Hailing originally from the Sindhudurg region of Maharashtra, India, Tirodkar grew up in a middle-class family.
[1] He didn't follow through with college, instead straight after school he went to Germany as management trainee to explore job opportunities.
In 1995, Manoj Tirodkar created an Indian IT unicorn, Global Electronic Commerce Services Ltd (Global E-commerce)- a company that operated India's first private sector data network across major cities offering EDI, Email and Enhanced Fax Services among others in the B2B space.
[9] In 1996–97, GTL formed a JV with Broadsystem Multimedia, Australia, to start a Call Management Company in India for Business Process Outsourcing.
[11] In 1999, Global E-commerce was monetized and later used its proceeds to create India's first Independent and neutral Telecom Tower Company.
Manoj Tirodkar, is an advocate of clean and green environment and through Global Group, has been focusing on reducing the carbon footprint by investing in solutions that improve the energy efficiency in telecom operations.