Vodafone Idea appoints Abhijit Kishore as new COO

Vodafone Idea today revealed that Abhijit Kishore will be the new Chief Operating Officer of the third largest telecom operator.
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Abhijit Kishore will be replacing Ambrish Jain, who will be superannuating from the services of Vodafone Idea at the end of October 2021. Ambrish Jain is leaving Vodafone Idea after spending 20 years at Vodafone Idea.

Abhijit Kishore is currently the Chief Enterprise Business Officer. Abhijit has wide experience in the telecom space and has worked extensively in Enterprise and Consumer Sales, Marketing , Distribution and Operations. He joined the Company in March 2015 and has held leadership roles in Consumer Operations and Enterprise.

Arvind Nevatia, currently Cluster Business Head – Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh, will take over as Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 1st November 2021.

Ravinder Takkar, MD and CEO, Vodafone Idea, said: “Vi has great depth in its management talent pool and practises the philosophy of providing career growth opportunities to our internal talent.”