Airtel Campus Connect_July 2015

7/21/2019 Airtel Campus Connect_July 2015

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#CHIEF SPEAK

Dear Friends,

Airtel as an organization isliving through its most excitingphase in recent times. TheAirtel vision of hunger to wincustomers for life hasunleashed so much excitementand passion amongst our20,000+ employees in India,South Asia and Africa. Centralto this vision is our pillar of

winning with people, and weare looking at more and moreways to build a culture andcapabilities that support highperformance.

The telecom industry isintensely dynamic and fiercelycompetitive, and as itcontinually evolves andbecomes more complex, it isimperative for our people to getboth depth and breadth ofexperience. What gives ourpeople energy is the fact thatthey get to do jobs that havenever been done before. OurYoung Leaders, who join usright out of business schools

JULY 2015

C UA SMPCONNECT

like yours, are given surprisinglylarge amounts of responsibility.And to realize all the space andopportunity that we promise,were careful in planning theirfirst 12 months to ensureexposure within and beyondtheir primary function,guidance, plenty of interactionswith business heads, and lots ofopportunities to assimilateculture, people, the

organization and folklore!

Weve just seen a batch ofbright B-school interns join usover the summer, some ofwhom will return to Airtel oncethey graduate. This edition ofCampus Connect will give you aglimpse of their experiences.

As we scale up to newerchallenges, we will look to builda workforce for tomorrow. Many

of you, we hope, will be part ofthat future.

Best wishes,Srikanth Balachandran

Director, Human Resources


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#BEING PART OF A FIRST

#airtel4G has been a

phenomenal experience for

us. As an industry game

changer and the future of

mobile data, the 4G project

has been one of tremendous

significance. We launched 4G

in 34 cities across India, first

to existing Airtel customers

and after the overwhelming

positive feedback, to

customers who wanted to

switch to Airtel from other

operators. And each time we

launched 4G in a new city, it

meant months of dedicated

effort from teams across all

of Airtels functions.

There were two key things we

ensured: First and most

important, every stage of the

4G journey was built in

collaboration with customers.

Customers were sharing

feedback on theirexperiences via the Airtel

asks app, which helped us

optimize the network.

Second, we offered 4G at the

price of 3G, and this worked

brilliantly well, because it

meant better speed and a

better experience for

customers at no extra cost.

Its typical in Airtel to face

diverse and complex

challenges. In a particular

instance, we set ourselves

the objective of sending a 4G

SIM with every 4G handset

sold from the largest e-

commerce player, and theidea seemed quite natural.

However, with the prevalent

SIMs in India being HLR

(home location register)and

circle specific, this meant

there were hundreds of SIM

SKUs how does one choose

which one to bundle? To add

to it, SIMs remain a property

of the Service Provider and

hence one cant just sell itonline. This required complex

problem solving and we had

to quickly bring together

teams in IT, Networks, Legal

and Regulatory, Taxation,

Packaging and Warehousing

operations, and when we

collaborated, we did see very

gratifying results.

Along with the challenges,

weve also seen immense

amounts of freedom and

responsibility to manage

them. The sheer variety of

exposure and amount of

learning has equipped us

with skills to undertake any

complex assignment with

confidence.

Young Leader (Batch of

2009)

Young Leader (Batch of

2011)

- Arpit Vishwakarma

- Akarshan Gupta

* The Young Leader (YL) program is Airtels flagship program for Business school students. YLs undergo a comprehensive cross functional 12 monthtraining program before being assigned challenging roles in Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Service, Supply Chain Management & Human Resources


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#INTERN STORIES

I found the summer internship

program very structured and

well planned. The feedback I

received during the mid-

review helped me design

feasible recommendations.The most important part of

my experience was cross-

team interaction.

Priyanka Prajapati

IIM Kozhikode

Summer Intern - Customer

Service

My mentor gave me the

responsibility to handle the

call center all by myself. We

started a new automation

process for tele-calls and

distribution network. My

suggestion around

introducing an app has been

implemented and will be

rolled out soon.

T Hebbar Ruthambharaa

IMT Ghaziabad,

Summer Intern Sales &

Distribution

My project on Wynk transition

has given me an opportunity

to try my hand at project

management. I got to interact

with people across domains

and gain insights into their

functions

Ankur Deka

IIM Ahmedabad

Summer intern - Finance


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#INTERN STORIES

The liberty at work and

accessibility to valuable

guidance at any point of time

were noteworthy. My stint at

Airtel didn't only nurture me

for a professional life ahead

but also gave me the

opportunity to win some

awesome friends for life.

Heartfelt thanks to Airtel!

Bodhipuspa Panda

IIM Indore,

Summer Intern - Marketing

Working on the 4G launch in

Delhi helped me understand

how large organizations like

Airtel operate at the ground

level

Himanshu Marmba

IIM Lucknow,

Summer Intern - Marketing

Happiness is seeing your work

being implemented. Loved the

culture at Airtel. People were

always ready to help out.

Made a lot of new friends and

had a lot of fun.

Paul KingsleyIIM Calcutta,

Summer Intern - Supply Chain

The internship was a very

enriching experience in terms

of gaining business insights.

Working from the Rajasthan

circle office, I was amazed at

the kind of professional

support offered to me by the

team there. The training

program I designed goes live

soon.

Abhishek Badiyala

XLRI Jamshedpur

Summer Intern - HR


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#INTERN STORIES

Lots of valuable work that directly impacts Airtel and our business. Interns take on projects in Marketing,

Sales, Customer Service, Finance, HR, Supply Chain and more.

Some examples are:

Developing a cost

model for SIM

cards

Driving go-to-market

efficiencies for WYNK

music app

Developing Learning &

Development Automation

strategy for Airtel

Automation

solution for Sales

teams

End to end

Postpaid MNP

process design

Developing a clean

sheet cost model

for SIM cards

BEEN THERE DONE WHAT?


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#MAKE YOUR SUMMERS COUNT

Youve got a good handNow make the right move!

Airtel will be visiting campuses for

Summer Internship 2016.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

Submit your CV

post Pre-placement

talk on your campus

Group Discussion

based on

short cases

Interview round

with our

Campus Chiefs

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU? Intense focus on the core job and lots of fun!

Supportive mentoring. You will also be surrounded by some of the smartest

people in the industry

PPO/PPI opportunity to join Airtel as a Young Leader

YOUR CHEAT SHEET

Focus on the basics: a strong and crisp resume, be

prepared for technical and behavioral questions

Keep yourself abreast of developments in the

telecom space

Think about which function youd like to work in. Once we know

your interests, we try to look at a best fit internship for you

Speak to seniors from your campus who have interned with Airtel.

Like they say, nothing can substitute experience


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#STEAL THE SHOW

Winner of last issue's Quiz contest : Ankur Sodhani, FMS.

To collect your voucher of INR 5000, DM us on our facebook page with your address and contact number.

WINNER

TAKE AIRTELWHERENO ONE ELSEHAS BEEN!

Pictures say so much.Tell us your story in a photograph.

Show usHow AirtelYou Are.

Upload your entry on

We will also feature winning entries in

our next edition!

/AIRTELatCampus with #iamAirtel

& win a smartphone if your entrygets the maximum number of likes.

Entries open till

31st July, 2015

WIN A


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The

most

excitingquizzing

event

of theyear

More details will be on our Facebook page. Stay in the know!www.facebook.com/airtelatcampus

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