RAVISHANKAR BISWAS

• Leading strategic ICT projects across digital transformation,software, hardware, and network domains, managing budgets over 20 Million.
• End-to-End Project management from the design to implementation & handover stage for the complete Software Development Lifecycle for various UNMS, Network Monitoring & Management and digital transformation Projects for Government, Private & Global companies.
• Led delivery of UNMS (Unified Network Management System) projects, centralizing network device management and monitoring across large-scale infrastructure including multi-vendor UNMS integrations for telecom & IT clients, enhancing operational visibility, remote diagnostics, and automated alerting across thousands of devices.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, vendors, and executive stakeholders and manage Project Governance & Steering Committee Engagement.
• Handling a team of Network Designers, Software developers, Solution Architects & Project delivery teams for the respective projects.
• Supervision of Installation and commissioning of Softwares, Test Case scenarios as per the design and schedule. Updating progress to higher management.
• Establish Project Plan/Schedule and obtain customer acceptance. Review the project progress with circle teams regularly. Periodic reports to customer & management as per agreed timelines.
• Participate in discussions with Bidding Team & Customer once a project is identified. Discuss & Finalize SOW.Initiate Kick-Off.
• Lead Weekly Project Reviews, Project Governance & Steering Committee Engagement and Management Updates & assess Weekly Progress, approve and provide inputs to catch-up plan.
• Plan, Design & execution of regular roll out as part of BAU need with high- and low-level designs.
• Manage Design(HLD&LLD)Preparation, Installation/Commissioning, Configuration management and Acceptance Testing, FAT, SAT,UAT & Signoff.
• Network Handover to Operations & Support Teams (NOC & Field) after production. Ensuring meeting the tough timeline across multiple circles.
• Ensuring delivery within project budget and min capex to client and structured governance Ensuring further business development with client on win-win basis.

• End-to-End Project management from the design to implementation stage and monitoring of access dates and key dates of the system contractor for the Railway Division.
• Supervision of Installation and commissioning of Telecom Optical Transmission systems as per the design and schedule. Updating progress to higher management.
• Manage delivery of projects outputs. Identify &manage risks and issues. Manage & document project & progress. Manage the project budget, quality & implementation.
• Network Handover to Operations (NOC & Field). Ensuring meeting the tough timeline across multiple circles on win-win basis.
• Ensuring delivery within project budget and min capex to client and structured governance Ensuring further business development with client.

• Worked as Transport network consolidation planner for Infinera network.
• Understanding of AS IS network architecture of both network at Access, Pre-Aggregation, Aggregation and Core level and proposing final architecture based on existing OFC availability for mobile backhaul network, using mix of MPLS-TP, OTN and DWDM Technology.
• Capacity Utilization analysis for existing core and access Ring, finalizing solution as ring splitting or bandwidth upgradation.
• MOP preparation for PTN/SDH/OTN mux removal, Traffic shifting, Lambda Upgrade, SDH to Packet Migration, and Packet to Router Migration for IP-fication Cities to bring network to end state architecture.
• Proposing network designs as per requirement from INFINERA Corporate, aligning TCTS circle team to full requirement and providing methodological approach.
• QoS implementation in Transport Domain for for mobility services as per OEM MOPs.

• Assessment and map/gap of existing Networks.
• Integration of multivendor networks into one common transmission network as per client end state Architecture Transport Readiness for Site including Backhaul Planning & Engineering.
• Capacity Planning & up gradation of links for DWDM, CWDM, SDH & Mux Insertion or removal of Network Elements in existing rings on NMS.
• Plan, Design & execution of regular site roll out as part of BAU need with high and low-level designs(HLD,LLD) within approved budget.
• Manage Preparation, Installation Commissioning, Configuration management and Acceptance Testing & Signoff,Network Handover to Operations (NOC & Field)

• End-to-End Project management from the design to implementation stage and monitoring of access dates and key dates of the system contractor.
• Supervision of Installation and commissioning of Telecom Optical Transmission systems especially OTN, DWDM, SDH, LCD & NPT for 10G, 100G as per the design and schedule. Updating progress to higher management.
• Routine Customer interaction at Corporate & circle for reviews & meetings.
• Documentation of various processes taking place in the project. Involved in decision making while deciding project schedules.

Projects:

• Plan,Design & Provision different Transmission services,circuits, fiber route planning.
• Telecommunications Network Planning, Traffic and Route Engineering and Analysis.
• Backhaul network engineering, design, planning and execution for wireless and wireline Networks.

Operations:

• Lead O&M initiatives across multiple circles for telecom infrastructure, overseeing 24x7 network operations.
• Ensure SLA compliance, service continuity, and availability across core and access networks.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance schedules, fault management, and performance optimization.
• Administered Microwave NMS activities of PDH & SDH.
• Reduced downtime and improved SLA compliance through data-driven performance analysis.
• R&R activities of faulty hardwares & Asset management.

• Installation, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance of DWDM, SDH , Microwave & transmission related equipments.
• Coordinate with other Service provider to resolve transmission link related interconnect faults & OSP team for fiber related fault detections
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.