About

When Vodafone completed the merger of its Indian mobile business in August 2018 with Idea Cellular, the biggest telecommunications operator in the country was created with more than 400 million customers. Prior to this landmark deal, Kumar Das was general counsel for Vodafone’s Indian subsidiary for eight years and played a leading role on various important transactions during that time, which led to him being featured in the inaugural GC Powerlist: India in 2016. Das, along with his legal function gained significant recognition for ensuring the deal with Idea Celluar overcame a number regulatory hurdles and by leading the legal function of the newly formed organisation, known as Vodafone Idea, he is set to continue his prolific and much respected legal work going forward. Well known in the industry, Das had highly successful in-house spells at Hindustan Unilever and Nokia Group prior to joining Vodafone.