Sunil Bharti Mittal, received the Harvard B-School Alumni award
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, received the Alumni Achievement Award of Harvard Business School.
• The award is presented annually since 1968 and is the highest honour given to any alumni of the institute.
• Mittal serves on the Prime Minister of India’s Council on Trade & Industry and has held various prestigious positions like Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
• He was also felicitated with a Padma Bhushan, country’s third highest civilian honour, in 2007.
• Mittal also founded Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest telecommunications company.
• Airtel is the first company to launch 4G Services in India.
• Apart from strong marketing and market value Airtel has also been in many controversies.
• Airtel is known for its wide network coverage and fluent flow of data services