Airtel's Jagbir Singh resigns; Abhay Savargaonkar named new CTO

Bharti Airtel has named Abhay Savargaonkar as its chief technology officer (CTO) for India operations. He will also be on the company’s management board. Abhay will replace Jagbir Singh, who has resigned from his post as CTO.

Singh, CTO and Director, Network Services Group, oversaw the networks and introduction of newer technology across Airtel’s Indian and South Asian operations. His exit follows a spate of resignations at the senior level in the past 12 months coinciding with the appointment of Gopal Vittal as the CEO of Airtel.
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According to the Economic Times, about 42 of close to 100 professionals at senior vice-president level and above have exited the company, according to sources.

The new CTO Abhay Savargaonkar has been at Airtel for over a decade and is currently the Chief of Network Operations.

“He has held various senior leadership roles covering all network verticals, including leading the 3G planning and deployment, quality, network planning and being the CTO of mobile business when it was a standalone business,” reported Hindu Business Line. “The new CTO comes in a time when telecom companies are looking at deploying multiple technologies to meet the challenges of offering data services.”

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