Ritu Mittal is presently working as Assistant Professor in the department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She has around fifteen years of experience in the field of extension, research and teaching. Her field of specialization is communication management, capacity building and women entrepreneurship. She has worked as an Associated Scientist on a project sponsored by the World Bank. Presently she is handling a project sponsored by DST. She has published twelve research papers, fifteen popular articles and several book chapters. She has presented research papers in several International and National conferences/ seminars. She has taught many of the undergraduate courses and is the member of University SRF Examination preparation committee.