Director, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM, Jaipur)

Ramesh Mittal is a Senior Director in CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (A Govt. of India organization under the Ministry of Agriculture). Previously, worked as a Chief Project Leader/Faculty Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Management Studies, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India), Jaipur. Worked in USA on H1-B VISA as a Marketing Manager and also visited Mexico, Canada, Caribbean Island, France, Holland, UK, Germany, Thailand, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong etc. He is the Knowledge Partner for Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for RKVY Project to develop Agri start-ups and holds the position of Chief Mentor for IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, Bihar Agriculture University, Bhagalpur, Bihar, and Jobner Agriculture University (SKANU), Rajasthan, Jaipur.

He has been actively researching, teaching, and consulting in Agricultural Marketing & Agri-Business Management Assignments from different stakeholders including World Bank, Asian Development Bank (Consultancy), Govt. of India, Govt. of Rajasthan etc. Published more than 200 research papers on different subjects and presented many research papers in workshops, seminars, conferences at national and international level etc. Organized more than 1000 training programs (short term & long term) in India and abroad i.e., Induction Training Programme, MDPs, Training for Trainers (TOT), Awareness Programs, and Capacity Building Programs etc.

He has been the keynote speaker at various notable institutions including the World Trade Centre, CII Apple Conclave, International Conference on Marketing Reforms, International Conference on Marketing reforms and International Marketing conference.

He has been Editor of various prestigious magazines including Journal of Entrepreneurship and authored 4 books viz Book on International Marketing, Book on E. tailing & Retailing, Book on Services Marketing, and Book on Consumer Behaviour.