Rajan Mittal

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Rajan Bharti Mittal (born in 1960) is a first-generation Indian entrepreneur serving as vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises.{{cite web | archive-date=17 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717023413/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24436296&privcapId=135466 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24436296&privcapId=135466 | publisher=Bloomberg | title=Executive Profile: Rajan Bharti Mittal | accessdate=22 March 2018 | url-status=live}}

Rajan graduated from Punjab University and completed his master's at Harvard Business School. Rajan Bharti Mittal, along with his brothers Sunil and Rakesh, set up Bharti Enterprises, an import business, in 1980.{{cite web | url=http://thinkworks.in/speakers/rajan-mittal/ | title=The Connectivity King | publisher=Airtel | date=2012 | accessdate=16 July 2016 | archive-date=23 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623160251/http://thinkworks.in/speakers/rajan-mittal/ | url-status=live }}

Rajan was honored with the "Indian Business Leader of the Year Award" in 2011 by Horasis.{{cite web |url=http://www.horasis.org/Indian%20Business%20Leaders%20of%20the%20Year.php |title=Indian Business Leaders of the Year |publisher=Horasis |date=7 July 2011 |accessdate=16 July 2016 }} In the same year, he was also awarded the "Leonardo International Prize" by Comitato Leonardo.{{cite web |url=http://www.comitatoleonardo.it/en/leonardo-prizes/leonardo-international-prize-winners/466-2011-rajan-bharti-mittal-india-en |title=2011—Rajan Bharti Mittal (India) |publisher=Comitato Leonardo |accessdate=16 July 2016 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817075333/http://www.comitatoleonardo.it/en/leonardo-prizes/leonardo-international-prize-winners/466-2011-rajan-bharti-mittal-india-en |url-status=live }}

Rajan is on the Board of Trustees of Brookings Institution, President of ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) in India. In 2009–2010, he was the president of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry){{cite web |url=http://ficci.in/about-Past-President.asp |title=FICCI Past Presidents |publisher=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |accessdate=16 July 2016 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813083914/http://ficci.in/about-Past-President.asp |url-status=live }} and serves on its Executive and Steering Committees.{{cite web |url=http://ficci.in/about-executive.asp# |title=FICCI Executive Committee |publisher=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |accessdate=16 July 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://ficci.in/about-steering.asp |title=FICCI Steering Committee |publisher=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |accessdate=16 July 2016 |archive-date=14 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714142734/http://ficci.in/about-steering.asp |url-status=live }} Rajan is married and has two sons.