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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.

Praveen Sinha, ?Co-founder & MD, Jabong

Praveen Sinha has played a fundamental role in establishing Jabong.com as a brand. In his current role at Jabong.com, he is a Co- Founder and a Managing Director of the company. Praveen’s role encompasses looking after the entire Operations capability along with Supply chain management.  Praveen is an accomplished management consultant and executive with his association / work experience ranging from industry leaders like Mckinsey, Microsoft and MarutiUdyog to diverse small businesses/startups. He is a successful turn-around specialist, specializing in not only strategizing but also implementation, improving operations, and building management systems and process. An alumnus of the reputed Delhi College of Engineering and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Praveen brings to the table vast corporate experience with an uncanny knack to build a business from scratch. 

Besides this, he also acted as an energy advisory and auditor for plants in China, Thailand, Taiwan and India across sectors - cement, steel and power plants.

Building a business from scratch and taking it to the peak of success is a passion with Praveen and before Jabong.com, and he has proved that as part of office mobile release team for Microsoft, for US based startup Akeebo and consumer durable startup AquaBrim.

Praveen has always been fascinated with the growing e-commerce concept in varied sectors. One of the driving forces behind the formation of Jabong.com was Praveen’s sheer passion and interest in the e-retailing sector and its growth potential.

Praveen’slinkedin profile has also made it to "Power Profiles 2012: The most Viewed Professionals on LinkedIn in India".

Praveena Gundiah, Sr. Director and Head of Commercial India, Iron Mountain India Pvt. Ltd.