Nikesh Arora, Internet search giant Google's India-born Chief Business Officer, has resigned as independent director from Bharti Airtel's board.
Arora has been replaced by Dinesh Kumar Mittal, a former bureaucrat who retired in 2013 as Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. Arora served as an independent director with the company for five-and-a-half years. The company said Mittal has been appointed as an Additional Director in the category of Independent Director. Mittal, a 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer, has also served as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs in 2011 and Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce from 2009-2011.
Meanwhile in a senior level exit, Airtel's legal and regulatory head Jyoti Pawar has resigned from the company. Pawar, who joined the country's largest telecom operator in 2008, is serving as Director - legal and Regulatory (India and South Asia) and is also a member of the Airtel Management Board. company spokesperson though confirmed that Pawar has resigned from the company but refused to share more details on the development.