} Somchai Reopanichkul, Director of APPU Bureau /APPC   } Eul Rae Cho, Consultant   } Wasim Zafar, Lecturer   } Thakur Subhash Sinha, Lecturer   Bhuvanagiri  Chandra Sekhar , Lecturer     } Araya Prasittibon, Mgr Admin and APPU Affairs   } Sawitree Langkhong, Secretary   } Kirati Petchkum, Adm Officer   } Danai Suwattana, System Support Officer  }  Somjin Chaingam Adm Support Officer  } Songsak Suwannakerd, Office Assistant   } Samran Chinnawong, Driver  Anuphan Auanon, Driver

   
             
       

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MR SOMCHAI REOPANICHKUL is the Director of APPU Bureau, formerly Senior Executive Vice President (International Business) of Thailand Post. He joined Thailand Post (formerly Communications Authority of Thailand and Post and Telegraph Department) in 1972 and  assumed many positions of strategic, regulatory, commercial, technical and operational nature. His accomplishments included many wide-ranging projects in operations, development of new services, quality improvement and international cooperation. He completed his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Institut International d’ Administration Publique (I.I.A.P.), Paris in 1973 and in Postal Management from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Postes, Telegraphes et Telephones (ENSPTT), Paris in 1975.

   

MR EUL RAE CHO is a Postal Consultant of APPU.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electronics Engineering, the University of LEEDS,

 United Kingdom

Policy course on Information, communication and Broadcast,

        Seoul National University

 

PROFESSINAL EXPERIENCE

Seoul Mail Center, Korea, May 2002 to Oct. 2006, Director

Locate In Scotland, UK, November 2000 to May 2002, Advisor

Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea, Jan. 1995 to Nov. 2000

   Deputy Director of Software Industry Division

   Director of Information, Contents, and Software Division

UN-ESCAP, Asian and Pacific Center for Transfer of Technology, India,

   August 1986 to September 1988, Electronics Expert

Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea, October 1984 to July 1986.

   Deputy Director of International Cooperation Division

 

MR WASIM ZAFAR     joined APPC in March 2005 as the Course Director for Operations Management, Human  Resource Management,  Train the Trainer, Advanced Business Management, Information Technology Management and Postal Security. He will also be carrying out ETP for Vietnam Post.

He did his  Graduation in (Nautical Sciences) and holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) / and has done Certification in E. Commerce In his latest assignment as Chief Inspector (Training & Recruitment) he was responsible for Recruitment & Training of 2000 new postal employees in 2003-04 in whole of Pakistan.

As an UPU Consultant carried out a Mission on training for the Postal Administration of Afghanistan in 2003. Was the Chief Operating Officer of Post Mall Projects a new concept of one window communication & business services for Postal Customers in a computerized and paperless environment. Introduced the Hybrid Mail in Pakistan by the name of E. Letter Service for overseas customers. Planned, Developed and Operated five Postal Information Technology Centres at all the Provincial Capitals of Pakistan. Implementation of Track & Trace System of Express Post and Counter Automation Software at Major GPO’s as Coordinator of Post InfoTech, the Software House of Pakistan Post / Post Foundation. As Course Director at Postal Staff College, trained more than 500 Foreign Postal Managers from Asia / Pacific / Middle East / Africa / Central Asia  on Marketing, Training, Information Technology Management, E-Commerce, Postal Management & International Postal Services, Financial Management, HRD, TQM etc

Served in Multinational Environment for 9 years at sea as Nautical Officer in Merchant Marine and traveled to 80 countries of the world. Details at his web site at http://www.wasim.org


 

MR Thakur Subhash Sinha is the Course Director for International Postal Systems, International Mail Accounting, International EMS, and Service Quality Management Courses. 


Before joining APPC, he was Director Postal Services for Mail Management and Business Development in the Indian Capital City of Delhi. In his years with India Post, he has had a wide range of experiences going from Senior Superintendent Bombay Sorting Division to Assistant Director-General for International Relations. He specialises in International Postal Systems, International Mails Accounting, Mail Circulation, Quality of Service Fund and Business Development. He was a plenipotentiary delegate from India to the 8th Congress of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union held in Tehran in 2000.

Mr Sinha has attended several training programmes in India and abroad and has visited several countries in the region and represented India Post at many bilateral and multilateral meetings. As Director in Delhi, he was responsible for the implementation of the QSF Project at the Delhi International mail Centre.


Mr Sinha has M.Phil Degree in Developmental Studies from the University of Delhi.


 

Mr bhuvanagiri chandra sekhar  joined APPC on 2 May 2005. He is the Course Director for Postal Planning & Modernisation, Selling Skills and Sales Management, Effective Leadership Development, Financial Management courses.

Before joining APPC, he was Director Postal Services in India Post looking after Operations  and Business Development  of Vijayawada Region, the richest belt of Andhra Pradesh. In his years with India Post, he has had a wide range of experiences  in handling  assignments in the fields of Marketing, Sales Management, Operations, Planning & Modernisation, HRM, Training, and Information Technology.

Mr Chandra Sekhar has attended several training programmes in India and abroad and has handled several projects viz.., eBillPost (an EBPP solution), automation of Circle Stamp Depots,  Information Facilitation Centres.


Mr Chandra sekhar has Master Degree in Computer Applications and has also had  the specialisation in the field of Management Accounting, Costing at his bachelor’s degree and has to his credit the Part – I degree of Chartered Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

 
   
   
     

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