Hemant Sachdev of Bharti is Marketing Professional of 2002

Company press release, January 22, 2003

New Delhi

Hemant Sachdev, Director - Marketing, Bharti Tele-Ventures, is the recipient of the "Marketing Professional of The Year" 2002 award. The award has been instituted by the Indian Express group of publications in collaboration with Centre for Change Management & Indira Group of Institutes. The selection process is based on a process of ranking by 7,200 senior executives across industries in India. Further rankings was done independently by 18 management institutes and finally adjudicated by a jury of eminent professionals of Indian industry.

The award recognizes strategic marketing planning skills and leadership and vision for building strong brands. The award comes at a time when Bharti's brands have emerged as India's premier brands with a Pan India presence, present in 15 mobile circles and 5 fixed line telecom circles of the country in addition to the National and International long distance service operations. Today Bharti's mobile service AirTel, covers a population of 600 million people, is present in 16 states of the country and has 27% of India's total mobile population under its umbrella.

Recently AirTel pulled off an industry coup by featuring A.R. Rahman, in its new well-acclaimed brand campaign a first ever association between the maestro and any brand anywhere in the world. The A.R. Rahman AirTel initiative was not just a first in India but also managed to touch the lives of millions of consumers across the length & breadth of India. The brand today is perceived as a clear 'Leader in the Industry'.

The award was presented to Hemant Sachdev on the 12th of January 2003.

About Bharti Tele-Ventures

Bharti Tele-Ventures is Indias leading private sector provider of telecommunications services based on an aggregate of approximately As of December 31, 2002, Bharti had approximately 3.14 million total customers, consisting of 2.77 million mobile, 317,000 fixed line and 52,000 Internet customers. The Company through its subsidiaries also provides fixed-line, VSAT, Internet services and network solutions. The Company has also commenced offering national and international long distance services.

The company seeks to capitalise on the growth opportunities that it believes are available in the Indian market and consolidate its position to be an integrated telecommunications service provider, with a focus on mobile services.

Bharti Tele-Ventures is a holding company and its operations are segmented into four divisions, operated by wholly owned subsidiaries: Mobile - Bharti Cellular, Access - Bharti Telenet, Long Distance - Bharti Telesonic, Broadband Solutions - Bharti Broadband Networks.

The Company today offers mobile services in fifteen out of 22 circles in India. As of September 30, 2002, approximately 94% of India's total mobile subscribers resided in Bharti's mobile circles, according to COAI reports. Bharti Tele-Ventures was the first private sector operator to provide fixed-line services in India when it commenced providing services in the Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh circle in June 1998. BTVL recently launched its fixed-line services in the license areas of Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and thus became the first private sector service provider to provide fixed-line services in all its licensed areas.

Bharti Tele-Ventures has always believed in creating strong partnerships with its joint venture partners. Today, SingTel and Warburg Pincus are its leading partners. The other partners include leading international financial investors such as International Finance Corporation, Asian Infrastructure Fund Group and New York Life Insurance.

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