Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) is a technical arm of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and responsible for formulation of standards, specifications, test procedures, service specifications and technical regulations for communication sector. TEC seeks to promote and ensure standardization in the telecom sector and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It also provides technical/policy inputs to DoT, TDSAT, TRAI, C-DoT etc. TEC is also a Designating Authority (DA) for Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) and Certification Bodies (CBs) for telecom sector in India. The technical work at TEC Headquarters is divided among various Divisions such as Mobile, Radio, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Smart Network, Next Generation Switching, Transmission, Fixed Access, Future Networks, Telecom Certification, Standardization etc. List of Divisions and their work areas are given at Annexure-I. Besides its headquarters in New Delhi, there are regional offices for Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Regions located at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively.
In order to study/ formulate/ operationalize/ assessment of various works/projects/ policies etc., TEC seeks to attract young talent from the fields of ICT through an internship programme. Internship Programme will allow young talent to be associated with the TEC work for mutual benefit. It will enable TEC to interact with young scholars and to get fresh ideas and study/ research support from the field of academics. At the same time, it will provide an opportunity to young scholars to contribute in the TEC work and have an insight into the related technical work.