Sagar Darbari

Sagar is a Partner at Deloitte India and an expert in business planning as well as market-entry and growth strategies for emerging technologies in the Telecom, Media, and Technology (TMT) domain.

He has 21+ years of experience in the Consulting practice across organisations such as KPMG, Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices, and Aircel.

Sagar recently led the market entry strategy for one of the largest global satellite broadband operators in the Asian market. He has worked with a leading DTH operator for their revenue acceleration initiatives. Amongst other engagements, he has led the valuation for a large African telco as a part of privatisation and liberalisation proceedings across multiple streams, such as Core Telco operations, Fiber, FinTech, Enterprise, etc. Sagar also led the market entry assessment for a leading Telco for their fibre roll-out strategy for a leading telecom operator in Southeast Asia. He assisted a leading African Telco in carving out new businesses, including their Finco and Fiberco.

Prior to joining Consulting, he had worked with leading telecom operators in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia, helping them with corporate planning, transforming marketing operations, and managing large and cross-country projects.