Indus Towers Limited (Formerly Bharti Infratel Limited), India’s largest mobile tower installation company, announced the appointment of Prachur Sah as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, with effect from January 3, 2023.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on December 22, 2022, has appointed Mr. Prachur Sah (DIN: 07871676) as an Additional Director as well as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of the Company w.e.f. January 3, 2023, for a period of five years.”
Prachur Sah is an Electrical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and MSc in Management from Heriott Watt University, Edinburg.
He is currently the CEO for Oil & Gas Vertical of Vedanta. As an Oil & Gas industry leader, he has experience across 2 models in the sector – Upstream Asset Development and Management and Upstream engineering and technology services. In his current role, he has been handling a P&L with revenue of more than $7B USD and is instrumental in leading the next phase of organizational growth with a focus on delivering volumes, cost, growth projects, R&R, and monetization (new blocks). He is known for building a culture that is value-driven, encourages innovation while maintaining the highest levels of safety, sustainability, and robust governance.
Sah joined Cairn Oil & Gas in 2018 as Director – NV, OALP block where he was responsible for the 51 new blocks awarded to Cairn and resulting exploration opportunities. Sah was previously associated with Schlumberger for close to 18 years. He was the Managing Director of Schlumberger – South Asia region prior to moving to Cairn. He has formerly held leadership positions in line management, HR, Safety, Marketing in Schlumberger across the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, India, and the U.S. which gave him exposure to operations, strategic planning, and oil and gas management.
Indus Towers Limited is formed by the merger of Bharti Infratel Limited and Indus Towers. The company has over 187,926 towers and 338,128 co-locations (as on 30th September 2022) and a nationwide presence covering all 22 telecom circles.
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