Rajesh Aggarwal is Director (Officer in Charge), Division of Market Development at the International Trade Centre (ITC). Since January 2006, Leading a programme aimed at building capacity of the private sector in developing countries to effectively engage in business advocacy with their governments on multilateral and regional / bilateral trade negotiations and national trade policy issues. The programme encompasses assistance on implementation of trade facilitation reforms, strengthening standards and quality infrastructure to assist developing countries to credibly demonstrate conformity with international standards, formulating trade policy strategies for enhanced business competitiveness etc.

Before joining the International Trade Centre in Geneva, he has been India’s negotiator in the WTO covering Agriculture, TRIPS and Public Health, Rules and Trade & Competition Policy for more than 5 years. He has an experience of over 22 years working in senior positions in Government of India.