Sunil Mittal is first Indian to be knighted by King Charles III

Indian telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal has been awarded Honorary Knighthood by Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, in recognition of his services to UK-India business relations. Mittal is the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which owns India's second largest telecom firm Airtel; he is also a member of the India-UK CEO Forum.