Speaker Bio

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. These include Insights Lighthouse, a body of insights and data leaders. With Washington DC based SHRM, Pranjal serves as a member of its India Advisory Council.

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. His latest book India Innovates: Technological Sovereignty in a Weaponised World analyses domestic and global policies on new dimensions of national security.

He has written and edited several reports and papers with think tanks and academic institutions on impact of technology on business, government and society.

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.