Mr. Sanjeev Aga spent his formative business years with Asian Paints in field sales and marketing responsibilities. He later headed the Furniture and Leo-Mattel Toys businesses of the erstwhile BlowPlast, now VIP Industries, before leading that Company as MD from 1993 to 1998. Subsequently, Mr. Aga was Managing Director of Aditya Birla Nuvo, and more notably, the Managing Director of Idea Cellular in its breakout years, before he stepped down in 2011.

In 2009, Mr. Aga received the ET Award for The Emerging Company of the Year on behalf of Idea Cellular. In the same year, Indira Innovation named him CEO of the Year, and in 2010 Tele. Net felicitated him for Outstanding Contribution to the Telecom Sector. In 2010, Forbes magazine shortlisted Mr. Aga for the Person of the Year. The Scindia School conferred upon him the Madhav Award 2014 for the Old Boy Of Eminence.

Mr. Aga now engages in advisory and Board roles for reputed corporates and not-for-profit organizations. He also serves on the Board of other listed and unlisted companies.

Mr. Aga did his schooling from Scindia School, Gwalior, graduated with Physics Honours from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and is a business management postgraduate from IIM Kolkata.