<p>Indians featured in the '40 under 40' list by Global Telecoms Business (GTB), a telecommunications magazine, include Srinivasa Addepalli of Tata Communications, Pankaj Agrawal (Aircel), Ajay Chitkara (Bharti Airtel), Gauri Raizada (Tata Teleservices) and Rene Meza (Airtel Kenya), Mukesh Bavisi (Exponential-e), Udit Mehrotra (Shyam Networks) and Upendra Poranki (Nokia Siemens Networks).<br /><br />The last year's list had only one Indian -- Srinivasa Addepalli.On Srinivasa Addepalli, GTB said that he "embodies the spirit of adventure that Tata Communications represents. Addepalli has played a pivotal role in this journey as the cocreator and enabler of the company's unique strategy."<br /><br />Regarding Agrawal GTB said that he played a key role in transforming Aircel from a regional operator to a pan-Indian operator, while Ajay Chitkara has been the "catalyst to build a business from scratch to a USD 450 million operation today."<br /><br />Chitkara is one of the youngest CEOs at Bharti Airtel and in the Indian telecom industry.<br />The magazine said that Rene Meza has done an "outstanding job" in the development of telecommunications in east Africa.<br /><br />The coveted list also include Batelco's Enas Al Fardan, France Telecom Orange's Christophe Alter, BT Global Services' Sian Baldwin, Julien Ducarroz of Orange, Alcatel-Lucent's Heather Kirksey, Mikhail Gerchuk of MTS, Vodafone's Bryan Littlefair.<br /><br />For the study, respondents were asked who they thought are the global telecom industry's "young leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow".<br /><br />To prepare the list, only those born on or after July 1, 1971, were considered.</p>
<p>Indians featured in the '40 under 40' list by Global Telecoms Business (GTB), a telecommunications magazine, include Srinivasa Addepalli of Tata Communications, Pankaj Agrawal (Aircel), Ajay Chitkara (Bharti Airtel), Gauri Raizada (Tata Teleservices) and Rene Meza (Airtel Kenya), Mukesh Bavisi (Exponential-e), Udit Mehrotra (Shyam Networks) and Upendra Poranki (Nokia Siemens Networks).<br /><br />The last year's list had only one Indian -- Srinivasa Addepalli.On Srinivasa Addepalli, GTB said that he "embodies the spirit of adventure that Tata Communications represents. Addepalli has played a pivotal role in this journey as the cocreator and enabler of the company's unique strategy."<br /><br />Regarding Agrawal GTB said that he played a key role in transforming Aircel from a regional operator to a pan-Indian operator, while Ajay Chitkara has been the "catalyst to build a business from scratch to a USD 450 million operation today."<br /><br />Chitkara is one of the youngest CEOs at Bharti Airtel and in the Indian telecom industry.<br />The magazine said that Rene Meza has done an "outstanding job" in the development of telecommunications in east Africa.<br /><br />The coveted list also include Batelco's Enas Al Fardan, France Telecom Orange's Christophe Alter, BT Global Services' Sian Baldwin, Julien Ducarroz of Orange, Alcatel-Lucent's Heather Kirksey, Mikhail Gerchuk of MTS, Vodafone's Bryan Littlefair.<br /><br />For the study, respondents were asked who they thought are the global telecom industry's "young leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow".<br /><br />To prepare the list, only those born on or after July 1, 1971, were considered.</p>