ABOUT BHARTI ENTERPRISES

Bharti Enterprises is a large Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India, operating primarily across India and in some other countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Guernsey and Seychelles. The company is now establishing its presence across Africa in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It was established by Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of the young and dynamic businessmen of India. Bharti Enterprises has businesses spanning across telecom, retail, financial services, manufacturing and software.

History

The company was founded by Sunil Bharti Mittal along with two siblings in early 1990s. The company was not so famous in India by its own name, rather its brand names like Airtel and Beetel (PSTN Phone Sets) are household names in India. The company underwent a brand reformation process and changed its logo and corporate Image.

Companies

Bharti's primary industry is in the field of telecommunications via its subsidiary companies Bharti Airtel (mobile telecommunications), Bharti Infratel (Passive Telecom Infrastructure provider) and Bharti Teletech (wired telecommunication services, Comviva Technologies and PSTN telephone handsets).

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

’’’Bharti Airtel Ltd’’’ is one of Asia's leading telecommunications service provider. The Company is India’s largest integrated telecom company in terms of customer base and offers Mobile Services, Fixed Line services, Broadband & IPTV, DTH service named Airtel Digital TV, Long Distance and Enterprise services. Airtel also offers mobile services in Sri Lanka on a state-of-the art 3.5 G network.

Bharti Infratel

’’’Bharti Infratel’’’ is a combine company with Idea cellular and vodafone essar. In which bharti and vodafone have the same market share in Bharti Infratel with count of 42% each and Idea have 16%. This company basically works on the "Indus Tower" , the maintenance work of those radio signal towers is watching by this organization . Bharti Retails Ltd.

’’’Bharti Retail Ltd.’’’ is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. Bharti Retail operates a chain of multiple format stores. The company’s neighborhood format stores operate under the "Easyday" brand and the compact hypermarket format under the “Easyday market” brand. Recently the company has become more involved in the food economic sectors, with a joint partnership in the agricultural company FieldFresh.

Bharti Enterprises tied-up with Wal-Mart for opening a chain of retail stores all over India. Though the retail chain store venture is yet to see the light, the two companies, in August 2007, made a surprise statement that they have signed a wholesale cash-and-carry deal. The companies would open 10 - 15 cash-and-carry facilities over 7 years and would employ 5,000 people. Each store would occupy 50,000-100,000 square feet.

The other retail companies of Bharti group are Bharti Retail (Holdings) Private Limited and Bharti Retail Resources Private Limited.

Bharti TeleTech Ltd.

’’’Bharti Teletech’’’ is India’s leading telecom & allied products company. It is one of the largest manufacturers of landline telephones in the world. With a strong distribution network across the country, the company is also the primary distributor of IT and Telecom products from international brands such as Motorola, Blackberry, Thomson, Polycom, Transcend, and Logitech.

Telecom Seychelles Ltd.

A subsidiary of Bharti, ’’’Telecom Seychelles Ltd.’’’ provides comprehensive telecom services including 3G mobile services in Seychelles, under the ‘Airtel’ brand.

Comviva Technologies Limited

Comviva Technologies Limited is an India based organization providing VAS solutions for mobile operators around the world. Comviva was formerly known as Bharti Telesoft and took on the Comviva branding in April 2009.

FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.

’’’FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd. ’’’ is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and DMPL India Ltd. (a subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Ltd.). The company offers fresh fruits & vegetables and processed foods & beverages in the domestic as well as international markets. Company is going strength to strength on its way to become one of the top 3 food companies in India by 2014.

Bharti AXA General Insurance Company

’’’Bharti AXA General Insurance’’’ is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth management. The company was incorporated in July 2007.

Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company

’’’Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd. ’’’ is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth management. The company offers a range of life insurance and wealth management products.

Bharti AXA Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd.

’’’Bharti AXA Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd. ’’’, an asset management company in India, is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH).

Centum Learning Limited

’’’Centum Limited’’’ (formerly ’’’Bharti Learning Systems Limited’’’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises, is a learning and development organization that specializes in the customer experience arena.

Jersey Airtel Ltd.

