New Delhi: Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ajay Chitkara has announced to resign from the post. Chitkara has been connected with the company for 23 years. He will be stepping down after completing his duties by the third week of August 2023.

Accordingly, the telecom major will be operating as three channel segments- global business led by Vani Venkatesh, domestic business led by Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, and the Nxtra Data Centers led by Ashish Arora, Airtel stated in its regulatory filing.

CEO and MD of Airtel, Gopal Vittal says, “I am looking forward to working closely with Vani, Ganesh and Ashish to help scale this business. I also want to acknowledge Ajay’s contributions. In his 23 long years with Airtel Ajay has delivered significant impact. He has also built Airtel Business into a strong force. I wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”

The outgoing CEO joined the telecom major Bharti Airtel in 2001 as a sales manager. After this, he was assigned various positions within the company. Prior to being the CEO of Bharti Airtel, Chitkara was the Director and CEO of Global Business and Nxtra.

He has also been indulged in activities like creating business strategies for carriers, global enterprises and OTT segments and executing them.