PRANJAL SHARMA is an economic analyst, advisor and author who focuses on technology, globalisation and inclusive growth. He serves on boards of enterprises and non-profit entities which are leveraging emerging technologies for sustainable, equitable growth.

As a columnist and show host, Pranjal is published in various media including The Sunday Guardian; Business Standard; Hindustan and BusinessWorld. He has written and edited several reports and papers with think tanks and academic institutions on impact of technology on business, government and society.

Pranjal leads public discourse at global and national platforms including World Economic Forum, St Gallen Symposium, Horasis Global Meeting and Raisina Dialogue. He served as a member of the Global Agenda Council at the WEF for eight years. He is a member of its expert network and a regular speaker at Davos. He is also a member of The Outstanding Speakers Bureau.

His latest book India Innovates: Technological Sovereignty in a Weaponised World (S Chand) analyses domestic and global policies on new dimensions of national security. His earlier book The Next New: Navigating the Fifth Industrial Revolution, published by HarperCollins, was the first in the world to chronicle the impact of the fifth industrial revolution while quantifying the magnitude of revenue shifts globally.

Pranjal has conducted workshops and roundtables on the fifth industrial revolution and geopolitics with C-Suite executives in many countries including France, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, India and the US.

His previous book was India Automated: How the Fourth Industrial Revolution is Transforming India (Pan Macmillan). His earlier book Kranti Nation: India and The Fourth Industrial Revolution, (Pan Macmillan) published in 2017 was the first to chronicle the impact of emerging technologies in India. Kranti Nation was featured during Davos 2018.

Previously, he spent decades in print, internet and TV media, mostly in leadership roles with focus on India’s economic engagement with the world. As Founding Executive Editor at Bloomberg UTV, he helped launch and run the channel. At TV Today Network, his team pioneered business news content for non-English audiences. Pranjal received the News Television Award for best business show in 2007. He lives in New Delhi, India.

Please write to me at contact@pranjalsharma.com