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PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA 19 – 27 February 2025
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Roopinder Singh Perhar

Nominee details

Title
Mr.
Name
Roopinder Singh Perhar
Position
President Strategy & Planning
Organization
Netplus Broadband Services Pvt Ltd

Roopinder Singh Perhar

Biographical info

Education/qualifications
  • B. Com
  • Masters Defence Studies
  • Diploma in Logistics, HR, Legal, Project Planning
Relevant Board Experience

I have been in Telecom & Internet Industry for the last two decades. I have also been actively participating in the APNIC community for the last two decades. I have reasonably good knowledge of the APNIC community and its needs. As far as experience at Board level is concerned I have been COO of TULIP Telecom Ltd. This role gave me experience of handling large countrywide operations teams of over 1400 personnel reporting to me. The other departments reporting to me were HR, Legal, Training, Operational Finance, Purchase & Imports, Tower Manufacturing Factories & Regulatory Team. At Board level I was involved in Strategic Planning of Existing Business and its expansion, New opportunities of business company could look into & overall Budgeting.

As President of Strategy and Planning for Netplus Broadband Services and Group companies again I gained valuable experience of setting up Netplus Broadband from scratch to an organisation with over 1500 personnel and having 700,000 customers of Broadband and older company Fastway (Cable Services) having 4 million customers. Most of my work was at board level in fields of HR, Legal, Regulatory, Technology, Purchase, Logistics, Operations, Budgeting & Training.

I have been on the Governing Board (EC) of Internet Services Providers Association of India (ISPAI) since 2006 to date with an absence of only a few years in between.

I feel I am amply qualified and experienced to make meaningful contribution, in Strategic Planning, Legal, HR, Training, Service delivery, Finance & Budgeting as I have been doing in my last two terms as APNIC EC. Having been an active community member for last two decades I also have deep insights into the requirements of the community which APNIC is required to serve.

Senior Management Experience
  • COO Tulip Telecom Ltd- 5 years
  • President Strategy & Planning Netplus Broadband Services Pvt Ltd- 8 years
  • Board Member Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) - 14 years
Corporate Group
  • Director Indus Innovative Media Pvt Ltd.
  • Director Indus Realcon Pvt Ltd
  • President Netplus Broad Band Services Pvt Ltd
  • Principal Advisor Conjoinix Total Solutions Pvt Ltd

Nominee statement

I am honored to be nominated for elections to APNIC Executive Council. I have been associated with the APNIC community since 2005 onwards. I led the Internet Service Providers of India (ISPAI) team to APRICOT Conference in Bali and convinced the board to consider India as a destination for APRICOT & APNIC meetings. We successfully held the first APRICOT meeting in New Delhi and thereafter we have held many meetings of our regional and international importance. I have been in the Telecom Sector for last two decades. I also helped initiate ISPAI case for NIR and it’s setting up in India.

As COO of Tulip Telecom Ltd I picked up valuable experience of Operations, Management of Resources, Logistics, Evaluation of Technologies for Deployment, HR management at a national scale, Financial Management to ensure optimal operational expenditure and experience of functioning in a large telecom company with over 1400 personnel reporting to me. My role was in the top management and board level of the company. My current assignment at Netplus Broadband Services Pvt Ltd as President for Strategy and Planning and Principal Consultant to group companies has given me further experience at board level to function at and manage large companies for which skills in, Financial Management, HR Management, Logistics, Sales and marketing, Operations and legal matters are essential. In my two terms as EC of APNIC from 2016 to 2018 and 2023 to 2025 I have demonstrated these skills in EC board meetings and the various committees I was a member of and helped in improving the overall Strategic Planning, Operational Issues, better Service Delivery & Training to community, Financial Planning, HR issues including issues related to work health and safety, relationship with other World Bodies and Legal matters. As APNIC EC these skills are essential to make meaningful contribution at board level and I feel I am amply qualified and experienced to ensure upkeep of members and organizational interests in a balanced framework.

Nominated by

Organization:
delDSL Internet Pvt. Ltd.
Reason for nomination

Roopinder Singh Perhar has served in various capacities in both corporate and government organizations addressing the Internet and Telecommunications Sectors. He is currently the President Strategy and Planning of Netplus Broadband Services Pvt Ltd. He is also an Executive Council member of the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) since last nearly two decades.

At Netplus, he started the company for the promoters and led the company to deploy innovative technologies to build locally sustainable networks at low cost while providing an international-class Internet usage experience. Prior to this, he was COO of Tulip Telecom Ltd where he helped the company establish a MPLS VPN Network spanning 1,140 locations across India. He also assisted in setting up Company data centers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. He is also Principal Advisor to Conjoinix Total Solutions Pvt Ltd, a start-up organization & mentored them innovate solutions in M2M/IoT domain.

He was elected as member of the Executive Council of ISPAI in 2005 and then Secretary ISPAI in 2006, during which time he was responsible in building sustainable business models with supportive technology for small ISPs who could spread Internet access into rural areas. He was also instrumental in getting to India the first APNIC and then APRICOT meeting and assisted in their conduct. He was also actively involved in getting an NIR started in India, which is today established as IRRIN.

He has also been a member of various government and other committees and organizations-:

  1. In Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) as member Next Generations Committee.
  2. Spectrum Evaluation and Allocation Committee of Department Of Telecom (DOT).
  3. Bureau of Indian Standards Committee to set wireless radiation standards in India.
  4. Indo UK high Technology Group to promote Nano Technology in India.
  5. Active participant in policy building at ICANN, RIRs, IGF, APRICOT, APNIC, SANOG and INNOG to further the cause and concerns of the Indian & APNIC community.
  6. Founding Secretary of ISOC Delhi Chapter. He set up free computer education centers for deprived children.
  7. Vice President of NGO Youth Technical Training Society in field of Child Helplines, AIDS Management and computer education in slums.
  8. He has been in Top Management of various companies at board level and is fully experienced in Administration, Legal, Financial Planning, Sales, Marketing and Operations of running large companies. Experience which is extremely essential to supervise an organization such as APNIC.

Perhar has been elected to APNIC EC twice i.e. in 2016 and 2023. During his terms in APNIC he has contributed his knowledge and experience in matters related to Strategy, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Operations with a view to further improve the customer relations, financial planning, strategy, legal, in work health and safety related issues. His work and dedication as APNIC EC have been well appreciated by his colleagues on the EC and others involved. We feel that his election to the APNIC EC board will bring a necessary balance of knowledge and wealth of unique and essential experience for benefit of APNIC community and APNIC as a whole.

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