’’’Jersey Airtel’’’, a subsidiary of Bharti, offers mobile services in Jersey (Channel Islands) over its full 2G, 3G and HSDPA enhanced network. The Company brings products and services to its customers under Airtel-Vodafone brand.

Bharti Foundation

’’’Bharti Foundation’’’ was set up in 2000, with the vision, “To help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential”. It aims to create and support programs that bring about sustainable changes through education and the use of technology and information.

Bharti Realty

’’’Bharti Realty Private Ltd.’’’ is the in-house Real Estate Arm for Bharti Group and facilitates by extending support to the Group Companies for Identifying, Developing and Maintaining Quality Real Estate in line with their Business Models.

ABOUT BHARTI FOUNDATION At Bharti Enterprises, there is absolute belief in quality education being the most important tool for social and economic development in India. Thus, Bharti Foundation was set up in 2000 as the philanthropic wing of the Bharti Group of Companies to bridge the existing education divide and make quality education accessible to all underprivileged children across rural India. The Foundation aims to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential.

All educational programs initiated by Bharti Foundation involve close partnerships with the government, policy makers, local communities and the general public. These education programs aim to make to a difference in the lives of thousands of underprivileged children and youth, allowing them to become employable citizens of the future and contribute to the economic growth of the community.

Bharti Foundation implements education programs in primary and higher education to help both holistic and academic development of underprivileged children and youth across the rural pockets of India. The primary school program is designed to teach students to explore, question, reason and communicate effectively. This helps them connect with their own community and stay rooted to their local culture. The senior school program will train students in vocational skills to help them emerge as employable citizens and contribute to community development. VISION AND MISSION

Vision To help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential.

Mission Committed to creating and supporting programs that bring about sustainable changes through education and use of technology.

GOVERNING BOARD

Mr. Sunil B. Mittal, Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal and Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal are the trustees of Bharti Foundation. Chairman

Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises

Co Chairman

Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises

Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises

Mr. Analjit Singh Chairman, Max India Group

Mr. Anil Kumar Chairman, McKinsey Asia Center, USA

Mr. Anil Nayar Managing Director, Prerna Centre for Learning and

Development Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Badri Agarwal Former President, Bharti Foundation

Mr. K.N. Memani Chairman, KNM Advisory Pvt. Ltd. (Former Chairman and CEO Ernst & Young, India)

Mrs. Manju Bharat Ram Chairperson, The Shri Ram School

Mr. Niranjan Ajwani Group Leader, Ajwani Group of Companies

Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Limited

Mrs. Syeda Imam Executive Vice President - Creative, Contract Advertising

(India) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vinod Dhall Head, Dhall Law Chambers and Former Secretary, Govt. of

India,

Prof. V. S. Raju Former Director, IIT Delhi and Prof. IIT Madras

Chief Executive Officer

Vijay Chadda LEGAL STATUS

Bharti Foundation is an organization established under the Laws of India with charitable status pursuant to a "Deed of Trust" dated August 7 2000, registered at New Delhi on August 25, 2000 under the Registration Act 1908 having its office H-5/12 Qutab Ambiance, Mehrauli Road, New Delhi.

The organization was granted a certificate under section 80(G)(iv) of the Income Tax Act 1961 applicable to Charitable nonprofit organization, on the 1st of July 2005. PROGRAMMES

Primary Education

Satya Bharti School Program

Higher Education

Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, IIT Delhi

Bharti Centre for Communication, IIT Bombay

Bharti Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives

Bharti Scholarship and Mentorship Program

Past Programs

Bharti Library and Activity Centers

Bharti Computer Centers

Mid-day Meal Program PARTNERSHIPS

PARTNERSHIPS AT BHARTI FOUNDATION

As a corporate Foundation in India, Bharti Foundation is conscious of the fact that for a real impact to take place, not just a movement but a revolution is required. And to affect a revolution it is essential that all stakeholders break the barriers of indifference and embrace togetherness. Partnerships and alliances thus form an intrinsic part of the projects of Bharti Foundation. It works in close collaboration and partnership with various other corporate foundations, NGOs and organizations working in the field of education to adopt best practices and also build capacity.

