Brief Bio-data

		Shri Harkesh Kumar Mittal Adviser, Member Secretary National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB)
Education	:	Graduate in Dairy Technology from National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. Masters in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Achievements	:
An alumni of the National Dairy Research Institute (1981)  and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (1984),  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. His two decades long association with the Government has coincided with the beginning of India’s economic liberalization initiatives. With his untiring efforts and personal initiative, Shri Mittal has made the innovation and entrepreneurship programme of Department of Science & Technology a much sought after programme by the individual entrepreneurs as well as by the industry and technological circles - not only in India but among the industrially advanced countries of the world. 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, TCS, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, P&G, The Economic Times, etc. have now been involved in this task and quite many of them are making matching contribution and are bringing world class technology commercialization knowledge to India. He was  also the National Programme Director of the UNDP project on SKILLS which aimed to demonstrate that sustainable jobs can be created in innovative vocations through appropriate location specific, need based; competency linked training interventions using the conventional as well as on-line systems. He has been responsible for establishing networks with international development institutions like the World Bank and EU for bringing the global incubation knowledge to the Indian business incubators. He has worked with UNIDO for Cluster Development as a National Expert. He has helped many Governments to set up incubation facilities and advises them on building up a incubation system. He was an international expert for UNDP on business incubation. He has represented India at various international forums on innovation, entrepreneurship, incubation etc.