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Key Milestones
2016: ET Telecom Awards
GTL Infra along with The Economic Times, India’s leading business daily, has created a credible platform that truly honours the primary stakeholders in the Telecom sector. The ET Telecom Awards seeks to recognise performance and felicitate the innovators and movers & shakers of the Telecom Industry.
2017: Lead Sponsors of Digital India Summit
GTL Infra has become a lead partner of Digital India Summit by Times Network. Remonetisation has helped propel India’s Digital Economy to new heights. Digital India Summit 3.0 is where expert policy makers and game changers map out the future of Digital India. The summit concludes with Digital India Awards 2017.
2008: Financial Closure
GTL Infra successfully achieved the financial closure for the rollout of 23,700 towers across India.
2010: Acquisition of Aircel Towers
GTL Infra acquires 17,500 Aircel towers with 21,000 tenants at a transaction value of US$ 1.8 Bn making GTL Infra the largest Independent and Neutral Telecom Tower Company in the world.
2007: Warrants Issue
The promoters and investors committed fresh investments to the tune of Rs. 1,100 Crores by investment into warrants.
2007: FCCB Issue
The company has successfully closed on Unsecured Zero Coupon FCCB issue of Rs. 1,000 Cr (US$ 250 Mn.) combined with a green shoe option of Rs. 200 Cr (US$ 50 Mn.) at Yield to Maturity (Y-T-M) of 6.9%. The issue received an extraordinary response from about 90 global investors with offerings worth more than Rs. 40 Bn. (US$ 1 Bn.)
2006: Listing on BSE & NSE
November 9th 2006, GTL Infra Ltd. became the 1st company in Asia Pacific to get listed in the Shared Telecom Infrastructure space.
2007: Rights Issue
In October 2007, the Company raised its Equity Share Capital from Rs. 336.40 Crores to Rs. 672.80 Crores.
2004: Formation
GTL Infrastructure Limited was incorporated on February 4th, 2004.
2017: Lead Sponsors of Digital India Summit
GTL Infra has become a lead partner of Digital India Summit by Times Network. Remonetisation has helped propel India’s Digital Economy to new heights. Digital India Summit 3.0 is where expert policy makers and game changers map out the future of Digital India. The summit concludes with Digital India Awards 2017.
2016: ET Telecom Awards
GTL Infra along with The Economic Times, India’s leading business daily, has created a credible platform that truly honours the primary stakeholders in the Telecom sector. The ET Telecom Awards seeks to recognise performance and felicitate the innovators and movers & shakers of the Telecom Industry.
2010: Acquisition of Aircel Towers
GTL Infra acquires 17,500 Aircel towers with 21,000 tenants at a transaction value of US$ 1.8 Bn making GTL Infra the largest Independent and Neutral Telecom Tower Company in the world.
2008: Financial Closure
GTL Infra successfully achieved the financial closure for the rollout of 23,700 towers across India.
2007: FCCB Issue
The company has successfully closed on Unsecured Zero Coupon FCCB issue of Rs. 1,000 Cr (US$ 250 Mn.) combined with a green shoe option of Rs. 200 Cr (US$ 50 Mn.) at Yield to Maturity (Y-T-M) of 6.9%. The issue received an extraordinary response from about 90 global investors with offerings worth more than Rs. 40 Bn. (US$ 1 Bn.)
2007: Warrants Issue
The promoters and investors committed fresh investments to the tune of Rs. 1,100 Crores by investment into warrants.
2007: Rights Issue
In October 2007, the Company raised its Equity Share Capital from Rs. 336.40 Crores to Rs. 672.80 Crores.
2007 : Rights Issue
In October 2007, the Company raised its Equity Share Capital from Rs. 336.40 Crores to Rs. 672.80 Crores
2006: Listing on BSE & NSE
November 9th 2006, GTL Infra Ltd. became the 1st company in Asia Pacific to get listed in the Shared Telecom Infrastructure space.
2004: Formation
GTL Infrastructure Limited was incorporated on February 4th, 2004.
Mr. Manoj Tirodkar
Mr. Manoj G. Tirodkar, founder of the Global Group is a first generation entrepreneur. He is widely recognised for his efforts towards creating an efficient and environment friendly telecom industry. He has been championing the cause of Shared telecom infrastructure model and Green Telecom.
Global Group is India's leading business group focused on Network Services & Shared Telecom Infrastructure.
The Group has two companies – GTL Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited that are listed on Indian Stock Exchanges (BSE & NSE).
The Group has a tower portfolio of about 28000 towers. The Group has operations across Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East.
Under his leadership, Global Group companies have partnered with leaders in technologies like Qualcomm, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE etc to offer Network services across the world.
As part of his vision for a cleaner and greener environment, Global Group is focusing on reducing the carbon footprint by investing in solutions that improve the energy efficiency in the telecom.