MONETARY PARTNERSHIPS

Corpus Donations

Bharti Airtel Ltd. Bharti Enterprises Bharti Teletech Ltd. (Beetel) Essar Investment Ltd

Vodafone Foundation Warburg Pincus

Adoption of Schools

Bharti Teletech Ltd. (Beetel) Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd.

Dura-Line India Pvt. Ltd. F.C.Sondhi & Co. (India) Private Limited

FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd Grace, Jade, Jarman, Crawford and

Chapman Taylor

The Worshipful Company of Chartered DLF Foundation

Acoountants in England and Wales

General Charitable Trust

SPA Capital Services Ltd. Deutsche Bank

General Donations

Aegis Limited Airtel Enterprise Services

Alcatel-Lucent India Limited AXA Investment Managers Paris

Bharti Airtel Ltd. Bharti Telemedia Ltd.

Bharti Telesoft Ltd. Bheru Stationery & Novelties

ECI Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. Eltel System P Ltd.

Ericsson India Private Limited Ganges International Pvt. Limited

Government of Rajasthan Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd.

IBM India Private Ltd. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

Kirloskar Brothers Limited Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Mahindra MCKS Food for Hungry Foundation

MphasiS Limited MRO-TEK Limited

Mukul Consultants New Technology Application

Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. Nokia Siemens Networks Pvt. Ltd. Om Parkash Jindal Gramin Jankalyan Sansthan Paruthi Engineers Pvt., Ltd.

Phosphate Enterprises Pvt. Ltd Polycom (UK) Ltd - India Branch

Procter & Gamble Home Products Limited Triveni Electroplast Pvt. Ltd

UT Starcom India Telecom Pvt. Ltd. Vidya Foundation

MATERIAL PARTNERSHIPS

Aero Exports Ltd. Colgate Palmolive India Pvt. Ltd.

Cosco India Ltd. DEIEM India Private Ltd.

Flag Foundation India Hero Cycles Ltd.

IBM India Private Ltd. ITC Limited

JHS SvenGaard Laboratories Ltd. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.

Liberty Shoes Ltd Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

Mahavir Dal Max Health Care

Metro Ortem Ltd. Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt.

Ltd.

Moser Baer India Ltd. Philips India Pvt. Ltd.

Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. Rotary Club

Transcend

TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIPS

Azim Premji Foundation Udayan Care

Animon Live

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Social and Corporate Governance Award

Asian CSR Award Indian NGO Award

Golden Peacock Award

Social and Corporate Governance Award

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, was awarded the Social and Corporate Governance Award for Best Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility, 2008 on February 06, 2009. The award was presented by Mr. Arun Arora, Chairman, World HRD Congress and President, Times of India Group at a special ceremony at Taj Land's End, Mumbai, on February 05, 2009. Mr. Manu Talwar, CEO, Mobility, Bharti Airtel Ltd. Maharashtra and Goa, received the award on behalf of Bharti Foundation

The award was given jointly by Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Nasscom Foundation and Times Foundation. The Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Award recognizes and honours organizations for their contribution to society. Bharti Foundation was declared as one of the nine winners and presented this prestigious award based on its exceptional work in the field of education under the aegis of the Satya Bharti School Program .

Asian CSR Award

Bharti Foundation was awarded the Asian CSR Award, 2008 for Support and Improvement of Education in Singapore on November 21, 2008. Presented by Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia, the award recognizes the Satya Bharti School Program as Bharti Foundation’s contribution and commitment to education of rural communities.

The Asian CSR Awards, co-presented this year by Asian Institute of Management, the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility and Intel Corporation, is Asia's premier awards program on corporate social responsibility. Awarded in five categories, the Awards recognize and honours organizations for their outstanding, innovative and world class projects and programs. Bharti Foundation was chosen as the winner of the Support and Improvement of Education category from among 170 entries representing 120 companies from 15 countries.

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Indian NGO Award

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, was awarded the winner in the Regional Winner- Large, (North) category at the Indian NGO Awards 2008. The awards are a joint initiative of Resource Alliance and the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation.