Rahul Mithal has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of RITES Ltd., the leading Transport Infrastructure Consultancy and Engineering firm, on October 7, 2021. Mithal is a Mechanical Engineer from Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (SCRA 1985 Batch). He has also done MBA (Finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, and is a Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) and a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council (UK).