Himanshu Kapania elected as Chairman, COAI

COAI, in its Annual  General  Body  Meeting has announced  the  election  of  its  new leadership  for  the  term  2015-16. Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director, Idea Cellular Ltd. has been elected as the Chairman and Gopal Vittal, Joint Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel Limited, has been elected as the Vice-Chairman. COAI also designated its Executive Council for the new term at the meeting.

Himanshu Kapania has been the Managing Director of Idea Cellular since April 2011. He has rich experience of over two decades. He spearheaded Idea Cellular Ltd. to be one of top 3 telecom players and also serves on the board of Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (ABMCPL), the strategic advisory unit of the US$ 40 billion Aditya Birla Group. He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology (Mesra), and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Gopal Vittal, Joint Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia) of Bharti Airtel Limited, has been elected as the Vice Chairman. Vittal has a vast experience of 25 years in senior leadership positions in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Telecom industries. He is an alumnus of Madras Christian College and the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata... See more