Sudhir Agarwal replaces Deepak Chandnani as CEO, WWIL

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Mumbai
Deepak Chandnani, CEO, Wire and Wireless India (WWIL), has put in his papers at the company. He joined WWIL, the multi system operator (MSO) of the Essel Group, in June 2007, replacing Jagjit Singh Kohli, who was working as the managing director of the company.

Chandnani is being replaced by Sudhir Agarwal, who comes from Haier Telecom, where he was president, India and SAARC. Agarwal will be based in Mumbai.

With experience of more than 18 years in commercial and marketing management, Agarwal has worked with telecommunications, consumer electronics and office automation companies such as Motorola, Bharti Televentures, Xerox Modicorp and Philips.

Subhash Chandra, chairperson, Essel Group, says, "Sudhir Agarwal's leadership skills and consumer orientation will build on the lead that WWIL has already created in the industry and further boost the growth plans of the company, while ensuring high standards of service excellence and satisfaction for customers, channel partners and other stakeholders."

For the record, WWIL has seven regional offices and is present in 45 cities in India. It operates 73 analogue and seven digital head-ends through a network of more than 4,000 franchisees. The company has a subscriber base of 6.7 million and is one of the biggest MSOs in India's cable television industry.