Name: Arun Krishna
Description: Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Tejas is India’s largest R&D-driven telecom equipment company, founded by technocrats, which successfully grew from being a startup to become India’s first deep-technology product company to be publicly listed. Tejas Networks designs, develops and manufactures high-performance optical, broadband and wireless networking products that are used by telecom service providers, utilities, government entities and defence networks in over 75 countries. Tejas products include carrier-grade optical transmission (DWDM/OTN), fiber broadband (GPON/XGS-PON), fixed and mobile wireless (based on 4G/5G, 3GPP and O-RAN), Ethernet/IP switching and routing (PTN, IP/MPLS, MPLS-TP) as well as satellite communication products. Tejas has a rich portfolio of patents and has shipped more than 750,000 systems across the globe.