A firm believer in Corporate Social Responsibility, Mr. Manoj Tirodkar supports a number of causes through Global Foundation. He takes keen interest in educating under privileged children in rural India, improving their health and helping the cause of visually challenged.
Mr. Tirodkar received several awards and recognitions for his contribution to industry and entrepreneurship. He is the first Indian to win the prestigious “World Young Business Achiever Award 2000” (WYBA) presented by Worldcom group. He also won the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Young Entrepreneur Trophy and Telecom Man of the year.
Mr. N. Balasubramanian
Mr. Balasubramanian is a Post Graduate in Science and a Post Graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad, and has extensive experience in Banking and Finance. He has had experience with institutions like SIDBI, IFCI, Bank of Baroda etc. He had joined SIDBI as deputy managing director and was subsequently promoted as its Chairman and Managing Director. Mr. Balasubramanian has also served IFCI as Chairman for a short stint He served Bank of Baroda in rural and semi-urban branches. His service as Banker includes 5 years term as General Manager in Bank of Baroda at Brussels. He was associated with planning commission in preparing 5 years plan documents, focused on SME Financing as Chairman of the Sub-Committee. He was Instrumental in starting rating agency for SME.
Mr. Milind Naik
Mr. Milind Naik : Whole Time Director & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Milind Naik, Whole Time Director and Chief Operating Officer, would be responsible for commercial, operations and cost optimization measures. He has extensive experience in telecom industry with expertise in treasury operations. Mr. Naik has been associated with Global Group for over 26 years.
Mr. Charudatta Naik
Charudatta Naik : Director
Mr. Charudatta Naik has an experience of over 24 years in the telecom industry spanning across, Technical Support, Sales & Marketing and Business Operations.
He is on the board of GTL Infrastructure Limited. Mr. Charudatta Naik provides strategic guidance to Group Companies to enhance the Groups growth potential, globally.
Mr. Charudatta Naik has earlier worked with companies like Crompton Greaves and Unitel Communications.
He is an Engineering Graduate in Electronics & Telecom.
Dr. Anand Patkar
Dr. Patkar is a rank holder in Management Studies and has done Ph. D in Management and has handled variety of assignments across all areas of finance, Corporate Planning, Strategic Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Collaboration and Joint Ventures, Feasibility Studies, Budgetary Control, HRD, Treasury and Systems in diverse industries. His senior level assignments include Group Treasurer and Systems Head of Greaves Limited.
Mr. Vinod B. Agarwala
Mr. Vinod B. Agarwala, is Solicitor, Supreme Court of England & Wales and Advocate of Supreme Court of India. He has been practicing in Mumbai for the last 35 years.
Mr. Agarwala specializes in Corporate laws, Securities laws, Project Finance, Property Law, FDI and Commercial Laws.
He is a Partner in Vigil Juris, Solicitors and Advocates, Mumbai. Besides being a lawyer, he is a Trustee and Managing Committee member of Public Trusts and educational Institute as also member of Ethics Committee of a well known Hospital in Mumbai.
Mr. Vijay M. Vij
Born on September 21st, 1970, Mr. Vijay M Vij, is a Practicing Chartered Accountant and has an experience of over 18 years in almost every facet of taxation, auditing and consulting profession. Mr. Vijay is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and became Chartered Accountant from ICAI in 1995.
Mr. Vijay is the Managing Partner of P. Parekh & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and is an expert in Direct Taxation, Valuations, Financial Modeling, Business consultancy and M & A. He has effectively advised several companies on business restructuring and start up ventures, and helped them compete in tough Business Environment. He has hands on experience in providing advice on tax efficient entry strategy for India, transfer pricing and tax treaty implications.
Mrs. Sonali P. Choudhary
Mrs. Sonali Choudhary is a law graduate from Mumbai University and has also done her masters in Finance Management. She was legal head of power business of GTL Limited. She is ardent law professional and her forte lies in Arbitration, mergers & acquisition, risk management. She has an experience of over 10 years in this field. Currently, she is holding 67,500 equity shares of the Company.
Mr. Milind Bengali
Mr. Milind Bengali : Chief Operating Officer
Milind Bengali as Chief Operating Officer is responsible for business and operations of the company. Milind was earlier heading the M&A function for Global Group.
He has over 20 years of experience in Telecom and ITES across Business Operations & Strategy, Sales & Marketing and Business & Market Development. Besides India, he has lived and worked in Africa and North America. He has previously worked with Crompton Greaves, Aptech & The Thapar Group.
Milind Bengali is a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Management Studies.
Mr. L.Y. Desai
Mr. L.Y.Desai : Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer
Mr.L.Y. Desai as CFO, would be handling the finance function at GTL Infra.
