Shri Arvind Kumar is the Director General of Software Technology Parks of India. He is working for the promotion of IT/ITES/ESDM Industry along with tech startup ecosystem pan India. He is working for the dispersal of IT Industry to newer cities for balanced regional growth and creating entrepreneurial opportunities for the youth of those regions. Before joining STPI, he was working in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) since 2004. As advisor in TRAI, he was responsible for formulating policies on broadband, data security & privacy issues, manufacturing, DTH, IPTV, TV broadcasting and OTT, after having worked since 1997 in the Indian Government run premier technology centre, C-DoT, in various capacities. He has also worked with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the issues related to Migration to Next Generation Network (NGN) including OTT, cloud computing, security and privacy related issues. Shri Kumar holds an MTech degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India.