An Interview with Pravash Dey

Pravash Dey

Disruptor-in-Chief at US India Blockchain Council

Key Topics:Blockchain, NFTs, CBDC, FinTech, Banking as a Service

Location:London- Mumbai- Dubai

Bio:

Pravash Dey is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, and philanthropist (Rotarian). He is the founder of the US India Blockchain Council, Mobile Technology Park (India), and Enterprise India Foundation (Global). He moved to London in 2005 to pursue his higher education and started his entrepreneurial journey as a founding member of Brunel Entrepreneurs Society at Brunel University, London. He holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Brunel University, London, and has earned a Master of Arts (Tourism Administration) in India. He combines his passion for entrepreneurship, technology, and strategic digital innovation to help corporate, Go Global. Being part of NACUE, UK he has met and expanded his social capital with more than a thousand entrepreneurs including his childhood hero Sir Richard Branson. He has been working on Global Silicon Triangle, a decentralised global blockchain technology consortium, an initiative responsible for the exchange of open-source software development, sharing and exchange of technical expertise among the three most famous hubs for technology companies in America, Europe, and Asia i.e. Silicon Valley of California, Silicon Roundabout of London and Silicon Plateau of Bangalore. It aims to create a tech entrepreneurial hub inter-connecting the 3 main technology clusters and assists companies and individuals considering to locate or do business in the Silicon triangle by providing infrastructure support, human resource support, and by facilitating introductions to the government and business community. Digital India Hack-a-thon, ‘Ideation to MVP’ in 36hours, is an initiative taken by him to inspire young developers & designers and bring together entrepreneurs and investors to empower Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India campaign and build US India Blockchain Council, a consortium of Policymakers, developers, entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors.

How did you get to become an expert in your key topics?

Being part of NACUE, UK I met and expanded my social capital with more than a thousand entrepreneurs including my childhood hero Sir Richard Branson. I have been working on Global Silicon Triangle, a decentralised global blockchain technology consortium, an initiative responsible for the exchange of open-source software development, sharing and exchange of technical expertise among the three most famous hubs for technology companies in America, Europe, and Asia i.e. Silicon Valley of California, Silicon Roundabout of London and Silicon Plateau of Bangalore. It aims to create a tech entrepreneurial hub inter-connecting the 3 main technology clusters and assists companies and individuals considering to locate or do business in the Silicon triangle by providing infrastructure support, human resource support, and by facilitating introductions to the government and business community.

Digital India Hack-a-thon, ‘Ideation to MVP’ in 36hours, is an initiative taken by me to inspire young developers & designers and bring together entrepreneurs and investors to empower Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India campaign. I am a next-gen member of the UK-India Business Council, StartUp Britain Local Champion for Ealing Borough, Startup World’s India Ambassador, TEDx Speaker & campaigner, and Development Ambassador to The Asian Foundation for Philanthropy. I won the 2010 Networking champion award at ‘Bright Futures’ organised by Kingston University, London. I was also nominated for the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year, UK’ award in 2010-11 for his contribution to the StartUp Ecosystem in the UK (The Brand Global).

I am involved in ‘Indian Blockchain Council’ & ‘US-India Blockchain Council’ because he believes, “if the world will be an Ecosystem of opportunity then breakthrough ideas can be found anywhere” and want to create a global entrepreneurial cluster for Start-ups without any border.

My future plans: “To have an alternative funding ecosystem which can provide on-demand flexible finance model to established entrepreneurs where they can park their money and budding entrepreneurs can use when they most need it.” Because for me, “A strong economy needs to encourage entrepreneurs to create and grow their businesses.”

What sub-topics are you most passionate about?

Entrepreneurship, Open Innovation, Technology, International Trade, and Investment

Who influences you within these topics?

Sir Richard Branson- Virgin Airlines Ratan Tata- LandRover and Jaguar Sir Alan Sugar- Amstrad & The BBC Apprentices Elon Musk- Tesla Vijay Shekhar Sharma- PayTM Indra Nooyi- PepsiCo

What challenges are brands facing in this space?

Transparency, Trust & Technology Automation within all stakeholders.

What do you think the future holds in this space?

The future of Blockchain is great when we discuss from cross border transaction and payment security point of view.

What brands are leading the way in this space?

Tesla, CoinDCX, WazirX, Starbucks and ConsenSys, etc.

If a brand wanted to work with you, which activities would you be most interested in collaborating on?

Podcasts, Speaking opportunities, webinars, product innovation, video interviews.

What are your passions outside of work?

Traveling, Watching movies, documentaries and Food + Wine Tasting

What would be the best way for a brand to contact you?

By Email

While you’re here, why not signup to our B2B influencer marketplace, MyOnalytica? MyOnalytica is the world’s largest B2B influencer marketplace. Influencers can sign up for free and create their own profiles which will be visible to Onalytica clients which include many of the world’s largest brands. Sign up now to showcase your expertise, influence & how you would like to partner with brands.