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SITI Networks Limited (Formerly known as "SITI Cable Network Limited"), which is one of India's leading business houses with a diverse portfolio of assets in media, packaging, entertainment, technology-enabled services, infrastructure development and education.
SITI Networks Limited is one of India's largest Multi System Operator (MSO). With 15 digital head ends and a network of more than 33,000 Kms of optical fibre and coaxial cable, it provides its cable services in India's ~580 Locations and adjoining areas, reaching out to over 11.3 million digital customers.
SITI Networks deploys State-of-the-art technology for delivering multiple TV signals to enhance consumer viewing experience. Its product range includes Digital & Analogue Cable Television, Broadband and Local Television Channels. SITI Networks has been providing services in analogue and digital mode, armed with technical capability to provide features like Video on Demand, Pay per View, Over-The-Top content (OTT), Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) and Gaming through a Set Top Box (STB). All products are marketed under SITI brand name.
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To gain the leadership position in the industry as an integrated service provider by being the preferred choice of the consumer by enhancing the consumer delight through offering superior content, quality, services by using advance technology as an edge.
SITI Networks Limited (SITI Cable Network Limited), a leading business conglomerate having diverse business presence across media, entertainment, packaging, infrastructure, education, precious metals and technology sectors.
The cable operations of SITI Networks Limited were launched in June 1994. It was then a 100% subsidiary of Zee Telefilms Limited (ZTL).
On March 31, 2006, as per the Scheme of Arrangement approved by the High Court in Mumbai, Zee Telefilms Limited (ZTL) was renamed as Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and was demerged into 4 companies, WWIL was one of them. All the TV distribution business of ZTL, which was under SITI Networks Limited was transferred to WWIL. Read more
Mr. Sidharth Balakrishna holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and an Economics degree from the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University. He has over 13 years of experience in the energy, infrastructure and education sectors.
In the past, he has led strategy and headed projects including in the fields of oil & gas, renewable energy, education, water and vocational training. Mr. Balakrishna has also been a Strategy Consultant with Accenture and KPMG. Some of the projects that he has led have been awarded nationally and internationally.
Mr. Balakrishna also has considerable academic experience and has written five books published by Pearson, the world’s largest publishing house, and Tata McGraw Hill. He is a Visiting Faculty at a number of management institutes in India. He has presented at a number of international fora in the past including at London, Muscat, Dubai, Myanmar, Mozambique, Kuwait, New Delhi, Goa, Mumbai etc. He is a columnist with the Economic Times and other reputed publications.
Mr. Amitabh Kumar, a Technology leader in the Media & Telecom industry has been associated with Essel Group in various capacities since 2001. He is also serving as the Head of Broadcasting for Zee Network, responsible for its global broadcast operations spanning ~150 channels. He also played a major role in setting up operations for India’s first DTH operator, Dish TV, where he currently also serves as Advisor Technology.
Mr. Kumar is an Electronics Engineering Graduate from BITS Pilani and holds PG Diploma in Telecommunications Management from TEMIC Canada. Prior to his association with Essel Group, Mr. Amitabh Kumar served as Director Operations for VSNL (1995-2001) and also its Acting Chairman & Managing Director in 1998-99, where he had a key role in setting up India’s first Internet Services. He has served on the Board of Governors of Intelsat and was Council Member of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO)
An entrepreneur in the security and surveillance industry, Ms. Kapahi is currently managing the business operations of APK Trading & Investment Pvt. Ltd. A Commerce Graduate from Bombay University, she is a Director on Minotaur Holdings and Finance Private Ltd., Indian Cable Net Company Limited and Shirpur Gold Refinery Limited. With a strong zeal for welfare work for the disadvantaged sections of the society, she has, over the past three years, been involved in grooming differently abled children and young adults and empowering them with employment skills. She is also aiding various charitable organizations engaged in education among the marginalized, who otherwise would remain deprived of basic education.
