Industry Veteran Jai Menon Passes Away

Jai Menon, a veteran of the industry and a former technology leader of Bharti Airtel, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday after suffering a brain stroke.

Menon, who holds a PhD in both mechanical engineering and computer science, completed Harvard University's senior management programme in 2006.

From 2002 to 2010, Menon was the group chief information officer (CIO) of Bharti Airtel, holding a Board membership position, and eventually worked for the parent company Bharti Enterprises as a group director and chief information officer (CIO).

Menon had a key role in establishing agreements with shared servicers deals with the US-based IBM and Swedish Ericsson while working for Bharti Airtel. He also introduced Blackberry phones on the latter's network in India.

He created Kappa Consulting in 2018 and has over 35 years of diversified and deep job experience. He also served as the CIO for Skylo Technologies.

He served as a corporate officer for US telecom provider AT&T prior to his postings in India, and from 1992 to 2000, he served as an executive director for IBM's Software Group.