Priyanka Mittal

Priyanka Mittal serves as whole-time Director on the board of KRBL Limited. Responsible for the company's international division, she leads development of the flagship brand, India Gate Basmati rice globally.

In 2018 Ms Mittal received Business Woman of the Decade Award by WEF (Women Economic Forum). A member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization), she is committed to enabling and promoting women in leadership. Ms Mittal has

served as Special Advisor to the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (formally known as Women in Parliament, a European Parliament Initiative).

She was the first woman to head the Northern Region, as Chairperson of FIEO, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. She also served as co-chair of the Foreign Trade & Investment Committee as well as the Agri Committee, at the PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry. As a domain expert, Ms Mittal has advised the President of Nigeria, among other heads of state, on attaining self-sufficiency in rice production.

Ms Priyanka Mittal is Co-Chair for FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Saudi India Business Council. She has also represented the Indian rice industry in a CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) delegation to Malaysia for open market access on Indian agriculture commodities. This included advocating India's interest to BERNAS, Malaysia's Rice controlling body. Among others, Ms Mittal's subjects of interest are food security, sustainability, hunger and malnutrition, supply chain management, food storage and wastage.

A graduate of Harvard Business School's OPM programme and an undergraduate of University of Southern California, Ms Mittal serves on the board of the University of Southern California Veterbi School of Engineering.