MANISH KUMAR GUPTAFlat No. 804/4I; AWHO Township, Chi-3, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | gupta.manish@iiml.org | +91-8377895570

SUMMARY Career spanning 14+ years in Telecom Domain with 6+ years of exposure in project management, operation & maintenance in OFC & NMS and 8+ years of exposure in planning, optimization of bandwidth and Mux planning. Expertise in 2G, 3G, 4G eNodeB, LTE & RNC planning, OFC project roll out, Circuit & Mux configuration in NOC and alarm monitoring. Experienced in Alcatel, Tejas NMS & Mux including Capacity and DCN Planning.

Skilled in 2G Access (Planning of network, 2G roll-out and mcBSC planning), 3G Access (RFP support. Access Network design, creation of data builds, network optimization and roll-out & RFP support) and 4G Access (access network design, creation of data builds and roll-out support).

Experienced in Fiber, Optics, Mux & NOC transmission, NE & Circuit configuration and transmission planning for 4G, 3G&2G project roll-out, issue resolution of sites, report creation, system upgradation and support delivery from NOC. Well versed in commissioning, integration and transmission techniques. Efficient leader with strong communication, relationship management, analytical, problem resolution and leadership capabilities. Recipient of several awards throughout the career.Completed Post Graduate Programme in Management from IIM-Lucknow

EXPERIENCE

Jun 09 – Present NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED (CURRENTLY NOKIA NETWORKS) NoidaWholly owned subsidiary of Nokia Corporation, formerly Nokia Solutions & Networks (NSN) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), multi-national data networking & telecom Equipment Company 

Aug 11 – Present 3G Transmission Planning LeadJun 09 – Aug 11 Planning Lead

Joined as Planning Lead, supported 2G Network upgradation, roll-out & issue resolution, planned and delivered support to 3G Network from 2010 onwards, supporting !dea on 3G project and A-MS roll-out for 6 circles across India, planning for 2G upgradation to 4G and reporting to the Manager. Played a vital role in eNodeB, 4G LTE, planning and facilitating transmission optimization with

respect to 4G Network Datafill preparation, Transmission & IP planning of SRAN, eNodeB, NodeB, RNC, mcRNC Planned & supported in execution of roll out of 4G,3G projects (Telecom operator like Airtel,

Aircel, Idea, Uninor and Tata Teleservices) across various telecom circles of India Ensured first Live mcRNC upgradation in India region with flawless planning; received

appreciation from the Head of COM Idea Supported Assist Managed Service for !dea for 4 Circles (UP-West, UP-East, Haryana & Kerala)

and delivering support to any issues related to transmission of 3G sites. Suggested & implemented KPI’s & counters for 4G & 3G Network, improved 80% transmission

errors (Frame Loss) in the network; facilitated high throughput Lead team for 4G, 3G sites integration in network & performing transmission planning

→ Pivotal role in DCN planning & execution of Nokia flexi hybrid in Netviewer NMS in !dea Project; appreciated by the Head of Services, Project Director and Project Manager

Optimizing and troubleshooting for improvement of network KPIs with respect to transmission issues in the network

Planning RNC connectivity with AXC, MGW, SGSN and AXC connectivity Conducting bandwidth planning for Node B upto RNC/AXC for Classic, Hybrid & IP/Ethernet

topology including planning of Iub, Iucs & Iups circuits connectivity of AXC, RNC & Mux Performing Sync Plan for Mux, RNC and NodeB 3G Network; analyzing and preparing BOQ for

3G Network for Tata DoCoMo in UPW Circle Checking capacity utilization in access, core ring & e1 dropping capacity at BTS/NodeB sites,

proposing plan for upgradation of backbone NEs Managing NM/RM activity, uploading Live core NEs from NM to RM of Alcatel; uploaded the Core

Live Mux in NMS in Karnataka Circle under Tata DoCoMo Project→ Got appreciation from the National Transmission Lead & National Transmission Head

Conducting DCN planning of NEs in Karnataka Circle for visibility of NE (Mux) in NMS, monitoring BTS & BSC connectivity with Mux on Backbone

Resolving area clash issues in the network, creating design format of diagram for network connectivity and providing guidelines to the circle team for preparing NED

Auditing network of Tata DoCoMo for UP-West Circle on community isolation; redundancy of Mux at core areas; connectivity of MGW, Mux & Routers and POI, etc.

