Bharti Airtel appoints Google's Nikesh Arora on its board

New Delhi, Oct 31 (UNI) Bharti Airtel today said it has appointed Google Senior Vice President Nikesh Arora as an Independent Director on its board.

''We are delighted with the appointment of Nikesh on our Board...his rich experience in the international Telecom and IT sector will be of tremendous benefit to the company,'' Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Bharti Mittal said in a statement.

Nikesh Arora is President, EMEA Operations&Senior Vice President, Google and is responsible for Google's business across 28 offices in the European, West Asian and African markets with a team of over 2,500 people.

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