ITI Limited appointed Shri Ramana Babu C V Principal General Manager, BSNL (Indian Telecommunication Service), DoT as Director Marketing on the Board of the Company with effect from 25th January 2024 till 31st July 2028 i.e the date of superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier. Shri Ramana Babu C. V belongs to Indian Telecom Services (ITS) - 90 Batch. He is a graduate in Electronics & Communications from Andhra University and has a Diploma in Public policy and Sustainable Development from The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi.

A highly motivated and result oriented person who has more than 30 years of experience in Project planning, execution, installation and commissioning and operations of various telecom networks. During the initial years in his career, he had worked in Software centre of Department of Telecom (DOT), dealing with large capacity Digital Switching Equipment. He has overseen smooth Y2K transition by developing software patches related to switching and billing.

He has extensive knowledge of Mobile networks and installed CDMA and Wimax networks. He successfully led the prestigious CSC project. He was responsible for dealing with spectrum issues in BSNL.

He has taken lead in design of 4G network in BSNL and successfully soft launched 4G services in 2016 in Chandigarh. At previous position as Chief General Manager, Bharat Broadband Networks Limited (BBNL), he coordinated with various agencies for completion of Phase 1- which entailed connection of 120000 Gram Panchayats with OFC. He also has vast experience in procurement.

He handled procurement activities of the erstwhile Department of Telecom (DOT). He was instrumental in preparation of BSNL procurement manual, which is used as reference by many telecom PSUs and Private Telcos. He has interest in IOT, Mobile networks, circular economy and renewable energy.