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Sunil Kanti Bose

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Sunil Kanti Bose
Bose at the United Nations headquarters in New York (2014)
Chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
In office
23 October 2012 – September 2015
Preceded byMohammad Abu Bakar Siddque
Succeeded byShahjahan Mahmood
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi

Sunil Kanti Bose is the former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.[1][2] During his term as chairman of the regulatory commission he blocked YouTube due to the controversial Innocence of Muslims film.[3][4]

Career

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Bose joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1979.[5]

Bose previously served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority.[5] He is the former chairperson of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority.[5] He served as the director of the Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre.[5]

Bose was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on 23 October 2012.[5] He was appointed chairperson of the commission of a three-year term.[5] Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddque replaced Bose as Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.[5] He briefly banned YouTube in 2012 to prevent people watching the Innocence of Muslims movie and removed the ban in 2013.[6][7] The film portrayed Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, in a negative light.[8] He established one megabyte per second as the standard broadband speed in Bangladesh.[9] He called on the government to resolve licensing disputes with Grameenphone.[10]

In 2015, Bose initiated reregistration of sim cards where information was missing from registration.[11] He called on the government of Bangladesh to increase cyber security of the country.[12] He signed an agreement for the procurement of Bangabandhu-1 satellite.[13]

Bose was replaced by Shahjahan Mahmood as chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in September 2015.[14]

In 2018, Bose pledged support for Awami League, along with 307 former bureaucrats, before the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Sunil Kanti Bose Archives". LIRNEasia. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "Mahindra Comviva's Mobility Connect Forum ends in the city". Dhaka Times 24. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube, blocked after anti-Islam film". DNA India. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube, blocked after blasphemous film". The Express Tribune. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Sunil Kanti Bose is new BTRC Chairman". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube". Business Line. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  7. ^ "Ban on YouTube goes". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube". Gulf News. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  9. ^ "BTRC setting 1Mbps 'standard broadband speed'". telegeography.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  10. ^ "BTRC chairman urges end to GP licence issue". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  11. ^ "SIM re-registration only for fake and faulty ones: BTRC". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  12. ^ "Strengthen cyber security measures". The Daily Star. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  13. ^ "BTRC Inked Deal for 'Bangabandhu' Satellite". www.albd.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  14. ^ "MNP will solve call drops menace, says outgoing BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  15. ^ "307 retired senior govt officials express solidarity with AL". RTV. Retrieved 2022-09-20.