# V Viswanathan

> V Viswanathan is a startup investor at Airtel (New Delhi). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Airtel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharti-airtel-ltd)
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/v-k-viswanathan-2328b282

V Viswanathan is a startup investor at Airtel in New Delhi. V. K. Viswanathan is the independent non executive Director of Bharti Airtel. He is also the Chairman of Bosch Limited (formerly known as Motor Industries Company Limited), a flagship company of Bosch Group in India and headquartered in Bangalore. He sits on the advisory boards of FLSmidth Private Limited, Chennai, CRH India, Mumbai and BSHHousehold Appliances Manufacturing Private Limited, Mumbai among others.He brings over 35 years of Indian and international top / senior management experience. He held the following key positions during his career in Bosch among others:» 2008 to 2012 - Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, President and Country Head of Bosch Group in India» 1998 to 2000 - President (Commercial), Diesel Systems at Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany» 2005 to 2007 - Vice President for Automotive Electricals and Electronics division of North America, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USPrior to joining Bosch group, he held many leadership positions in Hindustan Unilever Limited and Unilever Plc, London for nearly 20 years. He is a Chartered Accountant and the past President of Indo German Chamber of Commerce and also held CII 's National Council Membership position.

## About Airtel

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands. Airtel has a GSM network in all countries in which it operates, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon the countryof operation.Airtel is the largest provider of mobile telephony and second largest provider of fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services. It offers its telecom services under the "airtel" brand, and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. Bharti Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco Gold certification. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.

5 contacts available at Airtel.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adarsh Nair | Chief Product and Experience Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adarsh-nair-6260 |
| Bernardus Verwaayen | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernardus-verwaayen |
| Rakesh Mittal | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-bharti-mittal |
| V Viswanathan | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v-viswanathan |
| Ajay Chitkara | Director & CEO - Airtel Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-chitkara-66c3 |

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