Indian Telecommunication Service

Indian Telecommunication Service

Service Overview
Formerly known as	Telegraph Engineering Service Class-I (TES Class-I)
Abbreviation	ITS
Formed	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Country	India
Headquarters	Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi
Training Academy	National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training, Ghaziabad, www.ntiprit.gov.in
Cadre Controlling Authority	Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications
Minister responsible	Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Communications
Legal Personality	Governmental; Engineering
Cadre Size	1690
Selection	Engineering Services Examination
Association	Indian Telecom Service Association
Service Chief
Member (Services), Digital Communications Commission	Shri A K Sahu ,ITS
Head of the Civil Services
Cabinet Secretary	Shri T. V. Somanathan, IAS

The Indian Telecommunication Service ( भारतीय दूरसंचार सेवा), widely known as ITS, and earlier known as Telegraph Engineering Service Class I (TES Class I) is one of the Central Civil Services under Group 'A' of the executive branch of the Government of India.^[1][2] The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services Exam held every year by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India. The service was created to meet the techno managerial needs of the government in areas related to telecommunications. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had been managed for years by the officers of this permanent cadre, called the Indian Telecommunications Service (ITS). The officers of ITS work under restrictions and rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) rules.

The engineering officers of ITS are working in senior positions in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM Cells) now known as DoT Licensed Service Area (LSA), 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 (UIDAI), Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Metro Rail Corporations etc. At present, ITS officers are also working in many Departments of the central government and state government on deputation.

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, under the Government of India, is the Cadre Controlling Authority of the Indian Telecommunication Service.