B.K. Syngal
- Brijendra K Syngal, former Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), passed away on 9 July 2022.
- Syngal, was acknowledged as the ‘Father of the Indian Internet’.
- He launched the internet in five Indian cities - Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata (then Calcutta), Chennai (then Madras) and Pune - on 15 August, 1995.
- Under his Chairmanship VSNL grew from a $125 million company in 1991 into a $1.65 billion communications giant by ....
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