Sunil Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Born :October 23 1957 in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Ethnicity :Baniya
Alma mater :Punjab university.
:(Bachelor of economics & political
science)
Occupation :Founder, Owner Chairman and CEO
of Bharti Airtel.
Net worth :US $7.7 billion (2009)
Sunil Mittal can be called as originator of cellular phone
revolution in India. He is the founder, Chairman and
Managing Director of Bharti Group and runs India's
largest GSM-based mobile phone service. 

He features among the top 10 powerful people in India

because in a business where he is competing with
Tata, Birla, Ambani and Vodafone, he is the biggest.
Education & Carrier of Sunil Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal graduated from Punjab
University and is a former student of Harvard
Business School. He received the degree of
Doctor of Science from the G.B. Pant
University of Agriculture & Technology, and
is also an Honorary Fellow of The Institution
of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineers (IETE) of India.
 The journey….
Sunil Bharti Mittal's father was a M.P. After graduating from Punjab University in
1970s, he set up a small bicycle business in Ludhiana in partnership with his friend.
By 1979, Sunil Mittal realized that his ambitions could not be fulfilled in Ludhiana,
so he moved out to Mumbai from Ludhiana. 

He spent a few years in Mumbai and in 1982 and started a full-fledged business
selling portable generators imported from Japan. This gave him a chance to acquaint
himself with the nitty-gritty's of marketing and advertising. His business was running
smoothly but later on the government banned the import of generators as a couple of
Indian companies were awarded licenses to manufacture generators locally.

In 1986, Sunil Bharti Mittal incorporated Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) and entered
into a technical tie up with Siemens AG of Germany for manufacture of electronic
push button phones. Gradually he expanded his business and by early 1990s, Sunil
Mittal was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear. 
In 1992, when the Indian government was awarding
licenses for mobile phone services for the first
time, Sunil Mittal clinched Delhi cellular license.
In 1995, Sunil Mittal founded Bharti Cellular
Limited (BCL) to offer cellular services under the
brand name AirTel. Soon, Bharti became the first
telecom company to cross the 2-million mobile
subscriber mark. Bharti Cellular Limited also
rolled out India's first private national as well as
international long-distance service under the
brand name IndiaOne.
 Awards/Achievements
• GSMA Chairman's Award (2008);
• Padma Bhushan (2007);
• Asia Businessman of the Year, Fortune Magazine (2006);
• Telecom Person of the Year, Voice & Data (2006);
• CEO of the year (2005);
• Best Asian Telecom CEO, Telecom Asia Awards (2005);
• Best CEO, India, Institutional Investor (2005);
• Business Leader Of The Year, Economic Times (2005); and Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur Of The Year (2004).
• IT Man of the Year Award from Dataquest (2002 );
• CEO Of the Year 2002 Award from World HRD Congress;
• Awarded one of the top entrepreneurs in the world for the year 2000; and
one amongst the 'Stars Of Asia', by 'Business Week’.