Manoj is responsible for leading Equinix’s business strategy in India. Manoj joined Equinix in 2021 following the acquisition of GPX India. As the MD, he successfully helped GPX India become India’s most hyperconnected carrier-neutral edge data center with an unparalleled ecosystem of carriers, content providers & cloud service providers. He has over 25 years of experience in the IT and telecom infrastructure and services industry. Before GPX, he has held senior management positions in leading ICT companies, incl. Bharti Airtel where he was the COO for Enterprise Business, Lucent Technologies (acquired by Nokia), HCL and Avaya. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a BE in Electronics and Telecomm. from the Jabalpur Engineering College.