Achievements

• Chosen the businessman of the year 2007 by a public poll in India conducted by NDTV
• Conferred the United States-India Business Council (USIBC) leadership award for "Global Vision" 2007 in Washington.

• Ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.

• Conferred the World Communication Award for the Most Influential Person in Telecommunications in 2004 by Total Telecom, October, 2004.

• Chosen Telecom Man of the Year 2004 by Voice and Data magazine, September 2004.

• Ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004.

• Conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA, May 2004.

• Ranked No.1 for the second consecutive year, in The Power List 2004 published by India Today, March 2004.

• Recorded as the first Trillionaire in India, June 2007.

• Awarded the "Chitralekha Person of the Year Award -- 2008" by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi