Bharti Enterprises managing director Manoj Kohli has resigned from the board of Bharti Airtel, marking his formal exit from the group's telecom business, Reports PTI.

Manoj Kohli has resigned as non-executive director, Bharti Airtel said in a filing to the BSE.

Informing about changes in composition of the board of directors of the company, Airtel said Shishir Priyadarshi has been appointed as an independent director.

Kohli had led telecom business of Bharti in various roles since 2002. He led Bharti Airtel's India operations for eight years during which the customer base grew from 1 million to 140 million before moving to Africa in 2010.

Kohli relinquished his position as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel's International Business to take over as MD of Bharti Enterprises in April 2014.

Since then he has been involved in retail, financial services, agri-products, real estate, Bharti SoftBank business.

PTI