Ashish Mittal is an accomplished technology and business strategy expert, with over 25 years of experience in innovation, customer acquisition, team development, organisational structuring, market entry, corporate development, and competitive response. He has successfully started, incubated, and scaled up multiple business ventures with leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM Research, lending his vision, passion, and "never give up" attitude to each one. He has also mentored over 25 startups with three successful exits, and initiatedthe global alliance and partnership ecosystem with series-funded startups.

Mr. Mittal holds a Senior Secondary education in Science from Air Force Bal Bharti, a MS in Consultancy Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology. He is the Founder and Chief Mentor at TurningIdeas Ventures and previously founded Turning Life Foundation, a non-profit organisation. Additionally, he has held various leadership and technical roles in esteemed institutions, including Head of Global Alliances and Partnerships at FarEye, Independent Technical Advisor at Government of India, Head of Sales Engineering at Google India, Solution Sales Professional at Microsoft, Principal Enterprise Architect at Oracle Corp, Certified IT Architect at IBM India, Technical Architect, Core Architecture Team at Ericsson HP Telecom, and System Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services.