Mr. L. Y. Desai has over all industry experience of over 30 years in industries like telecom and renewable energy. He has been associated with Global Group for the last 20 years. During his tenure at Global Group he has handled various assignment like Group CFO, Country Head for USA, Head Capital Markets & Investor Relations, Global Head Sales & Marketing, and Deputy Chief Operating Officer with GTL Limited. Before joining Global Group he worked with Crompton etc.
Mr. R.S. Ahluwalia
Mr. R.S. Ahluwalia is President Business Development and Chief Sales Officer of GTL Infrastructure Ltd., based out of Gurgaon office. He has extensive experience as a Senior Management Professional in the areas of Sales, International Marketing & Business Development and Transition in IT/ITES & Telecom vertical. His total experience spans close to 20 years in the Industry.
Prior to GTL Infrastructure Ltd. he has held senior level positions at Multinational companies like CINCOM Systems India Pvt Ltd (Indian Subcontinent and Middle East) as the Country Manager, Director (National Sales) in Simoco International LTD (formally Philips Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd), National Accounts Manager at Crompton Greaves Ltd. & Business Development Manager in Tata Telecom, New Delhi.
Rupinder is an Engineering Graduate from Delhi College of Engineering and is fellow at IETE besides being Member with National Telecom Committee of CII.
Mr. Prasanna Bidnurkar
Mr.Prasanna Bidnurkar as Head - CDR Operations will be responsible for all the matters related to CDR. He has been associated with GTL Infrastructure Ltd. for over 5 years and has an overall experience of over 13 years in the field of Finance, Treasury, Contract Management, Budgets and MIS.
He has been associated with organizations like EDS, GTL Limited, Indian Hotels prior to joining GTL Infrastructure Limited.
He has been associated with organizations like EDS, GTL Limited, Indian Hotels prior to joining GTL Infrastructure Limited.
Prasanna is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University.
Mr. Manoj Tirodkar
Mr. Manoj G. Tirodkar, founder of the Global Group is a first generation entrepreneur. He is widely recognised for his efforts towards creating an efficient and environment friendly telecom industry. He has been championing the cause of Shared telecom infrastructure model and Green Telecom.
Global Group is India's leading business group focused on Network Services & Shared Telecom Infrastructure.
The Group has two companies – GTL Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited that are listed on Indian Stock Exchanges (BSE & NSE).
The Group has a tower portfolio of about 28000 towers. The Group has operations across Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East.
Under his leadership, Global Group companies have partnered with leaders in technologies like Qualcomm, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE etc to offer Network services across the world.
As part of his vision for a cleaner and greener environment, Global Group is focusing on reducing the carbon footprint by investing in solutions that improve the energy efficiency in the telecom.
A firm believer in Corporate Social Responsibility, Mr. Manoj Tirodkar supports a number of causes through Global Foundation. He takes keen interest in educating under privileged children in rural India, improving their health and helping the cause of visually challenged.
Mr. Tirodkar received several awards and recognitions for his contribution to industry and entrepreneurship. He is the first Indian to win the prestigious “World Young Business Achiever Award 2000” (WYBA) presented by Worldcom group. He also won the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Young Entrepreneur Trophy and Telecom Man of the year.
Mr. N. Balasubramanian
Mr. Balasubramanian is a Post Graduate in Science and a Post Graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad, and has extensive experience in Banking and Finance. He has had experience with institutions like SIDBI, IFCI, Bank of Baroda etc. He had joined SIDBI as deputy managing director and was subsequently promoted as its Chairman and Managing Director. Mr. Balasubramanian has also served IFCI as Chairman for a short stint He served Bank of Baroda in rural and semi-urban branches. His service as Banker includes 5 years term as General Manager in Bank of Baroda at Brussels. He was associated with planning commission in preparing 5 years plan documents, focused on SME Financing as Chairman of the Sub-Committee. He was Instrumental in starting rating agency for SME.
Mr. Milind Naik
Mr. Milind Naik : Whole Time Director & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Milind Naik, Whole Time Director and Chief Operating Officer, would be responsible for commercial, operations and cost optimization measures. He has extensive experience in telecom industry with expertise in treasury operations. Mr. Naik has been associated with Global Group for over 26 years.
Mr. Charudatta Naik
Charudatta Naik : Director
Mr. Charudatta Naik has an experience of over 24 years in the telecom industry spanning across, Technical Support, Sales & Marketing and Business Operations.
He is on the board of GTL Infrastructure Limited. Mr. Charudatta Naik provides strategic guidance to Group Companies to enhance the Groups growth potential, globally.
Mr. Charudatta Naik has earlier worked with companies like Crompton Greaves and Unitel Communications.
He is an Engineering Graduate in Electronics & Telecom.
