Sunil Mittal gets highest French civilian award

NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded Bharti Airtel founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal the Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour), the highest civilian award in France.

The insignia will be conferred at a ceremony to be held on October 28, at the Ambassade de France (Embassy of France in India) in New Delhi.

The honour recognises Mittal's contributions to strengthening economic ties between France and India as well as his achievements in the telecommunications and digital infrastructure and satellite communications space.


In a statement, Mittal said he is moved and humbled by the award from the Republic of France.