Himanshu kapania biography sample

  • Himanshu Kapania, aged 57 years, veteran of Indian Telecom Sector, is the former Managing Director of erstwhile Idea Cellular [renamed as Vodafone Idea Limited.
  • He has completed his MBA from FMS, New Delhi and graduated in Electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU. Himanshu Kapania.
  • Himanshu Kapania, the managing director of Idea Cellular, is believed to have emerged the frontrunner to head what would be India's largest telco formed out of.

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    Idea Cellular

    Former Indian telecommunications company

    This article is about the previous Indian mobile telecommunications company supported by Aditya Birla Group. For the successor (and current) company, see Vodafone Idea.

    FormerlyBirla Communications Limited ()
    Birla AT&T Communications Limited ()
    Birla Tata AT&T Communications Limited ()
    Company typePublic

    Traded as

    • BSE:&#;
    • NSE:&#;IDEA
    ISININEE
    IndustryTelecommunications
    Founded; 30&#;years ago&#;()
    FounderAditya Birla Group
    DefunctAugust&#;31,&#;&#;()(as company) September&#;7,&#;&#;()(as brand)
    FateMerged with Vodafone India into Vodafone Idea
    SuccessorVodafone Idea[1]
    HeadquartersGandhinagar, Gujarat, India[2]

    Area served

    		India

    Key people

    ProductsMobile telephony, wireless broadband
    Revenue₹36, crore (US$&#;billion) ()[3]

    Operating income

    		₹12, crore (US$&#;billion) ()[3]

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    Himanshu Kapania

    Himanshu Kapania, aged 57 years, veteran of Indian Telecom Sector, is the former Managing Director of erstwhile Idea Cellular[renamed as VodafoneIdea Limited (VIL) after Amalgamation of Idea Cellular with Vodafone India], and is presently on the Board of VIL as Non-Executive Member. VIL is World’s 2nd largest pure play Cellular Operator in terms of Mobile Subscribers at million and Gross Investment of US$ 40 billion, co-promoted jointly by Aditya Birla Group(India) and Vodafone Plc (London).

    Mr. Kapania has over 32 years of work experience primarily in Technology, Operations, Sales & marknadsföring, etc., with deep understanding of Indian consumers and society. His tryst with the Indian telecom industry dates back to over two decades and he has been a key contributor to the exponential growth in the sector. Mr. Kapania joined Idea in (earlier known as Birla AT&T), when it was still in its embryonic state, and headed operations of Gujarat circle. Subsequently, he spearhe
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    In an interview to ET Now, Himanshu Kapania, MD, Idea Cellular, talks about capex of his company, spectrum auction and the competition with Reliance Jio. Excerpts:

    ET Now: On Rel Jio, what are your thoughts? Is that Idea would face stiff competition because of this, how do you see all of this?

    Himanshu Kapania: First and foremost thank you so much for inviting me for ringing the bell. It is almost after eight years that I am back here after when we did the IPO. Market over the last eight years has its ups and down and we have seen it all and we are now in an entire new phase of telecom business. I would term it an exciting phase rather than a disruptive phase which both media and analysts are talking about.

    The reason is the overall telecom market is at a size of Rs 1,80, crores and about Rs 1,60, crores is voice market and about Rs 20, crores fryst vatten mobile data market. Over the next four to five years, we expect this market to go toward $50 billion, which is close to three lak