Mr Suresh Arora is a business leader with about 35 years of experience. He is a Commerce graduate from the University of Delhi, with a PG Diploma in Business Administration (specialization in Marketing Management) from Symbiosis, Pune. He has hands-on cross- functional experience and has held senior leadership roles across organizations over the years.
He has a deep understanding of Business Development and Administration, Strategy, Leadership, Board Service and Governance, Sales and Marketing, Risk Management and Sustainability domains. During his stint with Pan India Network Limited (“PINL”) – an Essel Group company, Mr Arora played an important role in building a strong network of channel partners, including distributors and retail outlets, thus aiding PINL’s Online/Paper Lottery business operations in Punjab & Haryana through close liasioning with the state governments. SITI Networks has gained through his experience and deep understanding of business.
Ms. Shilpi Asthana (DIN 08465502), a Commerce graduate from Delhi University, MBA from Sikkim Manipal University and Diploma in Industrial Relations and Labor Law from Symbiosis, Pune, is a Professional with experience in various facets of HR function including Manpower Planning, Industrial relations, People Management etc. During around a decade of work experience, Ms. Asthana was associated with reputed Companies in Real Estate, Infrastructure & Project Engineering industry.
Mr. Yogesh Sharma, with over 28 years of rich experience, has a proven record of driving operational excellence across organizations. He has dynamic leadership capabilities in business expansion through strategic initiatives, transformational leadership, strengthening operational capabilities, project controls, and implementing best practices. Mr. Sharma has extensive experience with national MSOs like DEN Networks, Hathway, and Indusind Media.
He joined SITI Networks Limited as Vice President in 2018 and became the Chief Operating Officer in 2019. He has been instrumental in introducing innovative ideas, implementing new processes and competitive strategies to achieve market leadership. He has been hailed for adopting modern methodologies in compliance with quality standards. He has led tactical initiatives and best practices to streamline the operational framework by setting up a robust system. He is passionate about taking the business to the next level.
Mr. Sharma is a Mechanical Engineer from Pune University and has attended the prestigious INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Executives (ILPSE) from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
55 million + Consumers
Presence in 580+ Locations
Essel Group is among India's most prominent business houses with a diverse portfolio of assets in media, packaging, entertainment, technology-enabled services, infrastructure development and education. The Group started business in 1926 with a commodity trading and export firm, Rama Associates Limited, and has since then metamorphosed into a conglomerate that is a symbol of the ingenuity and power of Indian entrepreneurship with worldwide operations and a workforce of more than 10,000 dedicated employees.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is one of India's leading television, media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 80,000 hours of television content. visit site
Zee News Limited (ZNL) touches the lives of millions of Indians through a cluster of news and regional entertainment channels. Its mission is to "inform, entertain and empower". visit site
Diligent Media Corporation, which owns DNA (Daily News & Analysis), is a joint venture between two industry majors the Dainik Bhaskar Group and Zee Group. visit site
Dish TV, India's pioneer and first Direct to Home (DTH) Entertainment Company, commercially launched in the year 2005, has brought the latest in digital technology in television viewing into the Indian Household. visit site
SITI Networks Limited is one of the India's largest Multi System Operators (MSO). With 56 analog and 14 digital head ends, it provides its cable services in 60 cities and the adjoining areas of India reaching out to over 10 million viewers. visit site
Cornershop Animation is a young, dynamic animation studio based in Mumbai and Pune. Its forte is using cutting edge 3D technology coupled wth classic 2D animation artistry to create compelling animations in both short and long formats. visit site
Cyquator Technologies (A division of Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd.), a part of Rs. 10,000 crore Essel group Enterprise (Zee TV, Essel Propack, Agrani and others) located at Navi Mumbai (Vashi) & Worli, is a total end-to-end IT infrastructure outsourcing company involved in the business of Internet Data Center and high end managed hosting services.visit site
In the year 2006-07, FMPL registered the fastest rate of growth in terms of number of new screens that were made operational. The same zest is still there as the company aims to reach over 1500 screens in more than 250 cities by 2011. visit site
