The Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) has announced the appointment of Munish Seth as Chairman and Venkatesh Tiwari as Vice Chairman, following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 15 September 2026.
Munish Seth is the Group Managing Director of Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust and brings experience across telecommunications, technology and digital platforms. He has previously served as director and regional head at Google India Private Limited and Meta Platform Inc., respectively, and as President and Managing Director at Alcatel Lucent India Limited.
As Chairman of DIPA, Seth will support the association’s efforts to strengthen industry representation, policy engagement and collaboration across the digital infrastructure ecosystem.
Venkatesh Tiwari is the Chief Operating Officer at Indus Towers Limited, with nearly 28 years of leadership experience spanning telecommunications, e-commerce, consumer electronics and logistics.
Before joining Indus Towers, Tiwari spent over eight years at Amazon India, where he served as Director – Operations and was involved in building and scaling large-scale fulfilment and logistics capabilities. His earlier leadership experience includes roles at Samsung, Bharti Airtel and Perfetti.
In his new role as Vice Chairman of DIPA, Tiwari will contribute to strengthening the association’s industry engagement and addressing key operational and policy priorities impacting the digital infrastructure sector.
The new leadership comes as India’s digital infrastructure ecosystem continues to evolve, with developments across 5G, fibre, AI, IoT, data-driven applications and other emerging digital technologies creating new infrastructure requirements.
DIPA stated that under the new leadership, the association will continue its engagement with Government, regulators and industry stakeholders, with emphasis on policy certainty, ease of infrastructure deployment, sustainable growth and implementation of reforms across the country.
Manoj Kumar Singh, Director General, DIPA, said:
“We are pleased to have Munish Seth take on the responsibility of Chairman of DIPA, alongside Venkatesh Tiwari as Vice Chairman. Their collective experience across digital infrastructure, telecommunications, technology and large-scale operations will further strengthen DIPA’s ability to engage constructively with Government, regulators and industry stakeholders.
India’s digital infrastructure ecosystem is entering an important phase of growth and transformation. As the requirements of connectivity, technology and digital services continue to evolve, DIPA remains committed to bringing the industry together and contributing meaningfully towards a more resilient, sustainable and future-ready digital infrastructure ecosystem.”
