Rajesh Duneja

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Rajesh has extensive experience across strategy, policy development, financial assessment and implementation experiences across multiple geographies and industries.

Areas of Focus

Education

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

MBA

Indian Institute of Technology – BHU (IIT)

B. Tech

CFA

Past Experience

Motorola

Business Manager

BT Telconsult

Regional Manager

ICICI

Associate

McKinsey & Co

Associate

Rajesh is a Partner and a member of our global Telecommunications, Information, Media & Electronics (TIME) and Public Services Practices. Based in Dubai, he works in areas of telecom strategy, digital economic policy, regulation, and public policy.

Rajesh brings more than 25 years of experience working with ADL, a telecom equipment manufacturer, and a developmental bank. He has developed strategies for telecom operators in new growth areas, media regulators, and operators, national digital economic strategies, and advised boards on capital allocation. Additionally, he leads and supports the development of the real estate and tourism competence center in ADL.

Before joining Arthur D. Little, Rajesh worked for Motorola, ICICI (Infrastructure Project Finance), and leading strategy consulting firms. He holds a degree in business administration and a bachelor's in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Public sector

Charting the course

At a country level, digitalization is seen as a driver of economic growth and skilled jobs creation. While the term “digital economy” is not new, recent developments mean policy makers must now rethink their digitalization agendas. Firstly, digitalization has become a critical factor in maintaining economic competitiveness, as it permeates all economic sectors, disrupting traditional production and exchanges and creating new growth opportunities. Digitalization is no longer optional – those that don’t adopt it risk falling behind.

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Smart regulation: The gateway to frontier innovation

Rajesh Duneja, Giancarlo Agresti, Elisabetta Cafforio

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

ICT Start-ups in Saudi Arabia

Rajesh Duneja

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Attracting foreign direct investment in cultivating digital economy

Rajesh Duneja, Vidhitha Kanakamedala, Arvind Rajeswaran

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a catalyst for digital economy development. With competition increasing as countries announce various FDI-attractive policies, policy makers must think strategically, not tactically. Nations should actively direct investments into targeted digital services with a focused approach. Investment policies, incentives, and the investor pitch must resonate with the country’s unique strengths – human capital, business ecosystem, or technological capabilities.

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Transforming the ICT sector in Saudi Arabia through foreign direct investment

Rajesh Duneja

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Digital KSA: Assessment and Way Forward for the Digital Economy

Rajesh Duneja

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Middle East digital economy outlook

Rajesh Duneja

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Beyond the buzz: Making 5G a success in Saudi Arabia

Rajesh Duneja

5G is more than the evolution of an existing technology standard – it enables multiple use cases that were previously impossible within the mobile environment. This is due to its combination of extremely low latency, ability to connect a large number of devices and greater throughput, as well as the fact it can operate on a higher number of spectrum bands. However, these use cases and possibilities are still evolving as technology rollouts intensify.

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Public sector, Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Helping MSMEs rise again

Rajesh Duneja, Arvind Rajeswaran

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of the economy, accounting for well over 40 percent of GDP in most countries. While MSMEs have always needed government support, COVID-19 has dealt them a devastating blow from which many may not recover. Various governments have announced economic relief packages, but these do not always address the real challenges MSMEs face to reopen and grow their business in the post COVID-19 world, where they may need to operate in different ways and with disrupted supply chains and customer relationships.

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Embracing the future

Rajesh Duneja, Dr. Karim Taga, Hariprasad Pichai

How can operators embrace telecom disruption?

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Public sector, Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

Digitalization of government services

Rajesh Duneja, Agron Lasku, Hariprasad Pichai, Petter Kilefors

Governments and constituent entities are embracing digitalization to provide user-friendly government services to citizens and simultaneously reduce their cost to offer such services. There are numerous success stories, interestingly some of them are from very small nations but failures abound as well. A successful digitalization approach should be viewed from the citizens’ experience perspective rather than purely as a large process automation / IT modernization program. A successful digitalization initiative entails:

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With the Internet of Things (IoT) every- where, can regulation be far behind?

Rajesh Duneja, Andrea Faggiano, Hariprasad Pichai, Thomas Kuruvilla

The IoT ecosystem is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, with mainstream deployment already prevalent across many vertical industries. Increased IoT penetration across use cases poses unique challenges for ICT policy-makers and regulators beyond traditional telecom-focused regulatory topics such as spectrum, numbering, and roaming. The complexity and scale of the IoT brings increased focus on elements such as the safety of various stakeholders, new business models, data security and privacy.

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