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Kunal Khanna

Kunal Khanna

Jaipur

Summary

Dynamic O&M Head with extensive experience at Bharti Airtel, specializing in operational strategy and resource optimization. Proven track record in enhancing network uptime and driving performance improvements. Skilled in vendor management and budgeting, while fostering teamwork and collaboration to achieve ambitious goals. Committed to safety compliance and delivering exceptional service quality.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

O&M Head (Deputy General Manager)

Bharti Airtel
Jaipur
12.2024 - Current

Job Summary: O&M Head – Rajasthan Circle (Passive Network).

The O&M Head is responsible for overseeing the operation and maintenance of 3,000 mobile tower sites within the Rajasthan circle. Key responsibilities include leading the operational team, developing and implementing strategies for smooth operations, ensuring compliance with safety and system protocols, and optimizing resources through effective budgeting and cost control. The role involves monitoring performance metrics, driving continuous improvement, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet company goals, timelines, and SLAs. The position requires expertise in infrastructure, engineering, automation processes, vendor and manpower management, as well as solar management and implementation. The O&M Head is also accountable for maintaining high-quality service delivery, and enhancing team efficiency for a positive impact on delivery milestones.

  • Lead and manage Operation Team in the circle.
  • Develop and implement operational strategies and plans.
  • Oversee day -to -day operations, including workflow, process, Safety, Compliance and system.
  • Ensure efficient use of resources, including budgeting and cost control.
  • Monitor and analyze performance metrics and make data driven decisions for NWA improvement.
  • Collaborate with cross functional team to achieve company goals with assigned timelines and SLA
  • Develop and Standardize process improvement for Vendors /Partners for continuous improvement in network uptime with cost optimization.
  • Having Excellent Infra Skill with knowledge of engineering and automation process.
    Sound vendor and manpower-handling management skills. Experience in solar management and implementation.
  • Responsible for management of day-to-day operations of Hexacom Limited Network in Rajasthan and ensuring high -quality service delivery to our customers.
  • Functioned with key accelerators solutions to improve the efficiency of team to create positive impact to delivery milestones.

O&M Lead (Deputy General Manager)

Bharti Airtel
Bihar
12.2023 - 11.2024

Job Summary: O&M Lead – Bihar and Jharkhand Circle (Passive and Active Network).

The O&M Lead is responsible for managing the operation and maintenance of 26,000 mobile tower sites in Bihar and Jharkhand, focusing on both passive and active networks. Key responsibilities include overseeing outage sign-offs, preparing and distributing daily alarm and outage reports, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The role involves driving operational efficiency through digitization, simplifying processes, and leading strategic improvement plans.

The O&M Lead is accountable for team competence improvement, meeting KPIs and SLAs, and supporting CEMs in prioritizing work orders for operational efficiency. The position also involves enhancing RAN and Tx operations to improve user experience, resolving field support issues with GNOC and OEMs, and ensuring timely sign-off closures. Active coordination with central teams and mentoring the field team are key components of the role, along with executing delivery plans and performance indicators to improve the overall user experience.

O&M Lead

Ericsson India Pvt limited
Bihar
09.2023 - 12.2023

Job Summary: O&M LeadBihar and Jharkhand Circle (Passive and Active Network).

The O&M Lead is responsible for managing the operation and maintenance of 26,000 mobile tower sites in Bihar & Jharkhand. This includes overseeing outage sign-offs, preparing daily alarm and outage reports, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The role focuses on driving operational efficiency through digitization, improving team competence, and ensuring that all KPIs and SLAs are met. The O&M Lead collaborates with CEMs to prioritize work orders, enhance operational coverage, and improve RAN & Tx metrics for better user experience. They work closely with GNOC and OEMs to resolve field support issues, ensure timely sign-offs, and mentor the field team while collaborating with central teams to execute delivery plans and performance improvements.

