None selected for the post of CMD, BSNL

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at a selection meeting held on March 28, 2025. The PESB interviewed ten candidates for the job following which it did not recommended any candidate for the post and advised the Administrative Ministry/Department to choose an appropriate course of action for selection including the search cum selection committee (SCSC) or as deemed appropriate with the approval of the competent authority.

During the selection meeting, the following 10 candidates were interviewed:

1. Sandeep Govil, Director (Consumer Mobility), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
2. Sunil Kumar, Principal General Manager ( CFA-F & IA), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
3. Nitin Ravindra Mahajan, Principal General Manager, Ahmedabad, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
4. Rajesh Kumar, Principal General Manager-Network-Pune Business Area, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
5. Vivek Jaiswal, Principal General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
6. Heera Singh Bisht, Principal Chief Engineer(Civil), Dehradun, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
7. Sanjeev Singhal, Principal General Manager Transmission, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
8. Daya Nanad Katyayan, Senior General Manager (Business Area Head Faridabad), Bharat Sanchar
   Nigam Limited
9. Anil Kumar Gupta, Chief General Manager, Himachal Pradesh Circle, Department of Telecommunications
10. M Murali Krishna, Additional Director General, Department of Telecommunications