Bharti Enterprises is one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecom, agri business, financial services, and retail. Bharti has been a pioneering force in the telecom sector with many firsts and innovations to its credit. Bharti Airtel, a group company, is a leading emerging markets telecommunications service provider with operations in 18 countries across Asia and Africa spanning Mobile services, Telemedia services and Enterprise services. Beetel Teletech is the country’s largest manufacturer and exporter of telephone terminals. Bharti has a joint venture – FieldFresh Foods with Del Monte Pacific, to offer fresh and processed fruits and vegetables in the domestic as well as international markets. Bharti has joint ventures with AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth management, for Life Insurance, General Insurance and Asset Management. Bharti is present in the retail business under a company called Bharti Retail that runs retail stores in multiple formats under the ‘easyday’ brand. Bharti also has a joint venture - Bharti Wal-Mart - with Wal-Mart for wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management operations in India. Bharti Walmart runs cash & carry stores under the ‘Best Price Modern Wholesale’ brand. The group’s philanthropic arm, Bharti Foundation, has set up village schools to provide free quality education to nearly 30,000 underprivileged children.