GTL Infrastructure Limited and GTL Limited, endeavours of Manoj Tirodkar

Being a first generation successful entrepreneur is an achievement itself and consistent efforts of Manoj Tirodkar have added many feathers to his cap over the years. With an aim to create an efficient, effective and environment-friendly telecom industry, Manoj Tirodkar laid the foundation of the Global Group, way back in 1987 which motivated him to establish a robust foundation of shared telecom infrastructure model in Telecom Industry.

Manoj Tirodkar started the, Global Group in 1987 with Global Tele-Systems Ltd. (GTL Limited) and later diversified by setting up GTL Infrastructure Limited, Both the companies have been listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange (BSE and NSE).

 GTL Infra led by Mr. Manoj Tirodkar has a tower portfolio of almost 28,000 towers, in and around India.  Global Group has operations across Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

GTL Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited under the guardianship of Manoj Tirodkar have had partnerships with leading global organizations like Qualcomm, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE etc,  

Global Group is focused towards reducing the carbon footprint through investments in such solutions that improve the energy efficiency in the telecom industry, which is also Tirodkar’s vision to contribute to a cleaner and greener environment.

Manoj Tirodkar has a keen interest in helping people in need and as the Managing Trustee of the Global Foundation a Public Charitable Trust, which is the CSR arm of the Global Group, Global Foundation  educates the underprivileged children in rural India, work towards improving their health and helping the visually challenged amongst several other initiatives like the Education for Peace and Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan.

The success of Manoj Tirodkar can be estimated with Forbes.com’s listing in 2010, where it listed Manoj Tirodkar at 74th position in the list of Richest Indians. Worldcom Group awarded Manoj Tirodkar, the first Indian to be felicitated with the World Young Business Achiever Award (WYBA) in 2000 for young entrepreneurs below age 40 years. Manoj Tirodkar, has also been felicitated with the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Young Entrepreneur Trophy and Telecom Man of the year in 2001.

Chairman of GTL Limited, Manoj Tirodkar

Genius lies in recognising the need of the hour. Sensing early the arrival of the telecom era in India, Mr. Manoj Tirodkar worked earnestly in this direction. With GTL making waves in the telecommunication tower market, he is today widely recognized for his efforts towards creating an efficient and environmnent-friendly telecom industry.

A VISIONARY

At a time when telecom had just arrived in India in a massive way and everyone thought that it would take the country as a whirlwind, there were few in the field who had a perfect vision in terms of what needed to be done in order to proliferate here. Manoj G Tirodkar was one of those few Indians who started working earnestly in this entire new arena and soon established themselves . The world at large  had to take cognisance of the presence of his company GTL Limited. It was wiling to share the delight of working with the visionary and his company. He is one of the few first generation entrepreneurs who has made it to  the top. Based on the net–worth listing of Forbes, he was placed at the 74^th position in India then.

PROFESSION

GTL Limited, the flagship company of Global Group, was established by Manoj Tirodkar in 1987. Since then, it has never looked back, thanks to the strong technical expertise and exemplary business acumen of its founder chairman. The growth was phenomenal and the company was able to establish GTL operations in over 40 countries.

While serving as the Chairman of GTL Limited, Manoj Tirodkar is also connected with various international organizations in different countries. As a founder of Global Group he is a pioneer in conceptualizing new and innovative business models and is well known in global business circles for this ability. Manoj Tirodkar is widely recognized for his relentless constructive efforts to create an environment-friendly and efficient telecom industry and for championing the cause of shared telecom infrastructure model.  Under Tirodkar’s unique leadership, Global Group has around 28000 towers, revenue strength of $500 million, and total assets to the tune of over $3 billion.  It employs more than 35,000 professionals of 22 nationalities and has operations across 8 countries. It has partnered with technology leaders such a Qualcomm, Ericson , Alcatel-Lucent , Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE, etc, to offer network services across the world.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

In 1996, Manoj Tirodkar was adjudged the Telecom Man of the year.  Manoj Tirodkar was also the first Indian winner of World Young Business Achiever Award (2000) from Worldcom Group.  Manoj Tirodkar also won the CII Young Entrepreneurs Trophy 2001 and National Level Entrepreneur Award 2006 from the Jagtik Marathi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was also conferred with the HR Excellence Award for “ CEO with HR Orientation” at the HRD Congress at Bangalore in 2007.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Corporate Social Responsibility has always been at the heart of this truly Global Indian.  He supports a number of causes through the Global Foundation and takes keen interest in educating children in rural India , improving their health and helping the cause of visually challenged.  The humanitarian causes for which the funds are used have been recognized through many awards in CSR that the Global Group has received. One of the major international awards he received was for “Corporate Governance – Business for Social Responsibility 2006” from the Bombay Stock Exchange and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a non profit business association in San Francisco. GTL was selected by the National Association for the Blind (NAB), India, to receive the 12^th Piloo Dorab Khambatta Memorial Award for the year 2006 under the category “Best Employer of the Blind”.

Mr. Manoj Tirodkar

Mr. Manoj G. Tirodkar, founder of the Global Group is a first generation entrepreneur. He is widely recognised for his efforts towards creating an efficient and environment friendly telecom industry. He has been championing the cause of Shared telecom infrastructure model and Green Telecom.

Global Group is India's leading business group focused on Network Services & Shared Telecom Infrastructure.

The Group has two companies – GTL Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited that are listed on Indian Stock Exchanges (BSE & NSE).

The Group has a tower portfolio of about 28000 towers. The Group has operations across Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East.

Under his leadership, Global Group companies have partnered with leaders in technologies like Qualcomm, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE etc to offer Network services across the world.

As part of his vision for a cleaner and greener environment, Global Group is focusing on reducing the carbon footprint by investing in solutions that improve the energy efficiency in the telecom.

A firm believer in Corporate Social Responsibility, Mr. Manoj Tirodkar supports a number of causes through Global Foundation. He takes keen interest in educating under privileged children in rural India, improving their health and helping the cause of visually challenged.