Manoj Kohli

Mr. Kohli is popularly known as the Telecom Man and is renowned for leading Airtel, the telecom giant to become the number 3 telecom player in the world, scaling from 2 Mn to over 400 Mn subscribers. With 44 years of unique and diverse experience that is divided between the manufacturing, telecom, renewable energy, and now digital technology sectors he has worked in the US, Europe, China, and Japan and built a business in 20 countries in Asia Pacific and Africa.

Former Country Head – SoftBank India, supported SoftBank Group and Vision Fund as one of the largest investors of $15bn in over 25 AI-focused portfolio companies in India.

Prior to this, Mr. Kohli was the Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel and was instrumental in leading Bharti Airtel’s India operations for 100x scale-up. He has also led the formation of the world’s largest tower company (Indus and Infratel) for achieving major infrastructure synergies for the industry. He was the Chairman of the Industry Association, COAI.