Operation Support Service Manager

Indus Towers limited
Bihar
09.2022 - 09.2023

Job Summary: OSM – Bihar and Jharkhand Circle (12,000 Sites)

The OSM is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 12,000 mobile towers in Bihar and Jharkhand, ensuring 99.90% uptime. Key duties include managing monthly outage sign-offs, alarm escalations, and preparing daily reports. The role also involves vendor governance, contingency planning, and ensuring compliance with internal processes. The OSM focuses on reducing network outages, tracking preventive maintenance, and analyzing compliance with various operational metrics. Additional responsibilities include planning and optimizing operational costs, conducting reviews with internal and vendor teams, and providing field team training on safety and new technologies.

The OSM ensures effective vendor management, maintains systematized billing verification, and provides technical support to clients. Site visits are conducted to ensure operational quality, security, and safety, while monthly reviews with OPCO aim to minimize outages and operational issues. The role also involves monitoring utilities, and planning preventive maintenance to ensure smooth site functioning.

Manager Projects – Roll Out / Sharing & Expansion

Tower Vision India Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
09.2021 - 09.2022

Job Summary: Manager, Projects – Rollout, Sharing, and Expansion (Pan India)

The Manager of Projects is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of NBS, Anchor ODSC, Anchor HPSC, and Sharing sites across Pan India, ensuring 100% delivery within SLA. Key duties include coordinating with circle project teams, preparing progress reports, validating SO documents, and ensuring compliance with project requirements. The role involves managing material requirements, conducting meetings with internal teams for forecasting, and ensuring cost control and monitoring for each site.

The manager oversees the creation of PR/POs for vendors, evaluates sub-vendor performance, and ensures quality and safety during site execution. Daily monitoring ensures adherence to specifications and approved SEAF. The role also involves managing legal coordination, quality audits, cost analysis, and maintaining databases for site status and inventory. Additionally, the manager leads the development, implementation, and monitoring of new processes across circles, ensuring accurate planning and risk management for successful project delivery.

Assistant Manager Services

Kone Elevator India Pvt LTD
Delhi
08.2018 - 09.2021

Job Summary: Assistant Manager – Services and Installation (New Delhi Branch)

The Assistant Manager is responsible for overseeing the operation and maintenance of 1,200 elevators and 300 escalators, as well as the installation of new elevators in the New Delhi branch. Key responsibilities include ensuring high customer satisfaction, leading and developing the service team, and managing customer relationships. The role also involves ensuring equipment safety, performance, and service delivery in accordance with contract requirements and quality standards.

The Assistant Manager is accountable for controlling field operations costs, validating service contract terms, and managing technician performance and development. This includes setting performance objectives, motivating technicians, and ensuring their competence. Communication with the team, and adherence to safety standards, are also essential parts of the role.

Surveillance Manager & Capex Manager

Bharti Hexacom Ltd
Jaipur
08.2017 - 08.2018

Job Summary: Surveillance Manager / Capex Manager – Network (Rajasthan Circle).

The Surveillance Manager/Capex Manager is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 2,450 Bharti Airtel mobile towers in the Rajasthan circle, ensuring 99.95% uptime, and implementing cost-saving projects. Key duties include managing outage sign-offs, alarm escalations, and preparing daily reports. The role involves vendor governance, contingency planning, and ensuring compliance with internal processes and data standards.

The manager is accountable for controlling infra outages, achieving network availability targets, and tracking preventive maintenance. Additionally, the role includes monitoring compliance with preventive maintenance procedures and analyzing site performance to resolve infrastructure faults and improve network reliability.

Assistant Manager-O&M

Reliance JIO Infocom limited
Amritsar
05.2015 - 08.2017

Job Summary: Network Operations Manager

The Network Operations Manager oversees 1,000 mobile towers and 1,500 km of fiber routes, ensuring 99.95% uptime. Responsibilities include liaising with telecom operators, government agencies, and vendors for daily operations, maintenance, and breakdowns. The role involves managing utilities, including DGs, PAC, battery banks, and transformers, as well as controlling downtime, and planning preventive and corrective maintenance. The manager is also responsible for optical fiber cable operations, material handling through SAP, and ensuring network availability, with cost and fuel optimization.

Cluster In Charge(CI)

Bharti Infratel
Jaipur
12.2013 - 05.2015

Job Summary: Cluster In-Charge, Warehouse – Bharti Infratel Limited.

