Adviser, Member Secretary National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)

An alumni of the National Dairy Research Institute (1981) and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) (Ahmedabad1984), Shri Harkesh Mittal has been instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to promoting the innovation and entrepreneurial acumen among a wide section of Indian entrepreneurs ranging from simple rural industries to high end technological enterprises. He is a key figure in promotion of Startups in India.

Shri Mittal has been instrumental in involving the private sector - both national and international- in the task of innovation and entrepreneurship development in India. Companies like Intel, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, Boeing, P&G, The Economic Times, etc. have now been involved in this task and many of them are making matching contribution and are bringing world class technology commercialization knowledge to India. He was the Secretary of Technology Development Board during 2011 to 2014.