Shyam Sunder Sikder

Shyam Sunder Sikder (born 10 January 1960) is a retired senior secretary and the former chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. He is the former secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division. He is the former secretary of the Posts and Telecommunications Division.

Early life and education Sikder was born on 10 January 1960 in Lonsing village, Naria Upazila, Shariatpur District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. His father was Girendra Mohan Sikder and his mother was Krishnadasi Sikder. He did his MBA from Northern University in 2008. He previously served as the joint secretary at the Ministry of Culture and additional secretary at the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.

In 2014, Sikder was appointed secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. He saw the establishment of 6500 Sheikh Rasel Digital Laboratories in educational institutions across Bangladesh.

Sikder retired as a senior secretary in January 2019. He replaced Md Jahurul Haque. Syed Dilzar Hossain was appointed commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission under Sikder. In November 2022, Sikder allowed Grameenphone to sell 78,000 SIMs to government agencies and the security establishment after it had banned the company from selling sims due to poor network service following instructions from the Posts and Telecommunications Division. Telecom expert Abu Saeed Khan criticized the move as discriminatory towards the general public.

In December 2023, vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Md Mohiuddin Ahmed replaced Sikder as chairman of the commission.