Rajan Bharti Mittal

Biography

 Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises - one of India's leading business groups with interests in telecom, financial services, retail, manufacturing, realty and agri-business. Bharti Airtel, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider with operations in India and Sri Lanka. Bharti has joint ventures with several global leaders; AXA for financial services, Del Monte for its agri-business and Wal-Mart for retail and wholesale operations. Born in 1960, Rajan joined Bharti Enterprises after graduating from Punjab University. An alumnus of Harvard Business School, he is actively involved in overseeing the activities of the group at the corporate level. With his rich experience in the marketing function, he is also involved in many of the new business ventures of the Group. Rajan subscribes to a symbiotic relationship between business and society and believes in corporate responsibility to give back to the community in which it operates. This belief has resulted in the Group CSR arm Bharti Foundation, which is committed to providing education to under-privileged children in rural India. Rajan is currently serving in a number of leadership roles in different industry bodies. He is the Immediate Past-President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and a Member of its Executive & Steering Committees.  He is a Member of the Managing Committee and Standing Committees of PHDCCI. Rajan is a Member of the Council of Management of All India Management Association. He is also a Member of the Executive Committee of International Chambers of Commerce - India Chapter. Rajan has held several key positions in various industry associations in the past as well. In FICCI he was Chairman of Retail Committee in 2007, Chairman of Infrastructure Committee in 2006, Chairman of Telecom & IT Committee in 2004 & 2005, and Chairman of Telecom Committee in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He was also the President of Association of Basic Telecom Operators (now known as Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India - AUSPI) during the period 1999-2000.  Official

Research Interest

  Organic and Inorganic chemistry Physical & Synthetic chemistry Geochemistry & Astrochemistry Polymer chemistry & Biochemistry Analytical and Biophysical chemistry Material chemistry Nano chemistry Pharmaceutical Chemistry Forensic and Medicinal chemistry Mineralogy and Petralogy Radiochemistry Industrial and Engineering chemistry