B S SHANTHARAJU
Chief Executive Officer

Mr. B S Shantharaju is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Indus Towers since June 2009. Though qualified accountant and MBA, he has rich general management experience in leadership positions for reputed companies. Prior to his current assignment he has worked with Delhi International Airports (P) Limited as the Chief Executive Officer after the airport was privatized. In this capacity, he has successfully led the transformation of airport. He was the Managing Director for Gujarat Gas Company Limited, India’s largest city gas distribution company, majority owned by UK Hydrocarbon major BG Group Plc. During his tenure, GGCL was rated as one amongst 13 Best Managed Companies of India in a independent survey conducted by A T Kearney consulting firm and instituted by Microsoft India. He spent major part of his career with SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (Currently part of Glaxo Smithkline) as Finance Director of India and Country Head of Bangladesh.

BIMAL DAYAL
Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Bimal Dayal is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indus Towers since February 2010. He holds a double bachelor’s degree – one in Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Delhi University, and the other in Law from Faculty of Law, Delhi University. Mr. Dayal has worked with prestigious organizations like Ericsson in Sweden & Sri Lanka overseeing the entire range of ’Manage & Operate’ functions, including planning, O&M, Rollout/ Deployment and Network Assurance. He has worked with global operators like BT Global in Maxis, Hutchison & Telenor. In Sri Lanka, as Country Manager and Managing Director of Ericsson Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, he successfully steered the company to become the country’s number one player in telecom infrastructure. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Dayal was with Qualcomm India & South Asia as Country Manager and Vice President - Business Development.

AMISH MEHTA
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Amish Mehta is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Indus Towers since November 2010. Amish is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, from University of Bombay. Amish brings with him over 18 years of rich and diverse finance and business experience. Prior to this, he was Director Finance at BP / Castrol India Ltd (CIL) for 5 of the 8 years that he was with them. As a member of the Board and executive leadership team at Castrol, Amish partnered the CEO in building a long term strategy to become the preferred partner for all stakeholders, and to provide sustainable growth. Previously, Amish has worked with Ernst & Young India Pvt. Ltd., ExxonMobil India Pvt. Ltd., Securex and Citibank.

SAMEER SINHA
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

Mr. Sameer Sinha is CSMO (Chief Sales and Marketing Officer) at Indus Towers since September 2009. He is part of the Management Committee and directly responsible for Sales, Business Development, Marketing & Branding and Collections in his current role at Indus. Prior to Indus, he has worked with world’s leading technology provider – Ericsson for more than 12 years in Sales and Business Management, and was based in India and Sweden. During his tenure at Ericsson he worked with almost all operators in India and Asia-Pacific and helped build their businesses. He has been associated with the Indian telecom industry since its privatization in 1995. An Electronics Engineer and a management graduate from University of Rajasthan, he has previously also worked with HCL and Dun & Bradstreet.