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Sunil Bharti Mittal founded the Bharti Group. In 1983, Sunil Mittal was into an
agreement with Germany's Siemens to manufacture the company's push-button
telephone models for the Indian market. In 1986, Sunil Bharti Mittal incorporated
Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) and his company became the first in India to offer
push-button telephones, establishing the basis of Bharti Enterprises. This first-
mover advantage allowed Sunil Mittal to expand his manufacturing capacity
elsewhere in the telecommunications market. By the early 1990s, Sunil Mittal had
also launched the country's first fax machines and its first cordless telephones. In
1992, Sunil Mittal won a bid to build a cellular phone network in Delhi. In 1995,
Sunil Mittal incorporated the cellular operations as Bharti Tele-Ventures and
launched service in Delhi. In 1996, cellular service was extended to Himachal
Pradesh. In 1999, Bharti Enterprises acquired control of JT Holdings, and extended
cellular operations to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In 2000, Bharti acquired
control of Skycell Communications, in Chennai. In 2001, the company acquired
control of Spice Cell in Calcutta. Bharti Enterprises went public in 2002, and the
company was listed on Mumbai Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of
India. In 2003, the cellular phone operations were rebranded under the single Airtel
brand. In 2004, Bharti acquired control of Hexacom and entered Rajasthan. In
2005, Bharti extended its network to Andaman and Nicobar. In 2009, Airtel
launched its first international mobile network in Sri Lanka. In 2010, Airtel began
operating in Bangladesh and 16 African countries.
Today, Airtel is the largest cellular service provider in India and fifth largest in the
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structure to help propel the organisation towards aggressive growth, effective 1
April 2007. Sanjay Nandrajog will be the new executive director, international
operations and managed services. P Swaminathan will take over as executive
director, Bharti Infratel, which is the new foray of Bharti group into telecom
infrastructure management.
In his new role, Sanjay will be responsible for locations like Sri Lanka, a wholly
owned operation and in Seychelles, Jersey and Guernsey as managed services. In
addition, any other new licenses will also come under his purview and all current
CEOs of these operations will now directly report to Sanjay Nandrajog. In his
previous stint as executive director, north, he was leading the largest region for the
mobility business of the group. In his new role, Swaminathan will help build
synergies and cost efficiencies based on substantial infrastructure sharing, energy
conservation etc. He has successfully led the integrated Tamil Nadu, as a director
and CEO. Both Sanjay and Swaminathan will continue to report to Manoj Kohli,
president, Bharti Airtel.
K Srinivas is being promoted as executive director, mobility east. Jayant Khosla is
the new executive director, mobility west. Deepak Mehrotra is being promoted as
director, mobility south. Additionally, Mehrotra will provide the guidance and
ensure a smooth transition to his successor V. Venkatesh, who is being promoted
as CEO, Karnataka circle. K Srinivas, Jayant Khosla and Deepak Mehrotra will
continue to report to Sanjay Kapoor, Jt president, Bharti Airtel Ltd. Commenting
on the new organisational structure, Manoj Kohli, president, Bharti Airtel Ltd,
said, "The formation of a new structure is the result of the organisation's objective
to transition high performers across businesses and provide them with larger
responsibilities. I am confident that through these changes in the leadership teams,
we will enable Bharti Airtel to take a quantum leap in setting 'best in class'
performance parameters both in India as well as overseas."

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Chairman & Managing Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
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Joint Managing Director Mr. Akhil Gupta
& CFO
Managing Director Mr. Pulak Chandan
Prasad
Chief Executive Officer Mr. Paul Donovan
Directors Mr. Rajan Bharti
Mittal
Mr. Rakesh Bharti
Mittal
Ms Chua Sock Koong
Mr. N Kumar
Mr. Kurt Hellstrom
Mr. Donald Cameron
Mr. Paul O'Sullivan
Mr. Prof. V.S Raju
Mr. Bashir Abdulla
Currimjee
Mr. Gavin Darby
Mr. Syeda Imam
Mr. Ajay Lal
Mr. York Chye Chang
Mr. Arun Bharat Ram
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  Bharti Airtel Limited, one of Asia¶s leading telecom services
provider, today announced strategic organizational changes w ith the objective to enhance its
focus on expanding operations to international markets beyond India and South Asia and further
consolidate its leadership position in India.

The company announced the creation of a new, empowered and dedicated International Business
Group that will be responsible for expanding the company¶s operations beyond India and South
Asia region. Manoj Kohli, who is currently the CEO (India and South Asia) & Joint MD of the
company, will head the International Business Group as CEO (International) & Joint MD and
will continue to be a member of the Bharti Airtel Board. The International Business Group will
comprise a team of seasoned and experienced professionals, including from within the Bharti
group, from areas such as Business Development, Networks & IT, SCM, Project and
Performance Excellence, Brand and Customer Experience.

Sanjay Kapoor, currently the Deputy CEO of the company, will be elevated to the position of
CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel. Sanjay would have end-to-end responsibility of
leading India and South Asia businesses of Bharti Airtel and will drive growth and business
synergies in Mobile Services, Telemedia Services, Enterprise Services and DTH. He will lead
Bharti Airtel towards strengthening its position as a benchmark in innovative practices, brand
leadership, operational efficiency, customer value and leadership depth.

Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Airtel said, ³The next phase of
our journey is set to be another game changer ± requiring superior thrust and focused leadership.
We continue to win in the Indian telecom market, which is going through a phase of hyper
competition. At the same time, we will be developing comprehensive plans for our journey to
cover emerging markets beyond India and the South Asia.´

³Bharti Airtel has one of the finest management teams in the country and a strong leadership
pipeline. This new structure will leverage our management depth and build a strong platform for
fulfilling our global vision. Manoj and Sanjay, are amongst the finest professionals in telecom
industry not just in India but across the world and have contributed immensely to the success of
Bharti Airtel. I wish both of them the very best for their new assignments.´ added Mr. Sunil
Bharti Mittal.

Both Manoj and Sanjay will report to Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director,
Bharti Airtel. The new organization structure is effective 01 April 2010.



 
 



The company is open for all hardworking and innovative telecom professionals.
The training and development of employees is a priority for the company.