The Crowning Moments

Financial Capital

  • Bharti Airtel bagged ‘The Corporate Treasurer Award’ for ‘Asia’s Best Treasury and Finance Strategies, 2016’ under the ‘Best Hedging Strategy’ category.
  • Bharti Airtel was ranked second in the ‘Brand Finance India 100 (2017)’- an annual report on the most valuable Indian brands. According to the report, the Company’s brand was valued at US$ 7,722 Mn.

Intellectual Capital

  • Bharti Airtel was ranked amongst the top 100 firms in the list of ‘Most Innovative Companies’ in the world (2017) by Forbes.
  • Bharti Airtel won the ‘Best Risk Management Practice Award’ in the ‘Telecom’ category at the ‘India Risk Management Awards’ (2017) instituted by CNBC TV18 and ICICI Lombard
  • Bharti Airtel was ranked second in the ‘BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2017’ report. According to the study, Company’s brand was valued at US$ 10.2 Bn.
  • Airtel Global Business won in two categories: ‘Best Voice Services Innovation – Emerging Market’ and ‘Best SMS Innovation’ at ‘Global Carrier Awards’ in London.

Social & Relationship Capital

  • Bharti Airtel was honoured in the categories of ‘Best Brand Loyalty Marketing Campaign’ and ‘Best CSR Initiative’ at the ‘Asian Customer Engagement Forum and Awards’ (2017).
  • Airtel Nigeria bagged the ‘Most Outstanding CustomerCentric Telecoms Brand of the Year’ award at the Marketing Edge’s ‘National Marketing Stakeholders Summit and Brands & Advertising Excellence Award’ (2017).
  • Airtel Seychelles was awarded the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year 2017’ at the 5th edition of the ‘Business Awards’ organised by the ‘Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industries’ (SCCI).
  • Airtel Kenya won in the ‘Humanitarian/Corporate Award 2017’ at the 5th edition of the annual ‘Kenya Red Cross Volunteer Awards’.

Manufactured Capital

  • Bharti Airtel was ranked second in Business World ‘Most Respected Companies’ survey (2017).
  • Bharti Airtel’s Broadband Team and Open Network Team were awarded under ‘Broadband Product’ and ‘Marketing Campaign’ categories respectively at the ‘Economic Times Telecom awards, 2017’.
  • Bharti Airtel was rated as the fastest mobile network in India by ‘Ookla’ - the global leader in speedtest. This is the third time in a row that Ookla ranked Airtel as India’s fastest network.
  • Nxtra Data, a subsidiary of ‘Bharti Airtel’ was awarded the ‘CIO Choice Award 2018’ for ‘Data Center & Infrastructure Vendor’ in the category of ‘Co-location Services’.
  • Bharti Airtel’s Internet TV won the ‘Tech Peripheral of the Year’ award at the ‘NEXA NDTV Gadget Guru Awards’ 2017.
  • Airtel Global Business won in ‘Best Emerging Market Initiative’ category at the 7th ‘Asia Communication Awards’ (2017) held in Singapore.
  • Airtel Global Business won in the ‘Best Wholesale Carrier (Global)’ category at the ‘Carriers World Awards’ 2017 held in London, UK.

Human Capital

  • Bharti Airtel was honoured with ‘Aon Best Employer India 2017’ award at the ‘Aon Best Employers India 2017 Learning Conference and Awards’ ceremony.
  • Bharti Airtel was ranked the ‘Best Company to Work For’ in the ‘Telecom & Allied Sector’ in the ‘Business Today - PeopleStrong Survey’ (2017).
  • Bharti Airtel Network Infra team won an award for excellence in fire security at the ‘IFSEC Awards 2017’.
  • Airtel Lanka won the ‘Best Employer Brand’, ‘Best HR Strategy’ and ‘Best HR Strategy in line with Business’ awards at the ‘12th Employer Branding Awards’ (2017) in Colombo.
  • Airtel Nigeria adjudged the Company with best recruitment strategy at the ‘HR People Magazine Awards’ (2017) in Lagos

Natural Capital

  • Bharti Airtel bagged the ‘Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Sustainability’ for the year 2017.



Airtel Global Business - Asia Communication Awards, 2017

Airtel Nigeria - HR People Magazine Awards, 2017

Bharti Airtel - Business Today-PeopleStrong survey, 2017

Bharti Airtel - India Risk Management Awards, 2017

Airtel Kenya - Kenya Red Cross Volunteer Awards, 2017

Bharti Airtel - Aon Best Employer India, 2017

Airtel Nigeria - Marketing Edge’s ‘National Marketing Stakeholders Summit and Brands & Advertising Excellence Award’, 2017

Airtel Seychelles - ‘Business Awards’ organised by the ‘Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industries’ (SCCI), 2017

Airtel Seychelles - ‘Business Awards’ organised by the ‘Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industries’ (SCCI), 2017