Playwin, India's first and largest online gaming company, is in the business of providing infrastructure, data communication, marketing support and service to facilitate a secure online lottery network. visit site
Pan India Paryatan Limited (PIPL), belonging to the 'Essel' group of companies, owns and operates two amusement parks. visit site
E-City Bioscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd." (ECBEPL) was formed to establish a chain of commercial complexes, housing complexes, construction business, multiplex cinema-cum-family activity centers (FACs) across Non-Metro Towns all over India. visit site
The company was established in April 2004, and is committed to revolutionise the Indian movie business by implementing state-of-the-art digital technology, thereby eliminating print costs, curbing piracy and offering audiences globally benchmarked cinema-viewing with a uniform audio-visual experience. visit site
The media opportunities at E-City have exploded to become an attractive tool of communication for advertisers who get a massive reach and a tremendous recall of their brand. visit site
Essel Propack manufactures plastic tubes, and speciality packaging in its 23 state of the art facilities located across 12 countries. With the effective implementation of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and HMP (Harmonized Manufacturing Policy), Essel Propack attains industry best efficiencies at all its manufacturing units. visit site
EIL is the infrastructure arm and one of the fastest growing companies of the Group with interest in Road Projects of National highways and state Highways, Urban Infrastructure with specific focus on Sports infrastructure, Commercial & Residential Complexes, Power projects In Thermal, Hydel, Solar, Wind, Transmission and distribution Projects, Water management with Specific focus on Desalination, Waste water treatment and Distribution, Solid Waste management and Special Economic Zones. visit site
The Company behind the successful lifestyle brand Fun Republic plans to develop and operate 20 million sq ft of retail real estate by 2011. visit site
Siti Energy Limited (SEL) is incorporated under Companies Act 1956 to inter-alia, implement the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) projects for various applications in the Domestic, Commercial, Industrial & Automotive sectors in Indian cities. visit site
Zee Learn is one of the leading education companies in the country with the fastest growing chain of K-12 schools and the largest chain of pre-schools in its portfolio. visit site
Kidzee has over 700 pre-schools in more than 300 cities across the country, Kidzee is the largest pre-school chain in Asia. visit site
Mount Litera Zee Schools : Mount Litera Zee Schools is now the second largest chain of schools in the private-unaided category with 65 schools in 48 cities. Mount Litera Zee schools are an endeavour by Zee Learn to bring about a quantum improvement in school education. visit site
Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA) is the nation's first full-fledged Classical and Digital Animation Training Academy that trains youth in classical 2D and modern 3D animation. visit site
Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA) is a reputed name in the world of direction, cinematography, editing, sound, film animation, visual effects and the training of other high end software like Autodesk, Smoke and Flame. visit site
M/S. SHIRPUR GOLD REFINERY LTD. [SGRL] has set up a green field precious metal refinery with installed capacity to refine 217 MT p.a. of gold and silver respectively in Shirpur, Maharashtra. visit site
Veria is committed to promoting health and wellness in the United States through its High Definition TV network, website and all natural product line. Veria's philosophy is that good health is a fundamental, and necessary, right shared by all, regardless of age, gender, class and ethnicity. visit site
Subhash Chandra is the immediate past Chairman of Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India, a charitable trust that initiates, supports and runs one teacher schools providing support education in 34,343 (as on 1st Sept 2010) villages all over the country. Read more or visit site
Global Vipassana Foundation Subhash Chandra is the Senior Trustee of the Global Vipassana Foundation in his capacity as a Vipassana meditator. Having completed the Vipassana course in the 1990s (around 1994), he was impelled to spread the philosophy of mental purification through self-observation. Read more or visit site
Transnational Alternate Learning for Emancipation and Empowerment thorough Multimedia (TALEEM) Research Foundation was set up by Subhash Chandra as a literary, scientific and charitable society and trust in May 1996. Read more or visit site
EsselWorld has joined hands with an NGO – OASIS (Organisation of Aware Saviours in Society) to create environment awareness in the future generation. This involves working with schools and students to ecosensitise individuals through various ways. visit site