Mr. Pingali Venugopal has teaching, industry, consulting and research experience in the Marketing function for over 42 years. He was appointed on the Board of TMILL in October, 2026.

Venugopal has done his MBA and Doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Currently he is a faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam. Earlier he was a Marketing faculty at XLRI, Jamshedpur from 1994 to May 2026, and the Dean of XLRI from 2004 to 2010. He has also been a visiting faculty to leading institutes in India including the Indian Institutes of Management in Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ranchi, Kashipur, Visakhapatnam and Indore, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur and international institutes including American University of Armenia and Educatis University Switzerland. In addition, he has delivered guest lectures at RMIT, Melbourne and Loyola University, Chicago.

Prior to joining academics, Venugopal worked in the marketing department of Coromandel Fertilisers and Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals ltd for a period of 10 years. While at Coromandel, he was also involved in the launch of their cement brand.

He is on the Boards of TRF, TS Medica Hospitals, Jamipol and TRF Singapore Pvt ltd and on the Academic Committees of National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad and IIM, Vishakhapatnam. He also served on the Board of Tata Metaliks, Tata BlueScope Steel and Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Company Pvt Ltd and Advisor to Kerzon Consultants.

He has also been involved as a consultant with several projects for both the profit and non-profit sectors. After the formation of Jharkhand, Venugopal was part of the steering committee of the Jharkhand Development Report prepared for the Planning Commission. He also prepared the agricultural plan for Jharkhand as part of the Jharkhand Development Report.