Our speakers

Prateek Verma, Head of ePharmacy business and Senior Vice President, Tata 1mg

Prateek Verma heads the ePharmacy business at Tata 1mg, where he has been a driving force in the company’s growth from its early days to its position as a trusted healthcare platform with millions of users. He has built and scaled Product Management and Marketing teams at Tata 1mg, with his vision and expertise making a transformative impact on the healthcare industry.

Beyond his role at Tata 1mg, Prateek serves as a board member of 5C Network, a prominent digital diagnostics company, providing strategic guidance to further advance healthcare accessibility.
Prior to this journey, Prateek developed his expertise in scaling consumer products at Healthkart. He holds a degree from IIT Kanpur.

Pratibha Jain, Partner, Nishith Desai Associates

Ms. Pratibha Jain is a Partner and Head of the New Delhi Office of Nishith Desai Associates, an Indian firm with a global outlook. Ms. Jain's also heads the Regulatory practice at Nishith Desai Associates. Her areas of practice include banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and structured finance.

She was till recently the Vice President and Counsel for Goldman Sachs in Mumbai, India. She has earlier worked with Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP in their New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong offices and with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, LLP in their Hong Kong office.

Ms. Jain's educational qualifications are Bachelor of Economics (B.A.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degrees from the University of Delhi; a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) degree from the University of Oxford, where she was a St. Catherine's College Bursary holder; and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the Harvard Law School, where she was a Samuel Morse Lane Fellow.

She is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in the USA and the Bar Council of Delhi in India. She has keen academic interests and was a Visiting Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research article on “Multiculturalism and its Impact on Women’s Rights in India” was published in the Berkeley Journal of International Law. 

Pratik Agarwal, CEO, Sterlite Power

Pratik Agarwal is the Chief Executive Officer of Sterlite Power. He has held this position since June 2016; previously he was the vice-chairman of Sterlite Grid, and also director of the Infrastructure business for the Vedanta Group.

A Wharton graduate and an MBA from London Business School, Pratik has over 10 years of experience in building core infrastructure assets in India. He founded the Vedanta Group’s infrastructure business in 2009 and built it up to levels where it now has significant investments in ports, power transmission and broadband networks, with total assets under management worth US$ 2.5 billion.

The boundless potential of power transmission and bringing light to the remotest corners of the country are the cornerstones of Pratik’s abiding interests - which is why he invests his time in devising strategies, implementing new policies and developing cutting-edge technologies like the Helicrane Construction and Energy Storage that are setting new standards in the power transmission industry.

Pratik Agarwal is not only the CEO of Sterlite Power, but also the Chairman of the Electric Power Transmission Association (EPTA) and FICCI Transmission Task Force.

Pratik Jain, Director, Actis

Pratik is responsible for originating and executing transactions in the financial services sector for Actis in South Asia. He focuses on both Balance Sheet and Non Balance Sheet driven businesses and most recently led Actis’ investments in Pine Labs, India’s largest digital retail payments platform and Profectus Capital, an SME focused NBFC lender set up by Actis. He was also responsible for leading Actis’ exits in Anthelio, a healthcare technology company and Integreon, an LPO business. Pratik has over 11 years’ experience in Private Equity investing having started his career at General Atlantic, where he focused on investments in the financial services, media and telecom sectors. Prior to that, he worked at JP Morgan as an equity research analyst covering the IT services sector. Pratik is an alumnus of IMT, Ghaziabad, from where he completed his MBA in Finance.

Pratima Divgi, Investment Director, Squadron Capital

Pratima Divgi is an Investment Director.

Prior to joining Squadron Capital in February 2008, Pratima worked for four years with Capvent, a fund of private equity funds manager, based in Bangalore and Goa, India. Prior to her work with Capvent, she was a senior officer with ICICI Bank, one of India's largest financial institutions, based in Goa.

Pratima holds a Master of Financial Services and a Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Accounting, Auditing and Taxation from Goa University.

In addition to Hindi, Pratima speaks Konkani and Marathi.

Pravan Malhotra, Founder, Malacca Ventures

Pravan Malhotra, Head - Internet Investments, Asia, International Finance Corporation

Pravan leads cleantech private equity investments in South Asia for the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. IFC's cleantech investments in India include Azure Power, Applied Solar Technologies, Husk Power Systems and Attero Recycling. Prior to joining IFC, Pravan was a Principal with ORIX Venture Finance in New York and was responsible for investments in venture-backed technology companies.

Pravan has also worked with Metropolitan Venture Partners, a transatlantic venture capital fund in New York, and Global Bridge Ventures, an emerging markets focused venture capital fund in San Francisco. Earlier in his career, Pravan was an investment banker at BMO Nesbitt Burns and a credit analyst at the Tokai Bank in Chicago. Pravan holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Praveen Chakravarty, SEBI Committee on Primary Markets & Board Advisor, TVS Capital

Praveen Chakravarty is the ex-CEO of an investment bank, a 2012 Eisenhower Fellow, founding trustee of India's first data journalism initiative IndiaSpend and board member of Centre for Civil Society, India's highest ranked thinktank globally. He is a regular oped contributor on politics and policy for the Business Standard and Mint.

Praveen Dhabhai, COO, Payworld India

Praveen can be best characterized by his penchant for technological innovations which can be very much witnessed with Payworld’s service and delivery mechanism. More than 23 years of experience in Information Technology and Payment industry has translated him into a professional who can be credited for any technological evolution aiding to the growth and development of the business.

Praveen also carries varied level of exposure in channel development, tie ups with service providers  and implementing various business models for electronic distribution and Payment Systems. His business acumen has helped Payworld to spread across the country in short span of time. In coming years, Praveen’s endeavors would be instrumental in taking Payworld to every nook and corner of the country and even beyond frontiers to a far-off terrain.

An engineering graduate from BITS Pilani, Praveen is instrumental in establishing “ Smart Paisa” a RBI approved PPI which has  recently applied for a Payment Bank License.

Praveen Singh, Dy. General Manager, SBI Cards

Praveen Kumar Singh has over 29 years of experience in the Banking Industry. He has handled diverse portfolios during his assignments in State Bank of India including Retail Banking, Branch operations, Credit processing and management, Technology, International Banking and Payments. He has more than 10 years of experience in Payment Industry across domestic and international geographies.

He has been deeply involved in conceptualizing, designing, building, operationalizing and managing various processes leading to improvement of efficiency and customer centricity in the Bank. He has played leadership roles in developing payments strategies for the Bank and designing new payment products such as Contactless Cards, Combo Cards, Transit Cards, Mobile Wallet, etc. for the customers. He brings strong collaborative skills and project conceptualization as well execution skills.

He is a graduate with B.Sc. (Hons.) in Math with distinction and has also completed both parts of CAIIB. He has been awarded By IIB for his outstanding achievements. He is Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and has also completed MBA (Finance) from IMT, Ghaziabad. He is also a certificate holder in Treasury and Forex Management (TFM) from ICFAI.

Praveen Kumar Singh is presently working as the Dy. General Manager at SBI Cards.