Mr. J.S. Deepak is the Group Director, International Strategy and Public Policy at Bharti Enterprises.

A retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Deepak has many decades of experience working for Government of India, especially in economic Ministries including as Secretary Telecom & IT, and Ambassador of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) at Geneva.

Deepak served as a Secretary and Joint Secretary, Telecom, Government of India, wherein he was responsible for the formulation of telecom policy and reforms in the sector. He spearheaded various initiatives for improving telecom regulation and led the team that designed and conducted the first spectrum auction in India in 2010. He also pioneered harmonization, sharing and trading of spectrum in the country.

As Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Deepak led India's efforts in Internet Governance and anchored the Digital India Programme and facilitation of IT/ITeS sector. He was also involved in Aadhar enrolment and expanding its use for improvement of governance including for e-KYC in the telecom sector.

He was India’s Chief Negotiator at the WTO, for the RCEP agreement and the India-EU Free Trade Agreement and led trade negotiations in agriculture, manufactured products, services, rules, tariffs and subsidies and articulated the Indian position on e-commerce and investment. As Joint and Additional Secretary Commerce, Government of India (GOI), he dealt with trade policy, export promotion of electronics, pharmaceuticals, tea, coffee, spices, agriculture products and services.

Deepak is the Chairman of Bharti Hexacom Limited, a listed group company that provides services in Rajasthan and the North-East under the Airtel brand. He also serves on the Governing Council of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy ISB Mohali, the Bharti Airtel Foundation and the Board of Carnegie India.

Deepak is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has been invited to lecture on subjects related to management, trade, telecom and communication at various leading institutions and international fora.