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Sunil Mittal

From making bicycle parts as a teenager, Sunil Bharti Mittal has come a long way. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman and Group Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises, has at the age of 43 created a Telecom Giant in India. Sunil Is An Alumnus Of Harvard Business School India's leading telecom conglomerate, has been at the forefront of technology and has revolutionized telecommunications with its world-class brands, products and services. The company has grown by leaps and bounds from its humble beginnings in the 1970’.

Peek in to the Past
Established in 1976, Bharti has been a pioneering force in the telecom sector with interests in mobile communications, domestic and international long distance services, fixed-line services and broadband services.

During the quarter ended Sept 30, 2003, Bharti Tele-Ventures, one of Mittal’s companies, became the first private telecom operator to cross the five-million-customer mark. AirTel, India’s largest cellular service provider with a presence across 16 states in the country, had more than doubled its mobile customer base from 2.29 million in September 2002 to almost 4.86 million at Oct 31, 2003. Bharti Telenet, India’s first fixed-line telephone service provider, is also the country’s largest fixed-line service provider in the private sector. And, with operations in Seychelles, Bharti is the first Indian company to provide comprehensive telecom services outside the country.

Feather in the Cap
In 2002, Dataquest, a leading Indian IT magazine, named Mittal the Dataquest IT Man of the Year He Is The Receipient Of “Ceo Of The Year, 2002” Award (World Hrd Congress). Chosen Amongst “Stars Of Asia” By Business Week.

Family Life
He has a daughter who's 17 and twin sons who are 13, does’nt get to spend much time with the family. He is thankful for a supportive family. However. Whenever he’s with them he tries to spend some quality time.

Mantra
work is love, not stress