Ram Sewak Sharma was today given two-year extension as the chief of the telecom regulator TRAI, according to an official order.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved reappointment of Sharma as chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for a further period beyond August 10, 2018 upto September 30, 2020, i.e. the date on which he attains the age of 65 years, the order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
He was in July 2015 named as the TRAI chief for a three-year period.
Sharma has earlier worked in various government departments particularly dealing with IT-enabled programmes. He has also worked as Director General and Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or Aadhaar.
Recently, he had disclosed his Aadhaar number on Twitter and challenged the hackers. He had challenged a technology developer by publishing his Aadhaar number on Twitter asking him to give some examples of how sharing his Aadhaar number could harm him.