About
Technocrat active in the Indian startup ecosystem; former program head of innovation and technology commercialization at the Department of Science & Technology and former head of NSTEDB.
Experience
- Startup India Seed Fund CommitteeChairman2021 — 2024New Delhi, Delhi, India
- NSTEDB, DST, Govt. of IndiaFormer Adviser Ministry of Science & Technology1990 — 2020New Delhi Area, India
- World Economic ForumGlobal Agenda Council Member2011 — 2014
- Global Innovation & Technollogy Alliance GITACo-chairman2012 — 2014New Delhi Area, India
- Technology Development BoardSecretary2010 — 2014Vishwakarma Bhavan, Shaheed Jit Singh Marg, New Delhi 110016
- National Group on Angel, VC and Early Stage Funding set up by Planning Commission of IndiaMember Secretary2011 — 2012
- Haryana Delhi Industrial Consultants (HARDICON)Programme Drector1986 — 1990
- Entrepreneurship Development Institute of IndiaEntrepreneur Trainer Motivator1984 — 1986
Skills & more
Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship5Policy & Plans for innovation, entrepreneurship and early stage venture cap5Building Skill development programmes3Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital82Policy27Business Planning98Entrepreneur2Strategy65Start-ups29Finance12Angel Investing3
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InvestmentsEconomicsInnovationInternational DevelopmentConsultingBusiness StrategyInternational RelationsBusiness DevelopmentResearchSustainabilityEmerging MarketsSustainable DevelopmentLanguages English, Hindi, Punjabi
From Harkesh's professional profile.
Colleagues at Seafund
Agam Gupta
Principal at Seafund
Anand Bhaskar
Business Transformation Consultant at Seafund
Aravind Ratnam
Chief Strategy Office, Q-Ctrl at Seafund
Ashvanni Srivastava
Entrepreneur & Business Leader at Seafund
Dr. A A Mohamed Adil
MD, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre at Seafund
Jay Pillai
Co-Founder & CEO, Alp Consulting at Seafund
Manoj Kumar Agarwal
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Seafund
Mayuresh Raut
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Seafund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Harkesh Mittal?
- Technocrat active in the Indian startup ecosystem; former program head of innovation and technology commercialization at the Department of Science & Technology and former head of NSTEDB.
- Where does Harkesh Mittal work?
- Harkesh Mittal is Chairman, Startup India Seed Fund Committee at Seafund.
- Where did Harkesh Mittal go to school?
- Harkesh Mittal studied at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (MBA, Agro and Industrial Projects); National Dairy Research Institute (Dairy Technology); National Dairy Research Institute (B.Sc. (DT), Dairy Technology).
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad151
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Also attended National Dairy Research Institute2
Also attended St. Theresa's Convent Sr. Sec. School2
Shared employers
Also worked at World Economic Forum226
Tom HulmeInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)David FrankelSeed Stage Venture Capital in the United StatesLaura BockPartner at QED InvestorsZachary BogueCo-Founder and Managing Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado Ventures
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