Surya Kiran Koppolu
About Surya Kiran Koppolu
Surya Kiran Koppolu serves as the Deputy General Manager and Lead for Airtel Home, with a background in management and strategy. He has held various positions at Airtel and other organizations, and he studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Current Position at Airtel
Surya Kiran Koppolu serves as the Deputy General Manager, Lead - Airtel Home at Airtel. He has held this position since 2017 and is based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. In this role, he oversees operations and strategic initiatives related to Airtel Home services.
Previous Roles at Airtel
Koppolu has held multiple positions at Airtel prior to his current role. He worked as a Senior Manager in Strategy from 2015 to 2017 and as a Zonal Sales Manager from 2014 to 2015, both in New Delhi, Delhi, India. He also served as a Young Leader and Territory Sales Manager from 2013 to 2014 in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Education and Expertise
Surya Kiran Koppolu earned his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, studying from 2005 to 2009. He furthered his education at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he studied Management from 2011 to 2013.
Internship Experience
Koppolu gained diverse internship experience early in his career. He interned at Csr in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, in 2008 for two months. He also completed internships at Standard Chartered Bank in London, England, in 2012 and at Next Education India Pvt Ltd in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2013.
Early Career at IBM
Before joining Airtel, Koppolu worked at IBM as an Associate Software Engineer from 2009 to 2011 in New York, New York, United States. This role provided him with foundational experience in software engineering and technology.