Som Mittal is the former Chairman and President of NASSCOM, the premier trade body
for the IT-BPM Industry in India. He held the position of President, NASSCOM from 2008-
13 and steered the industry through one of its most challenging phases.

Som has held corporate leadership roles in the IT industry at companies such as Wipro, Digital India, Compaq and HP. He also has extensive experience in the engineering, manufacturing and automotive industries, having held executive roles with Larsen & Toubro, Escorts and Denso.
He has been a member of body constituted under the Chairpersonship of Hon’ble Prime Minister to implement National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). He was also a member of National Integration Council chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister and has been an active member on Chief Ministers IT Task Force in Karnataka.He is on the Governing Board of several educational and social organisations. . He is also a Board member of Axis Bank, EXL Service Holdings, Inc. and IIT, Indore.

He holds a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.