BACKGROUND: Family Support: Sunil Bharti Mittal, born 23 October 1957, is an Indian businessman. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Group. The $4.5 billion revenue company operates India's largest GSM-based mobile phone service. Sunil's father Sat Paul Mittal, an MP, has always been in public life. It was Sunil who started the business (manufacturing bicycle components in Ludhiana, India) in 1976 at the age of 18 with a borrowed capital of Rs 20,000. Son of a politician, Sunil Mittal is a Punjabi. In just ten years he transformed the Bharti group, together with two brothers, into India's largest mobile operator. 15 years ago, his company, Bharti Telecom, was a manufacturer of push-button telephones and earned money supplying the Department of Telecommunications (DOT). Critics say it was the family's political connections that helped it secure the DOT contract. Results: IT Man of the Year Award 2002 from Dataquest CEO of the Year, Award 2002 from the World HRD Congress. Today, Sunil Mittal runs a successful empire with a market capitalization of around $2 billion and employing over 5,000 people. He has been awarded numerous awards. Sunil Bharti Mittal was chosen as one of the best entrepreneurs in the world for the year 2000 and among the "Stars Of Asia" by "Business Week". First generation entrepreneur. Education: Sunil, former student of Harvard Business School, graduated from Punjab University. He had shown interest in business since his teenage years. Previous trading experience: Started as an entrepreneur immediately after graduation, trading in various commodities. Required skills: practical behavior, risk-taking behavior, futuristic, innovative,.... .. middle of paper ...... ls. They also donated Rs 200 million to IIT Delhi for the construction of a Bharti School of Technology and Management. You have to give back what you take. Bharti Enterprises has joined hands with the All India Football Federation and has invested over a hundred million rupees to help the country achieve global standards in the sport. Bharti has signed a memorandum of understanding with the AIFF, which aims to create a comprehensive national football development program and work towards the globalization of Indian football, in a bid to reach the final stage of the World Cup. As a first step, the telco will start a world-class football academy, to be called 'Bharti-AIFF Academy' with an investment of over Rs 100 million, to be set up in Haryana or Goa. Mittal said he wants a "football revolution" in the country and is ready to invest "any amount of money" needed to provide a world-class academy.