Col. H. S. Bedi

Col. H. S. Bedi,
Chairman & Managing Director,
Tulip Telecom Ltd.

Col. Hardeep Singh Bedi served in the Indian Army for 22 years before he set out to start his own company. Tulip started as a software company in 1992, with four employees and a seed capital of Rs.4 lakh. It rose to become one of the biggest network connectivity players in the industry. The company has a turnover of Rs.1,242.14 crore (US$310.73 million) for FY 2008 and an employee strength of over 2,100.

Tulip Telecom was originally started by his cousins and my brother-in-law in 1992. I joined them in 1994. Thereafter, we started outselling software products, got into hardware, then networking, followed by telecom, wireless, and now Virtual Private Networking (VPN).

Under his leadership, Tulip Telecom has established itself as one of the strongest data connectivity players in the industry. Tulip has won the Frost & Sullivan Growth Leadership Award for Enterprise Data Services (MPLS VPN) in 2009 and Market Leadership Award for MPLS VPN in 2007 and 2008.The company has achieved enviable success within a short time span, with revenues of over Rs.1,600 crores and employee strength of over 2,500.