Sunil Mittal joins Carnegie Endowment's board of trustees

Sunil Bharati Mittal, chairman and group CEO of Bharati Enterprises, has joined the board of trustees of the prestigious Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Washington-based think-tank announced on Friday.

''We are honoured to welcome Sunil Mittal to the Carnegie Endowment's board of trustees. As we transform the Endowment into the first multinational - and ultimately global - think tank to find solutions to increasingly global problems, Jessica T Mathews, president of the Endowment, said while making the announcement.

Sunil Bharati Mittal''I can think of few better people than Sunil to help us achieve that goal. As one of India's leading and most innovative entrepreneurs with global, Asian, and American partners, Sunil is a perfect example of the next generation of leaders who understand the importance of forging partnerships to address future needs,'' she added.

''I am delighted to join the distinguished ranks of the Carnegie's board of trustees at such an exciting time in the Endowment's century-long history. The recent redefinition of its role and mission - to become the first global think tank - is a vital one which I support fully. The many problems confronting the world can only be addressed properly through strong international partnership and collaboration,'' said Mittal.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace launched its ''New Vision'' on 6 February 2007, adding operations in Beijing, Beirut, and Brussels to its existing offices in Moscow and Washington, to form effective, independent international partnerships through which to address global issues.

Sunil Bharti Mittal is the founding chairman and group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, one of India's leading business groups with interests in telecom, financial services, retail, manufacturing, realty, and agribusiness. Mittal started his career at eighteen after graduating from Punjab University in India. He founded Bharti a year later, in 1976. Today, at 51, he heads a successful enterprise, which has a market capitalisation of over $25 billion and employs over 30,000 people.