Ms. Aruna Sundararajan is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service. She served as the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministries of Steel, IT and Telecom; and retired as Chairperson of the Digital Communications Commission in July 2019.
During her tenure, Ms. Sundararajan played a pioneering role in steering various important tech policies and initiatives; across the domains of telecom and hardware manufacturing, e-governance, digital payments, data protection, cyber security and tech start-ups.
Post her retirement, Ms. Sundararajan serves on the Boards of leading companies including Nabfid , India’s National Bank of Infra Financing and Development , Truecaller , Zetwerks and Cochin International Airport.
She is chairperson of the Broadband India Forum , an industry think tank on digital and telecom issues, and an active member of tech mentoring and angel financing initiatives.