•As regards details of Vision 2000, he (Brigadier S.K. Datta ) told me it was Top secret and I could go through the relevant extracts, which were in a file held in the custody of Brigadier Datta.

•The VSAT network was proposd to be established in two phases. In the first phase, a hub with about 100 teminals would be installed. This would provide secure voice and high speed data (64 Kbps), betwen the head quarters and important outstations. In the second phase, the network would be upgraded from 64 to 256 Kbp and expanded from 110 to 250 stations. The cost of the first phase was approximately Rs 20 crores, which had already been catered for in the Vision 2000 Project.

•In a particular VHF monitoring station in Ladakh I found that they were not getting anything worthwhile from across the border because they were located in a valley, next to a gompa.

•Barely two months after I joined, a severe earthquake devastated several towns in Gujarat, including Bhuj, where a station was located. Though none of our personnel lost his life, the building and some of their equipment was damaged.

•Anand was sent as officer in charge of the transmitter station at Patparganj, on the outskirts of Delhi. The previous incumbent had been only a deputy secretary! SA Kumar was designated Director (DM) and made in charge of Internet monitoring, which wa still to be commissioned. Mittal was given a couple of projects that were still in the conceptual stage. Mannan continued as Director (TM) under Verma, while Rajagopalan became the Director (SM) under Yadav. Sampath had no specific job, and was told to look after the station in Patiala, under Yadav.

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