Mr.
Sanjeev Aga
Managing Director, Idea Cellular Limited and
Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private
Limited
Mr. Sanjeev Aga is Managing Director of Idea Cellular
Limited, which is among the top four mobile telephony players in India.
He is a Director on the Board of the Aditya Birla
Management Corporation, and is the Chairperson of
the Cellular Operators Association of India.
In
a business career commencing in 1973, Mr. Aga
has held senior positions in Asian Paints, Chellarams
(Nigeria), and Jenson & Nicholson. In 1987,
he joined Blow Plast to head the furniture business,
was made Chief Executive of Mattel Toys in 1990,
and in January 1993 was appointed Managing Director
of Blow Plast with multi-business responsibility
including the flagship VIP luggage business.
In
November 1998, he was appointed as CEO of the
Aditya Birla Group's telecom JV, Birla AT&T
Ltd. He led the company through a period of fast-paced
change, through expansion and acquisition, and
merger with Tata Cellular Ltd., to be CEO of what
became Idea Cellular. From May 2005 until October
2006, Mr. Aga was Managing Director of Aditya
Birla Nuvo Limited, a diversified conglomerate with manufacturing and service sector businesses.
Mr.
Aga is an Honours graduate in Physics from St.
Stephen's College, Delhi and a postgraduate from
the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
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