Mar 08 - May 09 RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (RCOM) New DelhiIndian internet access and telecommunications company, provides CDMA (CDMA2000, 1xRTT, EV-DO), GSM (Voice, 2G, 3G) mobile services, DTH, fixed line broadband and voice services

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Senior Manager (Fixed Access Planning)Reported to the Circle Head, worked as a part of a team of 4 in Optics fiber & equipment planning for 5 zones in NCR Circle and managed upgradation of backhaul from STM-1 to STM-4 & STM-4 to STM-4 to STM-16 for 2G roll-out. Planned SDH network / equipments, conducted DCN planning of SDH equipments, raised Re-

Provisioning Request (RPR), managed Planned Event and planned for GSM SDH Equipments Performed transmission planning and IP planning of NEs including transmission plan for

upgradation and enhancement of the existing network Supported sales, marketing & customer solutions teams on delivering new link to the customer,

supervised alarm monitoring & fault analysis of SDH network and rectified fault within SLA Monitored network components (SDH), reported escalation and rectified degradation/failure at first

level; delivered network support for E1, DS3, STM1/4/16 links and related BW Facilitated business expansion, planned for Node capacity expansion and coordinated activities

for expansion & upgradation of Node electronics with vendors and other departments Conducted traffic analysis for resolving congestion problem, performed SDH planning and DCN

planning of IP & OSI based equipments Conducted capacity Planning for BW upgradation by performing Ring Splitting, Ring Up-gradation

and Traffic Migration as well as conducted capacity upgradation of BTS backhaul Implemented RPR for NCR & transmission planning of the network during 2G launch in 2008-09 Freed bandwidth on third path, routed & brought circuit up of STM-1 in few minutes; appreciated

by the GM for saving company revenue

Apr 05 - Mar 08 RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED New DelhiA Mini Ratna enterprise of Government of India; one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in India; focuses on providing broadband and VPN services

Assistant Manager Reported to the DGM, led a team of 12 and supervised upgradation of NMS from release 4 to release 5, STM/4 ring to STM/16 ring, new STM/16 ring and made new STM 1/4/16 links in Northern region covering Jammu, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Commissioned and uploaded STM-1, STM-4, STM-16 SDH equipments in NMS, planned SDH

Transmission for Backbone and Access Network Administered NMS provided by Alcatel, Tejas, Fibcom and WRI, facilitated management channels

to upload equipments in NMS Handled synchronization for SDH equipment and ensured implementation as per ITUT standards,

identified & rectified faults in SDH Network and located degraded signals & faults in the network Managed and monitored Bandwidth & Alarms of the network Configured STM links, DS3 E1 Tributaries & Ethernet Links to Indian Railways and various

Telecom & internet operators (Airtel, Hutch, !dea, Tulip, TTSL, etc.) Managed end to end SDH Links (STM-1, 4, 16, E1s & Ethernet testing), defined various

protection techniques in the existing &new traffic circuits Handled operation & maintenance activities of NMS, provided technical assistance to customers

to ensure smooth functioning of the circuits Conducted end to end planning of Bandwidth including Transmission cards of Mux & upgradation

of Mux, tested Ckts and performed DCN planning of equipment Led the Project of Fiber laying of 300km and commissioning of Mux in Southern RailTel; region

was awarded as best region in Southern RailTel

Oct 01 - Mar 05 BILL ROCKS HyderabadEngineer

EDUCATION

2013 - 2016 Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIML) LucknowPost Graduate Programme in Management (Marketing)

1997 - 2001 Moradabad Institute of Technology, Rohilkhand University (Bareilly) MoradabadBachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications)

TRAININGS Training on DWDM, IP & 3G | 4G planning & its equipments | Alcatel NMS for Operation & Maintenance | Tejas on SDH; Tejas Mux; & NMS for Operation & Maintenance |  Alcatel on SDH Basic; Alcatel equipments | SDH Basic & WRI equipment

PERSONAL Date of Birth: December 7, 1977