PRAGATIFINSERV - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Mr Anil Kumar brings Technology & Data insight with a special focus on Financial Services Industry. He has 21 years' experience with great Technology companies viz. Intel, ADP, TCS & Financial Services companies viz. JP Morgan Chase, Vaya Finserv. In his last assignment he was the CIO & CTO with Vaya Finserv. He has done BTech from NIT Jalandhar.
Anil is focused on creating a robust AI & Data Analytics driven next-gen platform at Pragati Finserv.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Chairperson
Mr Ashish Mehrotra is the Non-Executive Chairperson for Pragati Finserv, effective February 08, 2022. He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Arc Group and the member of the board for Northern Arc Investment Managers, that houses our Alternate Investment Fund and Portfolio Management Service.
Ashish has over 25 years of experience across Retail & Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, and Insurance. In his last role, he was the MD & CEO of Niva Bupa Health Insurance (previously known as Max Bupa Health Insurance). Before that, Ashish spent over 20 years at Citibank. He was previously a Managing Director and also the Retail Bank Head for Citibank India.
Ashish holds a Master of Business Administration Degree.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Managing Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Team
- Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Pragati Finserv Pvt Ltd
Mr Jagadish Babu Ramadugu is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Pragati Finserv Pvt Ltd. He holds a BTech degree (Electronics and Communications) from Nagarjuna University and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Prior to joining Northern Arc, he was the co-founder and MD&CEO of Vaya Finserv Private Limited for 5 years. He has also worked in management and executive roles with Satyam Infoway Limited, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, Spencer's Retail Limited and Asian Paints (India) Limited.
He has over 20 years of professional experience. Previously, he was elected as a member on the board of the Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), an industry body where he also served as the chair of the credit bureau task force and was member of its self-regulatory organisation committee and the fintech committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Business Head
Mr Kannan Arthanari brings on board 21 years' experience in working for NBFCs, Micro Finance Companies, NGOs who are involved in Rural Development & creation of livelihood options for Rural Population.
Prior to joining Pragati Finserv, he has worked with Vaya Finserv, Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance and Spandana Spoorthy Financial as Vice President , where he has extensively handled Internal Audit, Product Development, Business Operations. In earlier assignments, he has worked for Hand in Hand, Intellecap & Dhan Foundation.
With a PG Dip in Planning & Entrepreneurship from Indian Instt of Planning & Management & an Agriculture Science Graduate, Kannan is responsible for bringing process adherence & a culture of compliance & accountability in Pragati Finserv.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Head - Internal Audit
- Head Internal Audit for Asirvad Microfinance Ltd
Mr NRK Rajasekarani career spans more than 24 years of varied experience in Financial Institutions, Banks and Microfinance.
Prior to joining Pragati in 2022, NRK has served as Head Internal Audit for Asirvad Microfinance Ltd, for around 12 yrs. Before that, he served as Operations Head for PMC - BPO (Subsidy of Sundaram Business Services). He was handling ICICI, CITI BANK, FULLERTON, RELIANCE & AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK's back-office process.
NRK holds an MBA Degree & also certified in Data Science in collaboration with Genpact.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Management Team
A Micro Finance Industry veteran, Mr Vijay has 17 years' experience in driving business with Industry leaders in MFI Industry viz. Bharat Financial Inclusion, Accion & Vaya Finserv. In his last assignment he was Head of Business - MFI at Save Solutions. He has completed PGDRM from IRMA.
Vijay is driving the business growth at Pragati Finserv.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of Northern Arc Capital
- Nominee Director
Mr Vijay Nallan Chakravarthi is a Non-Executive Nominee Director of Northern Arc Capital. He holds a MBA degree from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, a Master's degree in science from the Ohio State University and BE degree from the University of Madras.
He is also currently a Managing Director at Affirma Capital India and formerly was an Executive Director, Private Equity at Standard Chartered Bank. He is involved with Affirma's investments in certain portfolio companies.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Head - Credit & Risk
Ms Gowri Devi has 20+ Yrs exp in Risk & Business operations specialized Credit Risk Management and Business process re-engineering. She was earlier working with Sub-K I Transactions Ltd and was handling Credit, Risk and Business Process. Prior to that she worked with Indian Gramin Service
She is an MBA graduate and has done a certification program for Business Analyst with NMIMS in 2017 and "Advanced Program in Fintech and Financial Blockchain" from IIM-Calcuatta.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Head - HR & Training
Ms. Jyoti Rao Putta brings on board 17 years' experience in Human resources in developing and managing the complete HR frame work for NBFCs
Prior to joining Pragati, she was Heading HR for Automotive Manufacturers and HM Clause , where she has extensively worked on evaluating company culture and providing recommendations on changes to accomplish company goals and objectives. In her earlier assignments she has also worked with Magma fincorp , Axis bank , Birla Sunlife and Bharati Axa Life insurance and has partnered with business and worked across the entire spectrum of Human Resources.
She has done MBA FIN from Kakatiya University, PGDHRM from IMT Gaziabad and Executive development program from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Jyoti would be responsible for strengthening HR, Training & Facility mgmt. processes and bring HR initiatives for best of people & Culture Practices. To drive Employee retention in the company and know for driving excellence, people connect.