2004–7) 7. The Third Regulatory Phase Part IV Organization and Micro-Governance of TRAI 8. TRAI’s Institutional Design and Organizational Ethos 9. Penal Powers of TRAI
Biography
Maruthi P. Tangirala is Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, New Delhi, India, and an officer of the Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (1990 batch). He holds advanced degrees in Management (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta), Public Administration (Panjab University/The Indian Institute of Public Administration), and Law and Governance (Jawaharlal Nehru University), in addition to degrees in Civil Engineering (College of Engineering, Guindy) and Law (Osmania University). He has worked in the Government of India’s Department of Telecommunications and in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Union Public Service Commission, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, as well as in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, in different functional areas. He has published scholarly articles and opinion pieces in the Economic and Political Weekly, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, and Indian Express, among others.
