He is also the Chairman of REMC Ltd., a subsidiary of the company. Mr. Mithal is from the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (SCRA 1985 Batch). He holds the additional qualification of MBA (Finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) and a Chartered Engineer, registered with the Engineering Council (UK). He was the Functional Director on the Board of Container Corporation of India Limited for 4 years from 29.09.2017 to 06.10.2021, incharge of the Projects & Services wing. He has had a long stint of more than 20 years holding various key positions in the Indian Railways.