The government on Friday appointed JS Deepak is the new secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). JS Deepak will succeed the current DoT secretary Rakesh Garg, who has been moved as the secretary of the minority affairs ministry.

JS Deepak is currently the secretary of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

This will be Deepak’s second innings in the Department of Communications (DoT).

The new Telecom Secretary - JS Deepak is credited with successfully conducting the first ever e-auction of spectrum in 2010 in India.

He is an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus and joined the Uttar Pradesh cadre of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in 1982.