Q: Right now, who has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director of the public sector telecom company MTNL?
A) J.S. Deepak
(B) Anupam Shrivastava
(C) PK Purwar
(D) A.K. Garg
Answer- (c)
Related facts:
- On March 1, 2017, the Central Government appointed PK Purwar as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Public Sector Telecom Company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
- His tenure will be for 5 years.
- Currently he is the Executive CMD of MTNL and Director (Finance).
- On this post, he will replace AK. Garg, who retired on May 31, 2014.
- It is known that MTNL is the main service provider of fixed-line telecommunications mobile services in both metro cities of Delhi and Mumbai.
- It was established on April 1, 1986.
- It provides mobile services in Mumbai city including four outlying peripheral cities like Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad and in the areas covered under Mumbai Municipal Corporation, New Mumbai Corporation and Thane Municipal Corporation.
- MTNL was granted Navratna status in 1997 and was included in the New York Stock Exchange list in the year 2001.
Related Links:-
http://mtnl.in/aboutus.htm
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/p-k-purwar-appointed-mtnl-cmd/1/894695.html
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/p-k-purwar-appointed-mtnl-cmd/57422620