{"id":39165,"date":"2023-09-21T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/gsma-open-gateway\/gsma_people\/dr-neeraj-mittal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:32:09","slug":"dr-neeraj-mittal","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_people","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/gsma-open-gateway\/gsma_people\/dr-neeraj-mittal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Neeraj Mittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, is a senior Civil Servant of Government of India and belongs to the prestigious Indian Administrative Services. He is a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, MBA from Cranfield University, UK and Ph.D from Ohio State University, USA in Management Information Systems.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career as an IAS Officer in 1992. He has held various administrative positions in the fields of land and revenue management, mines and minerals, IT\/Communications, e-governance. During his stint in Central deputation, he worked in the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry and Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas. While working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas, he was instrumental in rolling out the Cash Transfer progam in Government of India\u2019s flagship Scheme pertaining to the &#8216;Give It Up&#8217; campaign of LPG cylinders. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of World Bank in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>He held important positions as CEO of Tamil Nadu State Industrial Guidance and Export promotion Bureau, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology and Digital Service Department and MD &amp; CEO, Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>He also has several publications to his credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, is a senior Civil Servant of Government of India and belongs to the prestigious Indian Administrative Services. He is a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, MBA from Cranfield University, UK and Ph.D from Ohio State University, USA in Management Information Systems. 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