Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel is the flagship company of Bharti Enterprises.

The Bharti Group has a diverse business portfolio and has created global brands in the telecommunication sector. Airtel comes from Bharti Airtel Limited, Indias largest integrated and the first private telecom services provider with a footprint in all the 23 telecom circles.

Airtel

Airtel is a brand of telecommunication services in India operated by Bharti Airtel. It is the largest cellular service provider in India in terms of number of subscribers

It has presence in all 23 circles of the country and covers 71% of the current population (as of FY07) Leading international telecommunication companies such as Vodafone and SingTel held partial stakes in Bharti Airtel.

TELECOM SECTOR

The telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool for socioeconomic development for a nation. It is one of the prime support services needed for rapid growth and modernization of various sectors of the economy.

Indian telecommunication sector has undergone a major process of transformation through significant policy reforms, particularly beginning with the announcement of NTP 1994 and was subsequently re-emphasized and carried forward under NTP 1999.

Driven by various policy initiatives, the Indian telecom sector witnessed a complete transformation in the last decade. It has achieved a phenomenal growth during the last few years and is poised to take a big leap in the future also.

Status of Telecom Sector The Indian Telecommunications network with 621 million connections (as on March 2010) is the third largest in the world. The sector is growing at a speed of 45% during the recent years. This rapid growth is possible due to various proactive and positive decisions of the Government and contribution of both by the public and the private sectors.

The rapid strides in the telecom sector have been facilitated by liberal policies of the Government that provides easy market access for telecom equipment and a fair regulatory framework for offering telecom services to the Indian consumers at affordable prices. Presently, all the telecom services have been opened for private participation. The Government has taken following main initiatives for the growth of the Telecom Sector:

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HR ASPECTS AIRTEL

Airtel values its human resources and its HR policies are aimed at targeting and retaining best talent in the industry.

The key functions of the HR Committee include the followings:

Employees Development Strategies. Compensation (including salaries and salary adjustments, incentives/benefits bonuses, stock options) and performance targets for the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) and Joint Managing Directors (JMDs) Executive Directors.

All Human Resources related issues Attraction and Retention strategies for employees.

Some Hr policies and practices include: A family-day at office, half day leave for birthdays, gifts for anniversaries, compulsory 10 days off, festival celebration with family, no official meetings on weekends, five day weeks, concierge services, call center engagement programs etc. These care policies and practices are applied across the organizational levels without any discrimination At Bharti Airtel, the Mantra for employee delight focuses on 5 Ps

People, Pride, Passion, Processes and Performance

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The company provides :

Flexible Group Mediclaim insurance to all employees, covering all kinds of illnesses, accidents and hospital coverage for serious ailments.

Bharti Airtel offers a flexible compensation structure to its employees wherein the employees have the flexibility to structure their fixed component of their compensation according to their requirements within the ambit of legislation.

Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes are linked with the variable component of our compensation structure. This component is linked to both the individual performance against his/ her set KRAs (Key Result Areas) and the overall performance of the business entity that an employee belongs to.

The mechanisms like Performance Management System (PMS) and Talent Management Process (TMP) are the key sources of identifying the training needs of the employees and check to competency levels for promotion.