CERTIFICATION OF CEO

Certifications

I, Charles E. Harris, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;

b. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
the end of the period covered by this report based
on such evaluation; and

c. disclosed in this report any change in the
registrants' internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in
the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent function):

a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and

b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.


By: /s/ Charles E. Harris
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Date: November 6, 2003 Charles E. Harris,
Chief Executive Officer