Shri Dinesh Mahur is an Additional Secretary in the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He is a 1992 batch officer of the Indian Telecom Service (ITS). In addition to his postings in his parent department, i.e., the Department of Telecommunications, he has served in several key organizations. He worked in the Ministry of Home Affairs as Director from 2011 to 2016, in Prasar Bharati as Additional Director General from 2016 to 2020, and in the Ministry of Mines as Joint Secretary during 2024–25, prior to his current assignment in the Ministry of Defence.He is an engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (1991), holds an M.A. in Social Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, Netherlands (2014), and has completed a PGDM in Public Policy and Management from the Management Development Institute, Gurugram (2024).He has extensive experience in the telecommunications sector and has played a key role in establishing telecom companies with investments from Indian Public Sector Undertakings in countries such as Nepal and Mauritius, where he also held leadership positions.