STL Networks Limited, which operates under the Invenia brand, has appointed Kiran Patel as Head of Design and Operations – Data Center and Gaurav Barjatiya as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. The appointments are aimed at strengthening the company’s leadership as it expands its data center business.
STL Networks plans to design and deliver data center projects for hyperscalers, data center providers, government departments, public-sector organisations, enterprises and telecom customers. The company is placing data centers at the centre of its growth strategy.
Kiran Patel to Lead Data Center Design and Operations
As Head of Design and Operations – Data Center, Kiran Patel will oversee design, project delivery and operations. His role will bring together engineering and execution capabilities to support complex data center projects, from site assessment to operational readiness.
His appointment is expected to support the company’s data center infrastructure expansion for hyperscalers, telecom operators, government organisations, defence and large enterprises.
Kiran Patel Brings Over 29 Years of Experience
Kiran Patel brings more than 29 years of experience in data center project management, critical engineering, facilities management and turnaround operations. He has worked with organisations including Yotta Infrastructure, CtrlS, Deutsche Bank through JLLM, and Webwerks India.
According to the company, Patel has delivered more than 200 MW of data center capacity for hyperscale and enterprise customers. Before joining STL Networks, he was Head of Delivery and Design – Data Center Infrastructure at Colt Data Center Services, where he led major hyperscale projects.
Gaurav Barjatiya to Lead Sales, Marketing and Go-to-Market Strategy
Gaurav Barjatiya will lead STL Networks’ sales, marketing and go-to-market strategy. His responsibilities will include accelerating growth across data centers, government, public-sector and enterprise markets.
He will focus on strengthening strategic customer relationships, expanding the company’s market presence, deepening partnerships and building its order pipeline. Data centers will remain a key focus area across the company’s technology businesses.
Gaurav Barjatiya Brings Technology Business Experience
Barjatiya has close to 17 years of experience in building and scaling businesses across IT infrastructure, digital infrastructure and technology services.
He joins STL Networks from NCC Limited, where he played a key role in developing and scaling business opportunities across digital infrastructure and technology services. The company said his contributions helped build an order book exceeding ₹10,000 crore.
STL Networks Focuses on Its Next Phase of Growth
The leadership appointments strengthen STL Networks’ focus on data center infrastructure, combining project design and delivery expertise with sales and market development capabilities. The company aims to use this leadership structure to pursue opportunities across hyperscale, government, telecom and enterprise segments.
Leadership Comment
Commenting on the appointments, Chandrasekhara Battula, Interim CEO, Invenia-STL Networks, said, “We are excited to strengthen our leadership team as India’s data center story enters a defining phase. As AI, cloud and sovereign workloads scale, data centers are becoming critical national infrastructure, and the industry is shifting towards performance and certainty. Hyperscalers, enterprises and government increasingly want one accountable partner that can bring together the build, the network, the cloud and the security around it. That is the direction in which Invenia-STL Networks is investing, and data centers are central to our next phase of growth.
Kiran will anchor how we design, build and operate with engineering depth and delivery certainty, while Gaurav will lead how we engage customers earlier and take our integrated offering to market. Ultimately, our ambition is to be the partner that India’s digital economy relies on for mission-critical infrastructure, and this leadership puts us firmly on that path.”
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