Mr. Jawahar Lal Goel
Managing Director
Mr. Jawahar Lal Goel has been the President at Wire and Wireless India Ltd., since April 2006. Mr. Goel has been the Managing Director of Dish TV India Ltd., since January 6, 2007. He serves as the President of Indian Broadcasting Foundation which takes up various issues relating to Broadcasting industry at various forums. He served as the Head of SitiCable and Cable Districution of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. and also the Direct-to-Home venture branded as "Dish TV". Mr. Goel is a Promoter of Essel Group and also serves as its Vice Chairman. He actively involved in creation and expansion of Essel Group of Industries. Mr. Goel introduced the CATV Network concept. Mr. Goel started his career working in the food processing and trading operations of the Essel Group of Companies in 1971. From 1990 to 1994, he was responsible for the export operations of Rama Associates Ltd. & Essel Industries Ltd. He has been a prophet in pioneering the Direct To Home (DTH) services in India and instrumental in establishing Dish TV as a prominent brand with India's most modern and advanced technological infrastructure. Mr. Goel has been a Director of Dish TV India Ltd. since January 6, 2008. He is Active Member on the Board of various committees and task force set up by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India which takes care of several critical matters relating to the industry.
Mr. Goel is a prime architect in establishing India's most modern and advanced technological infrastructure for the implementation of Conditional Access System (CAS) and Direct To Home (DTH) services through "HITS" which would bring a revolution in the distribution of various entertainment and electronic media products in India in the ensuing months and would enormously benefit consumers (TV Viewers). Apart from leading Dish TV, Mr. Goel holds directorship of nine (9) other Indian Public Limited Companies viz., Aplabs Ltd., ASC Telecommunication Ltd., Asian Sky Shop Ltd., Chiripal Industries Ltd., East India Trading Co. Ltd., Essel International Ltd., Essel Infraprojects Ltd., Rankey Investments and Trading Company Ltd. and Rama Associates Ltd. Mr. Goel holds 209,000 equity shares comprising of 0.03% of the paid up capital in the Company.