Indian Telecommunication Service
| Service Overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ITS |
| Formed | 1965 |
| Country |
 India
|
| Training Grounds | National Telecom Academy and Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training |
| Controlling Authority | Department of Telecommunications under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) |
| Legal Personality | Government Service |
| General Nature | Policy Formulation Policy Implementation |
| Association | Indian Telecom Service Association |
| Service Chief | |
| Director General of Telecom | Shri G. K. Upadhaya, ITS |
| Head of the Civil Services | |
| Cabinet Secretary | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
The Indian Telecommunications Service, widely known as ITS, and earlier known as 'Telegraph Engineering Service Class I'(TES Class I)is an organised civil service of Government of India. The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services exam held every year by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India. ITS is a Group 'A' Central Civil Service(Gazetted) post of the Union of India. The service was created to meet the technical and managerial functions of the government in areas related to telecommunications.The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) had been run for years by this permanent cadre of technical civil servants called the Indian Telecom Service (ITS).
The officers of ITS are working in senior management and administrative positions in the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM Cells), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), Unique Identification Authority of India (UID), Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Metro Rail Corporations etc. At present, ITS officers are also working in many other central and state government assignments on deputation.
A competitive examination called combined engineering services examination is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment to the ITS. Recruitment to Group A and Group B Services/Posts are made under the following categories of Engineering:
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