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Sr. Advisor
P. G. Makhija Harkesh Mittal
Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship) PGDMA, B.Sc. (Dairy
pgmakhija@ediindia.org Technology)
hkmittal@ediindia.org
He has industry experience of over 40 years,
including 18 years in the top-management Alumnus of National Dairy Research Institute and
level including as CEO of Bombay Dyeing & IIM Ahmedabad, Shri Harkesh Mittal, Former
Manufacturing Company Ltd and Executive Adviser & Head, NSTEDB, DST, Govt. of India, has
Director of Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd. He been instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to
has worked across diverse industries, promoting innovation and entrepreneurial
including textiles, edible oils, industrial acumen among a wide section of Indian
automation, pharmaceuticals, engineering entrepreneurs ranging from grass-roots
plastics and banking. Advises SMEs on industries to high-end deep-tech enterprises for
consolidation and growth strategy, and nearly four decades. He was responsible for the
helps in its implementation. conceptualisation and implementation of many
innovation and entrepreneurship development
programmes. In 2017, he was awarded the Best
Mentor award by the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship, GoI.
Sr. Advisor
Bhasker Jani Pravir Krishna IAS (Retd.)
B.E. (Electronics & MA (Economics)
Communication) pravirkrishna@ediindia.org
bhasker@ediindia.org
A former IAS Officer, Mr. Krishna, has held a wide
A practitioner with over 40 years of spectrum of positions with the Govt. of Madhya
experience in initiating and successfully Pradesh & Govt, of India, over his illustrious career
managing various industries, including spanning 34 years. A 'Doer and Change Maker', as
manufacturing of mechanical and electro Managing Director of TRIFED, he engineered the
mechanical components and sub- turnaround of TRIFED as a major promoter of
assemblies, industrial valves, fabrication micro local enterprises, owned wholly by the tribal
shop, foundry, etc. He is also involved in self-help groups. He conceptualized and set up
mentoring potential and existing over 50,000 Vandhan SHGs subsumed into 3000
entrepreneurs. He was Director and CEO of Vandhan clusters, onboarding more than 9.83
M/S. Odhav Estate Infrastructure Lakh forest dwelling tribals for value addition and
Development Ltd., an SPV for development marketing of NTFP and agro forestry related
and upkeeping of the Odhav estate. products. The initiative has led to the modelling
Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Program under
the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
He has authored two Books, 'Price Behaviour In A
Planned Economy' and 'Tryst With The Tribes:
Tales from Tribal Heartlands'.
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