Nokia elevates Samar Mittal as India country business leader and appoints Vibha Mehra as country manager

Key facts

• Nokia has elevated Samar Mittal as country business leader for India and appointed Vibha Mehra as country manager for India effective from April 1, 2026.
• Mittal will execute Nokia’s go-to-market strategy in India and shape its strategic direction with telecom operators, AI and cloud providers, and mission-critical enterprises.
• Mehra will drive Nokia’s communications strategy, spearhead government relations, shape the India site strategy, advance the people agenda, and steer CSR priorities.
• Before this role Mittal was vice president at Nokia and recently led the cloud and network services business across the Middle East and Africa region.
• Before this role Mehra was vice president for government relations at Nokia and led the company’s geopolitics and government relations function across the Asia Pacific region.