TEMA appoints former DIPP secretary Ajay Shankar to lead industrial policy council

NEW DELHI: Domestic telecom gear makers’ body TEMA on Wednesday appointed Ajay Shankar, former Government of India Secretary to lead the TEMA Council on Industrial Policy.

TEMA emphasized on the need of a coherent industrial policy in order to expedite the domestic manufacturing in Telecom and ICT sectors and the appointment of Shankar is one such step in that direction.

Ravi Sharma, Chairman TEMA, emphasized that with the government’s vision of an AatmNirbhar Bharat and the government’s priority for Make in India requires renewed industrial manufacturing policy for the technology sector as that will save on foreign exchange and will also generate employment opportunities.