As Cluster In Charge Warehouse at Bharti Infratel, the role involves controlling refurbishing costs, focusing on operational cost reduction, and managing asset refurbishment and scrap identification. Responsibilities include ensuring the timely repair and testing of refurbished assets, adhering to proper SRN compliance and PR-PO processes, and conducting monthly material reconciliations. The role also includes refurbishing over 2,000 battery cells in-house, saving over ₹15 lakhs, and performing regular health check-ups on assets. Additionally, managing partner relationships, overseeing the redeployment of refurbished assets, and ensuring AOP targets are met for warehouse performance are key aspects of the role.

Senior Testing Engineer

Deeya Energy, India Private limited (US MNC)
Gurgaon
09.2009 - 12.2013

Job Summary: Senior Testing Engineer – Deeya Energy.

As a Senior Testing Engineer at Deeya Energy, the role involves in-house testing of the ESP (Flow Battery) used in the renewable energy sector, specifically for telecom towers. Responsibilities include data analysis of ESP performance, system validation for new generations of ESP, and providing training to new recruits. The engineer conducts failure analysis using DFRACAS software, prepares charge/discharge summaries, and performs deep dives into system parameters to identify faults. Additionally, the role includes preparing daily and weekly performance updates to track system efficiency.

Education

MBA - Operations Management

Sikkim Manipal University
01.2015

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication

Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology
Ropar
01.2009

XII - Non-Medical

Manav Public School
Amritsar
01.2005

X -

Saint Francis School
Amritsar
01.2003

Skills

  • Operational strategy
  • Resource optimization
  • Performance monitoring
  • Vendor management
  • Budgeting and cost control
  • Safety compliance
  • Project management
  • Network optimization
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Data analysis
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Customer relationship management
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Alarm management

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi

Awards

  • Member of college Cricket team and also won bronze medal in PTU inter college Cricket tournament during year 2005.
  • Member of Sports Committee at Bharti Infratel Rajasthan Circle.
  • Was awarded Star award during grand ECF at Bharti Infratel in Nov-14 for maximum redeployment of refurbished assets.
  • Was awarded best Infra Engineer in Reliance Jio for keeping Amritsar in top position in whole Punjab for continuously 4 months.
  • Was awarded star award in Bharti Airtel for three consecutive months for achieving all KPI's.
  • Was awarded wall of Fame award in Kone elevators for making a drastic improvement in the zone allotted to me.
  • Branch Quality Champion for year 2019 & 2020 and was awarded with Best Quality Champion award in the Region.
  • Was awarded by CEO in TVI for installation of 500 HPSC & 200 NBS in 01 Quarter.
  • Was awarded as best OSM in Indus Towers for consecutively delivering best customer experience to all operators for 6 Months.
  • Was awarded by RD for doing sign off for the month of May, June & July within SLA & reduction in penalty for all operators in Indus Towers.
  • Was Awarded by Airtel CEO B&J on churn reducution.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading Newspaper
  • Organizing and participating in various events
  • Playing Cricket
  • Interacting with people

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 09/02/86

Father Name - Manu Khanna

Timeline

O&M Head (Deputy General Manager)

Bharti Airtel
12.2024 - Current

O&M Lead (Deputy General Manager)

Bharti Airtel
12.2023 - 11.2024

O&M Lead

Ericsson India Pvt limited
09.2023 - 12.2023

Operation Support Service Manager

Indus Towers limited
09.2022 - 09.2023

Manager Projects – Roll Out / Sharing & Expansion

Tower Vision India Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 09.2022

Assistant Manager Services

Kone Elevator India Pvt LTD
08.2018 - 09.2021

Surveillance Manager & Capex Manager

Bharti Hexacom Ltd
08.2017 - 08.2018

Assistant Manager-O&M

Reliance JIO Infocom limited
05.2015 - 08.2017

Cluster In Charge(CI)

Bharti Infratel
12.2013 - 05.2015

Senior Testing Engineer

Deeya Energy, India Private limited (US MNC)
09.2009 - 12.2013

MBA - Operations Management

Sikkim Manipal University

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication

Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology

XII - Non-Medical

Manav Public School

X -

Saint Francis School
Kunal Khanna