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Profile of Sunil Mittal’s Achievements: Bharti Group, India’s largest GSM-based mobile phone service provider, Chairman and Managing Director; IT Man of the Year Grant 2002 from Dataquest and Chief Of the Year, 2002 Honor from World HRD Congress.
India’s mobile phone revolution can be credited to Sunil Mittal. He is the pioneer, Administrator and Overseeing Overseer of Bharti Gathering and runs India’s biggest GSM-based cell phone administration.
Sunil Bharti Mittal did not follow in his father’s footsteps as a Member of Parliament. He and a friend started a small bicycle business in Ludhiana after graduating from Punjab University in the 1970s. By 1979, Sunil Mittal understood that his desires couldn’t be satisfied in Ludhiana, so he moved out to Mumbai from Ludhiana.
Sunil Mittal started a full-fledged business in 1982 selling portable generators imported from Japan after spending some time in Mumbai. He was able to learn about the ins and outs of marketing and advertising thanks to this. His business was going well until two Indian companies got licenses to make generators locally, which led to the government banning the import of generators.
Sunil Bharti Mittal established Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) in 1986 and formed a technical partnership with Siemens AG of Germany to produce electronic push-button phones. Progressively he extended his business and by mid 1990s, Sunil Mittal was making fax machines, cordless telephones and other telecom gear.
Sunil Mittal secured the Delhi cellular license in collaboration with the French telecom group Vivendi in 1992, the year that the Indian government began issuing licenses for mobile phone services for the first time. In 1995, Sunil Mittal established Bharti Cell Restricted (BCL) to offer cell administrations under the brand name AirTel. Before long, Bharti turned into the principal telecom organization to cross the 2-million versatile supporter mark. Bharti Cell Restricted likewise carried out India’s most memorable confidential public as well as worldwide significant distance administration under the brand name IndiaOne. BCL and Singapore Telecom International formed a joint venture in 2001 to construct India’s first undersea cable link between Chennai, India, and Singapore, costing $650 million.
Today, Sunil Mittal runs an effective domain with a market capitalization of roughly $ 2 billion and utilizing more than 5,000 individuals. He has been regarded with a few honors. Business Week named Sunil Bharti Mittal one of the world’s top entrepreneurs for the year 2000 and one of its “Stars Of Asia.” Additionally, he was honored with the CEO of the Year, 2002 Award from the World HRD Congress and the IT Man of the Year Award from Dataquest.
