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Mittal joined the coveted Indian Administrative Service (IAS) at the age of 21, where he held various administrative positions, including Additional Deputy Commissioner Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioner Tawang, and in the office of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India. In 2019, he resigned from his government service. According to his LinkedIn profile, Mittal served as Principal Research PM at Microsoft. In 2025, he co-founded Disha AI.
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