Chennai:
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has broken the gender barrier after
appointing for the first time a woman as chief general manager of a
BSNL circle in the entire country.
A BSNL spokesperson said that S M Kalavathi became the first lady to
become the Chief General Manager of a BSNL circle in the entire
country after she was elevated to head Chennai Telephones.
Belonging to 1981 batch of Indian Telecommunication Service,
Kalavathi, who took charge as CGM on Friday, has the distinction of
being the third lady to enter the Indian Telecom Service. She succeeds
A Balasubramanian.
After serving as General Manager in other places like Pondichery and
Kerala, she joined Chennai Telephones in the year 2012 and has been
working here as senior general manager prior to her elevation as Chief
General Manager.
Having specialized in Switching and Transmission systems, she has been
instrumental for installation of the first WLL exchange of Tamil Nadu,
in Pondichery and the National Internet Backbone in Chennai. It was
during her tenure as General Manager that the Northern area of Chennai
Telephones saw a vast improvement in the quality of telecom services
thus emerging as a model area for the other areas to follow.
She has attended many international training programmes like Total
Quality Management in Sweden in the year 1991 and National Internet
Backbone in Singapore and US in the year 2000
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has broken the gender barrier after
appointing for the first time a woman as chief general manager of a
BSNL circle in the entire country.
A BSNL spokesperson said that S M Kalavathi became the first lady to
become the Chief General Manager of a BSNL circle in the entire
country after she was elevated to head Chennai Telephones.
Belonging to 1981 batch of Indian Telecommunication Service,
Kalavathi, who took charge as CGM on Friday, has the distinction of
being the third lady to enter the Indian Telecom Service. She succeeds
A Balasubramanian.
After serving as General Manager in other places like Pondichery and
Kerala, she joined Chennai Telephones in the year 2012 and has been
working here as senior general manager prior to her elevation as Chief
General Manager.
Having specialized in Switching and Transmission systems, she has been
instrumental for installation of the first WLL exchange of Tamil Nadu,
in Pondichery and the National Internet Backbone in Chennai. It was
during her tenure as General Manager that the Northern area of Chennai
Telephones saw a vast improvement in the quality of telecom services
thus emerging as a model area for the other areas to follow.
She has attended many international training programmes like Total
Quality Management in Sweden in the year 1991 and National Internet
Backbone in Singapore and US in the year 2000
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