Bimal Dayal named CEO of Indus Towers

KOLKATA: Indus Towers, the country’s largest telecom tower firm, on Monday named Bimal Dayal its new chief executive officer (CEO) with immediate effect.

Dayal, who was previously Indus’ chief operating officer, has taken over the reins from B.S. Shantharaju, who retired on March 31.

A telecom sector veteran, with nearly three decades of experience, Dayal had previously worked for Ericsson, Qualcomm and Tata Telecom.

“I am stepping into an exciting role and coming in at an exciting time,” Dayal said in an official statement.

Indus Towers is a three-way JV between Bharti Infratel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular.