LONDON, Feb 28 : Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Wednesday turned the primary Indian citizen to be conferred an honorary Knighthood by Britain’s King Charles III “for providers to UK and India enterprise relations”.
In an inventory of honorary British awards unveiled by the UK Cupboard Workplace, Mittal receives a KBE beneath the Most Glorious Order of the British Empire – one of many highest honours conferred by a British monarch.
The 66-year-old entrepreneur stated in a press release that he was “deeply humbled” by the gracious recognition from King Charles.
“The UK and India have historic relations, which are actually getting into a brand new period of elevated cooperation and collaboration. I stay dedicated to working in direction of strengthening the financial and bilateral commerce relationships between our two nice nations,” Mittal stated.
“I’m grateful to the federal government of the UK, whose help and eager consideration to the wants of enterprise has been important in making the nation a horny funding vacation spot,” he stated.
The KBE, conferred for a pre-eminent contribution in any area of exercise, is awarded in an honorary capability to international nationals. Whereas the Knighthood conferred on UK nationals provides them the title of Sir or Dame, non-UK nationals awarded the honour add KBE (or DBE for ladies) after their identify.
Earlier Indian recipients of the Honorary KBE embody Ratan Tata (2009), Ravi Shankar (2001) and Jamshed Irani (1997), conferred by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The investiture ceremony might be carried out by the British Excessive Commissioner to India at a later date, when he’ll formally hand over the royal insignia to Mittal.
The honour recognises Bharti Enterprises’ work inside the India-UK area, together with with the UK authorities within the area of satellites.
Sunil Bharti Mittal led the revival of OneWeb (now Eutelsat), main a consortium with the UK authorities and different strategic buyers to supply satellite tv for pc broadband providers globally, an organization assertion notes.
Mittal has a powerful reference to the UK, as a member of the India-UK CEO Discussion board and has beforehand been awarded the Honorary Physician of Civil Legislation from Newcastle College and an Honorary Physician of Legal guidelines from the College of Leeds.
He’s additionally a member of the Vice Chancellor’s Circle of Advisors on the College of Cambridge. Moreover, Sunil Bharti Mittal has served on the Governing Physique of the London Enterprise College (LBS) and as a Member of the India Advisory Group on the London College of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
In 2019, Bharti’s Airtel Africa was listed on the London Inventory Trade and is a constituent of the FTSE100 Index. (PTI)
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