Aruna Sundararajan
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Aruna Sundararajan | |
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| File:Aruna Sundararajan IAS 2017.jpg | |
| Telecom Secretary | |
| In office September 1982 – Present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kerala, India |
| Education | M.A.(Philosophy) Diploma(Public Admn) |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat |
| Employer | Government of India |
| Organization | Government of India |
Aruna Sundararajan is 1982 batch, Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service officer. She is currently appointed as Secretary to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India.[1]
Career
Ms. Sundararajan was instrumental in establishing the IT department of Kerala way back in 1998. As Kerala’s founding IT Secretary, she had conceived and spearheaded the Akshaya project, first started in the rural district of Malappuram, Kerala, India, and subsequently extended to the entire state.[2] Akshaya was the largest e-literacy project of its kind where over 1 million people were trained in basic digital skills on a campaign mode. Akshaya also catalysed one of the largest known Internet Protocol (IP) based rural wireless networks in the world. Akshaya has received domestic and international acclaim as one of the most pioneering and digitally transformation projects globally. Ms. Sundararajan was also instrumental in establishing the IITMK, and the InfoPark, Kochi, which changed the IT landscape of the state of Kerala and in initiating the SMART City project, Kochi. She had held many important positions including the Country Head of the Global E schools Initiative of the UN and CEO of the prestigious Common Service Centre Project under the National E-Governance Project, of the Government of India.[3]
Awards & honours
Ms.Sundararajan was honoured as one of the top professional women achievers by India Today in 2009 and by Forbes Business Magazine in Aug 2012.[4]
References
- ^ "Aruna Sundararajan appointed Electronics & IT Secretaryl". Financial Express;. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "'Creating India's digital infra is exciting'". The Hindu Businessline;. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "NOFN will be the digital backbone of India'". The Hindu Businessline;. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Aruna Sundararajan: IAS Officer who thinks like a Businesswoman". Forbs India;. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
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