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Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
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Praveen Chakravarty
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Career
Post his voluntary stint, he moved back to investment banking as Chief Executive Officer of an Indian investment bank. He subsequently retired from investment banking to focus on public policy and social impact initiatives while continuing to be an active angel investor. Praveen Chakravarty is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and an Master of Business Administration from Wharton School.
Praveen Chakravarty started his career with International Business Machines Corporation in Japan and subsequently moved to Microsoft.
He switched to investment banking in New York and San Francisco, after receiving his Master of Business Administration from Wharton. Chakravarty moved to India to set up Thomas Weisel"s India operations and 2 years later, captured headlines in a high profile move to Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas as Managing Director with his entire team from Thomas Weisel.
4 years later, in a sudden move that caught everyone by surprise, he joined Nandan Nilekani"s team at Aadhaar as a volunteer. Chakravarty serves on many corporate boards.
Chakravarty"s frequent opinion articles in newspapers use data extensively and challenge conventional wisdom.
He is said to have donated to India"s first data journalism initiative - India Spend and legislative research firm PRS Legislative. Chakravarty is a well respected public affairs commentator. Mumbai angels have invested in a number of startups which include the likes of SpeakWell, BookEventZ, MassBlurb, et cetera
Achievements
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He is a co-founder of Mumbai Angels and is ranked among the top 5 angel investors in the country as per this survey Chakravarty quit as Managing Director of Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas India to work as a volunteer with the central government"s UID project under Nandan Nilekani, in their financial inclusion initiative.
Membership
He was the founding board member of InMobi (erstwhile mKhoj), mSwipe, VCCircle and many such successful startups.