Dr. Anand Patkar
Dr. Patkar is a rank holder in Management Studies and has done Ph. D in Management and has handled variety of assignments across all areas of finance, Corporate Planning, Strategic Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Collaboration and Joint Ventures, Feasibility Studies, Budgetary Control, HRD, Treasury and Systems in diverse industries. His senior level assignments include Group Treasurer and Systems Head of Greaves Limited.
Mr. Vinod B. Agarwala
Mr. Vinod B. Agarwala, is Solicitor, Supreme Court of England & Wales and Advocate of Supreme Court of India. He has been practicing in Mumbai for the last 35 years.
Mr. Agarwala specializes in Corporate laws, Securities laws, Project Finance, Property Law, FDI and Commercial Laws.
He is a Partner in Vigil Juris, Solicitors and Advocates, Mumbai. Besides being a lawyer, he is a Trustee and Managing Committee member of Public Trusts and educational Institute as also member of Ethics Committee of a well known Hospital in Mumbai.
Mr. Vijay M. Vij
Born on September 21st, 1970, Mr. Vijay M Vij, is a Practicing Chartered Accountant and has an experience of over 18 years in almost every facet of taxation, auditing and consulting profession. Mr. Vijay is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and became Chartered Accountant from ICAI in 1995.
Mr. Vijay is the Managing Partner of P. Parekh & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and is an expert in Direct Taxation, Valuations, Financial Modeling, Business consultancy and M & A. He has effectively advised several companies on business restructuring and start up ventures, and helped them compete in tough Business Environment. He has hands on experience in providing advice on tax efficient entry strategy for India, transfer pricing and tax treaty implications.
Mrs. Sonali P. Choudhary
Mrs. Sonali Choudhary is a law graduate from Mumbai University and has also done her masters in Finance Management. She was legal head of power business of GTL Limited. She is ardent law professional and her forte lies in Arbitration, mergers & acquisition, risk management. She has an experience of over 10 years in this field. Currently, she is holding 67,500 equity shares of the Company.
Mr. Milind Bengali
Mr. Milind Bengali - Chief Operating Officer
Milind Bengali as Chief Operating Officer is responsible for business and operations of the company. Milind was earlier heading the M&A function for Global Group.
He has over 20 years of experience in Telecom and ITES across Business Operations & Strategy, Sales & Marketing and Business & Market Development. Besides India, he has lived and worked in Africa and North America. He has previously worked with Crompton Greaves, Aptech & The Thapar Group.
Milind Bengali is a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Management Studies.
Mr. L.Y. Desai
Mr. L.Y.Desai : Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. L. Y. Desai has over all industry experience of over 30 years in industries like telecom and renewable energy. He has been associated with Global Group for the last 20 years. During his tenure at Global Group he has handled various assignment like Group CFO, Country Head for USA, Head Capital Markets & Investor Relations, Global Head Sales & Marketing, and Deputy Chief Operating Officer with GTL Limited. Before joining Global Group he worked with Crompton etc.
Mr. R.S. Ahluwalia
Mr. R.S. Ahluwalia : Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. R.S. Ahluwalia is President Business Development and Chief Sales Officer of GTL Infrastructure Ltd., based out of Gurgaon office. He has extensive experience as a Senior Management Professional in the areas of Sales, International Marketing & Business Development and Transition in IT/ITES & Telecom vertical. His total experience spans close to 20 years in the Industry.
Prior to GTL Infrastructure Ltd. he has held senior level positions at Multinational companies like CINCOM Systems India Pvt Ltd (Indian Subcontinent and Middle East) as the Country Manager, Director (National Sales) in Simoco International LTD (formally Philips Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd), National Accounts Manager at Crompton Greaves Ltd. & Business Development Manager in Tata Telecom, New Delhi.
Rupinder is an Engineering Graduate from Delhi College of Engineering and is fellow at IETE besides being Member with National Telecom Committee of CII.
Mr. Prasanna Bidnurkar
Mr.Prasanna Bidnurkar-Head CDR Operations
Mr. Prasanna Bidnurkar Head CDR Operations Mr.Prasanna Bidnurkar as Head - CDR Operations will be responsible for all the matters related to CDR. He has been associated with GTL Infrastructure Ltd. for over 5 years and has an overall experience of over 13 years in the field of Finance, Treasury, Contract Management, Budgets and MIS.
He has been associated with organizations like EDS, GTL Limited, Indian Hotels prior to joining GTL Infrastructure Limited.
He has been associated with organizations like EDS, GTL Limited, Indian Hotels prior to joining GTL Infrastructure Limited.
Prasanna is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University.
Mr. Milind Naik
Mr. Milind Naik - Whole Time Director & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Milind Naik Whole Time Director Chief Operating Officer Mr. Milind Naik : Whole Time Director & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Milind Naik, Whole Time Director and Chief Operating Officer, would be responsible for commercial, operations and cost optimization measures. He has extensive experience in telecom industry with expertise in treasury operations. Mr. Naik has been associated with Global Group for over 26 years.