Genius lies in recognising the
need of the hour. Sensing early the arrival of the telecom era in India, Mr.
Manoj Tirodkar worked earnestly in this direction. With GTL making waves in the
telecommunication tower market, he is today widely recognized for his efforts
towards creating an efficient and environmnent-friendly telecom industry.
A VISIONARY
At a time when telecom had just
arrived in India in a massive way and everyone thought that it would take the
country as a whirlwind, there were few in the field who had a perfect vision in
terms of what needed to be done in order to proliferate here. Manoj G Tirodkar
was one of those few Indians who started working earnestly in this entire new
arena and soon established themselves . The world at large had to take cognisance of the presence of his
company GTL Limited. It was wiling to share the delight of working with the
visionary and his company. He is one of the few first generation entrepreneurs
who has made it to the top. Based on the
net–worth listing of Forbes, he was placed at the 74th position in
India then.
PROFESSION
GTL Limited, the flagship company
of Global Group, was established by Manoj Tirodkar in 1987. Since then, it has
never looked back, thanks to the strong technical expertise and exemplary
business acumen of its founder chairman. The growth was phenomenal and the
company was able to establish GTL operations in over 40 countries.
While serving as the Chairman of
GTL Limited, Manoj Tirodkar is also connected with various international
organizations in different countries. As a founder of Global Group he is a
pioneer in conceptualizing new and innovative business models and is well known
in global business circles for this ability. Manoj Tirodkar is widely
recognized for his relentless constructive efforts to create an
environment-friendly and efficient telecom industry and for championing the
cause of shared telecom infrastructure model.
Under Tirodkar’s unique leadership, Global Group has around 28000 towers,
revenue strength of $500 million, and total assets to the tune of over $3
billion. It employs more than 35,000
professionals of 22 nationalities and has operations across 8 countries. It has
partnered with technology leaders such a Qualcomm, Ericson , Alcatel-Lucent ,
Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE, etc, to offer network services across the
world.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
In 1996, Manoj Tirodkar was
adjudged the Telecom Man of the year.
Manoj Tirodkar was also the first Indian winner of World Young Business
Achiever Award (2000) from Worldcom Group. Manoj Tirodkar also won the CII Young
Entrepreneurs Trophy 2001 and National Level Entrepreneur Award 2006 from the
Jagtik Marathi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was also conferred with the
HR Excellence Award for “ CEO with HR Orientation” at the HRD Congress at
Bangalore in 2007.
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