Sanjay joined the Bharti group in 1998 and has since held a number of senior management positions across the Mobility arena. He started off in Delhi, at that time the mainstay of Bharti’s mobile operations, and was soon made responsible for consolidation of the company’s leadership position. He then moved on to become the principal architect of the company’s operations in western India, one of the largest telecom projects in the history of telecommunications in the country. After successfully rolling out and launching the new operations, Sanjay was asked to take on the role of Group Director – Corporate Strategy and Planning, covering all telecom activities of Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. He created a strategic blueprint for the telecom group and managed its early deployment before accepting the position of President & CEO of TeleTech Services (India) Ltd. in 2003. In his tenure with TeleTech India, Sanjay established the company as a recognized player in the country's burgeoning ITES-BPO landscape. Early in March 2006 Sanjay was made responsible for managing the growth of the largest mobile services company in India, in the capacity of President of Bharti Airtel’s Mobile Services. During this tenure as Mobility President, the mobility business scaled newer heights over a period of 36 months and has now attained over 127 million mobile customers.

In mid-March 2009, Sanjay was elevated from President – Mobile Services to a newly created position of Deputy CEO and was asked to lead all the consumer oriented businesses. In this role he was responsible for the Mobile, Telemedia and DTH businesses at Bharti Airtel Limited.

In January 2010 as part of strategic organizational changes for future growth, it was announced that Sanjay will be elevated to the position of CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel and w.e.f March, 2010 Sanjay officially took over this position. In his current role, Sanjay has the end-to-end responsibility of leading India and South Asia businesses of Bharti Airtel and will drive growth and business synergies in Mobile Services, Telemedia Services, Enterprise Services and DTH services.

Prior to joining the Bharti Group, Sanjay worked with Xerox India as Director - Operations Support. He spent 14 years with the global document management company, handling a range of key portfolios, ranging from Sales & Marketing to General Management functions.

Sanjay commenced his professional career in 1983 as an executive trainee with Jay Engineering Works Ltd., India’s largest manufacturers of fans and sewing machines.

For more than 12 years he has played an active role in various industry forums like CII and NASSCOM. He currently serves as a Board member of GSMA and Vice Chairman of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Sanjay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Hons) from Delhi University, an MBA from Cranfield School of Management (UK) and is a Graduate of The Wharton Advanced Management Program.