Sinha will report to Managing Director and CEO Gopal Vittal and will be a member of the Airtel management board, the company said in a statement.

"I am confident that Sinha's extensive global experience in product management and business leadership across many of the world's leading technology companies will provide tremendous strength to Airtel's ambitions across its rapidly growing portfolio in connectivity and adjacent sectors," Vittal said.

Sinha joins the Airtel business from Checkpoint Software Technologies, where he served as President of Asia Pacific.

He has previously worked in various leadership roles with technology companies such as Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and VMware.

“Airtel Business is a leader in offering leading solutions to enterprises in the business-to-business (B2B) space and I am delighted to join this passionate tea party as they continue to grow their business with future-read technology innovations and solutions. Moving towards enhancing leadership. More value for customers, Sinha said.

Airtel has more than 500 million customers across 17 countries in South Asia and Africa.