Neeraj Mittal

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Neeraj Mittal
Dr Neeraj Mittal
Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India
Assumed office
24 November 2025
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byPankaj Jain
Telecom Secretary of India
In office
1 September 2023 – 21 November 2025
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byK Rajaraman
Succeeded byAmit Agrawal
Principal of Information Technology Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
May 2021 – September 2023
Appointed byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
Personal details
Born (1967-12-17) 17 December 1967 (age 58)
UP, India
Alma mater(B.Tech) IIT Kanpur
(MBA) Cranfield University
(PhD) Ohio State University
OccupationBureaucrat

Neeraj Mittal (born 17 December 1967, Tamil: நீரஜ் மித்தல்) is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1992 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre, who is currently serving as the Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India since November 2025.[1] Previously, he has served as Telecom Secretary of India.[2] He has previously served in various positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[3][4] Prior to this he had a brief stint at World Bank Group.[5][6]

Education[edit | edit source]

Mittal is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur, holds an MBA degree from Cranfield University, UK and PhD in Economics/MIS from Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, USA, and has several publications to his credit.[citation needed][7][8]

Career[edit | edit source]

During his IAS career Mittal has served in various key capacities for both the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu. He has extensive experience in policy formulation and execution in e-Governance, Transport, Industrial promotion, Petroleum & Natural gas, Commerce & Industry, and Telecommunications and IT. He had served senior positions such as Director of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Director of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Commissioner of Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency.[7]

Mittal served as a Senior Advisor to Executive Director of World Bank Group. He represented countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the board of the World Bank. He was an active part of corporate governance, voice reform, project approvals and policy formulation of IBRD, IDA, IFC, and MIGA.[9][10]

From 2018 to 2019, Mittal was an Adjunct Faculty at School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University & taught “Managing change in a disruptive world” at Heinz School of Public Policy. He has also done extensive research on public policy issues at Center for Global Development, Washington DC during this period.[11]

He was previously MD & CEO of Guidance Tamil Nadu.[12][13]

Achievements[edit | edit source]

Mittal took initiatives and his recent engagements include Project Arrow in Department of Post, e-Biz project in Department of Commerce, world’s largest Cash Transfer Program in LPG in India (PaHaL)[11][14][15] and GiveItUp in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas which leverage technology to simplify processes, improve efficiency, convenience, participation and transparency in Governance. One of his initiative, Project Lakshya, transparency portal that allowed real time visibility of 3 million LPG deliveries per day to LPG consumers received National E-Governance Award.[16][17][18]

Biz Buddy is such an initiative realized by Mittal. It is an industry help desk portal with three primary objectives: Streamlined redressal mechanism for timely resolution of industrial investor’s unsolved issues, Tracking and monitoring of investor issues in a real time manner and Improving Tamil Nadu's investment climate by enhancing the aftercare services provided to industrial investors.[19][20]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ PTI (21 November 2025). "Centre announces top-level bureaucratic reshuffle; Neeraj Mittal appointed Petroleum and Natural Gas secretary". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Rathee, Kiran (7 September 2023). "Neeraj Mittal takes charge as DoT secretary". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Chennai: Senior bureaucrat moves into pivotal post". Deccan Chronicle. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "New V-C for TN Guidance Bureau". @businessline. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Neeraj Mittal appointed Senior Adviser to World Bank ED". The Sen Times. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Tyagi, Anil. "Dr Neeraj Mittal: Senior Advisor to ED, World Bank | Indian Buzz". Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dr. Neeraj Mittal IAS Biography". supremo.nic.in. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Investments in Information Technology: Indirect Eects and Information Technology Intensity". ResearchGate.
  9. ↑ "Mittal leaves ministry for World Bank". PETROWATCH. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Neeraj Mittal appointed Senior Adviser to World Bank ED". The Sen Times. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Fuel Subsidy Reform in Developing Countries: Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG Cooking Gas Subsidy in India" (PDF). Center for Global Development, World Bank Group.
  12. ↑ "Our Team - Guidance Tamil Nadu". investingintamilnadu.com. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Board Of Directors – TIDCO". Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "LPG Subsidy Reform in India | Put the right systems in place first" (PDF). World Bank Group.
  15. ↑ "Story of the World's Largest Cash Transfer Program – PAHAL - Student Affairs". heinz.campusgroups.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Petroleum Ministry conferred National E-governance Award". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "Dr Neeraj Mittal - Hi-tech Check on LPG Pilferage". eGov Magazine. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "Case Study - Project Lakshya". dokumen.tips. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  19. ↑ Narasimhan, T. E. (28 August 2020). "Biz Buddy: Tamil Nadu's faceless grievance redress mechanism for industries". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Soon, 224 govt services for businesses just a click away!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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