Our speakers

Prashanth Kamath, Senior WW Product Manager, HPE

Prashanth is a Senior WW Product Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, managing a portfolio of NonStop OS, Virtualization and Security. In his role Prashanth owns the strategy, roadmap, customer satisfaction and ecosystem enablement for the portfolio. He has done post graduate diploma in software enterprise management from IIM Bangalore and has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication from NIT Surathkal. Prashanth is with HPE for 11 years and has prior experience in communication software engineering.

Prashanth Kancherla, VP-Products, Ozonetel Communications

Prashanth Prakash, Partner, Accel Partners | @Accel

Prashanth Prakash joined Accel in 2008 and focuses on consumer internet, SaaS and marketplace investments. He led Accel’s investments in BookMyShow, HolidayIQ, PropTiger, BlueStone, QwikCilver/GiftBig and WizRocket. Prior to Accel, Prashanth co-founded Erasmic (one of India’s first early stage funds) and founded two companies.  

Prashanth grew up in Bangalore and graduated from Bangalore Institute of Technology and has a Masters from the University of Delaware. 

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Prashasta Seth, CEO, Prudent Investment Managers

Prashasta Seth is a distinguished leader in the financial services industry. As the CEO of Prudent Investment Managers LLP, he has established himself as a trailblazer in asset management, with a steadfast focus on delivering risk-adjusted and sustainable returns for clients in a fair and transparent manner.

Founded in February 2021, Prudent Investment Managers LLP is a boutique asset management firm focused on client-first service and excellence. Under Prashasta’s leadership, it has become a trusted name in asset management, planning to expand from Portfolio Management Services (PMS) to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). The firm aims to launch Category 2 and 3 AIFs in the next 12 months.

Prashasta brings extensive experience to Prudent Investment Managers. As the former CEO and CIO of IIFL Asset Management Company, he excelled in managing client portfolios and optimizing processes. He also held key roles, including India Head at Irevna Research Services and Analyst at JP Morgan, London, gaining deep expertise in financial markets and client-centric strategies.

Prashasta’s academic credentials include a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. These esteemed institutions provided him with a solid foundation in analytical thinking and strategic decision-making, which continue to guide his professional journey.

Outside work, Prashasta enjoys reading, spending time with his kids, watching TV, and playing sports. A committed philanthropist, he actively supports NGOs, reflecting his dedication to social welfare.

Prashasta Seth’s focus on risk management and sustainable growth has positioned Prudent Investment Managers LLP as a prominent name in India’s asset management industry, ensuring long-term success through excellence and a client-centric approach.

Prasoon Gupta, Founder & Director, Sattviko Restaurant

Prasoon Gupta, Founder and Director, Sattviko,is a serial entrepreneur and graduate in technology from IIT Roorkee.

Recognized as the youngest “Distinguished Alumni” from IIT Roorkee and one of the youngest charter member of TiE Delhi, he has to his credit an extensive experience in entrepreneurship. Prior to venturing into food and hospitality in 2014, Prasoon founded his education venture „Techbuddy Consulting Pvt Ltd? in 2009 while he was still a student at IIT. During his 4 years at Techbuddy, he not only trained more than 15,000 students across the country but also earned the „Pioneer of Tomorrow? and „India’s hottest startups? awards from reputed publication houses.

His second venture in food, Sattviko restaurants is one of the fastest growing vegetarian food chain of India and has won „India's Best Debutante Restaurant Chain of the Year 2014?. After creating a strong presence in Delhi/NCR,Sattviko is now expanding outside Delhi to Jaipur,IIT Roorkee and Ahmedabad. Apart from Sattviko, Prasoon is also involved as a founding member in a soon to be launched online healthcare venture called „Sawasth?

Prasoon is the founder of a non-profit organization called Swarajneeti, an NGO which dedicated to democratic reforms in India through technological innovations.
He is a travel enthusiast who loves making new acquaintances, particularly with entrepreneurs. As a firm believer in Karma, he has been helping a number of startups and has also invested in couple of them.

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Prasun Gajri, CIO, HDFC Life Insurance

Mr. Prasun Gajri is the Chief Investment Officer of HDFC Life.

Mr. Gajri joined HDFC Life in April 2009 with a rich experience of 14 years in investments and banking industry. He started his career in 1995 with Citibank and was associated with it for over 6 years delivering various roles. He joined Tata AIG Life Insurance Company in October 2001 to start the investment function and stayed there until April 2009, the last role being that of the Chief Investment Officer.

He holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and is also a CFA Charterholder.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice - Chancellor, Ashoka University

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is Vice-Chancellor, Ashoka University. He was previously President, Center for Policy Research. He has been a Professor at Harvard, JNU, the Global Faculty Program at NYU Law School. He has published widely in political theory, constitutional law, society and politics in India, governance and political economy, and international affairs.

His most recent publications include The Oxford Handbook to the Indian Constitution (co-edited with Madhav Khosla and Sujit Choudhary); Rethinking India's Public Institutions (with Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav); Non-Alignment 2.0 (with Srinath Raghavan, Sunil Khilnani et al), The Oxford Companion to Politics in India (with Niraja Jayal); India and Multilateralism (with Bruce Jones and WPS Sidhu) and the Burden of Democracy.

Mehta has also served in a number of policy roles including, Member Convenor of the Prime Minister of India's National Knowledge Comission, Member of the the National Security Advisory Board, Member of the Lyngdoh Committee. He Chairs the Jury for the Holberg Prize.

Mehta has a prolific engagement with public affairs. He is editorial consultant to Indian Express, where he writes a regular column. In addition he has written for the Financial Times, and a number of leading national and international publications. He is on the Editorial Board of American Political Science Review and Journal of Democracy.

Dr Mehta holds a BA (first class) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford and a PhD in politics from Princeton. He received the 2010 Malcom S. Adishehshiah Award and the 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences - Political Science.

Pratap T P, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Qwikcilver

Pratap has been associated with driving and pioneering the Closed Loop Prepaid & Gift Card category in Indian Organised retail categories Via Qwikcilver. These efforts have seen the Gift Card segment powered by Qwikcilver grow by over 250% year on year for the last 5+ years, across 400+ leading corporates, brands & retailers across 450+ towns & cities of India & international markets.

Pratap has also been a part of transnational corporates across segments and categories - setting up consumer adoption initiatives through marketing campaigns, new channels of distribution, product development and growing retail networks in India and overseas. He has a passion for new age Startups, technology marketing for evangelizing innovative ways of reaching out to consumers. Pratap has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Electrical Engineering from BITS Pilani and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

Prateek Agarwal, Co - founder, Bite Club

Prateek Bhajanka, Chief Field CISO, Field CISO Advisory