Pranjal Sharma — Advisor

Pranjal Sharma is an economic analyst, advisor and author who focuses on technology, globalisation and media. He serves on boards of enterprises and non-profit entities which are leveraging emerging technologies for sustainable, equitable growth. Pranjal leads public discourse at global and national platforms including World Economic Forum, St Gallen Symposium, Horasis Global Meeting and AIMA. 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. Pranjal also guides projects on economic forecasting, business intelligence & public diplomacy to interpret policy impact on industry and society. He has written and edited several reports and papers on economic development. Pranjal is a columnist with Business Standard newspaper and BusinessWorld magazine among other publications. His new book The Next New: Navigating the Fifth Industrial Revolution, has been published by HarperCollins and is available globally. His previous books published by Pan Macmillan include India Automated: How the Fourth Industrial Revolution Transforming India and Kranti Nation: India and The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Published in 2017, it was the first to chronicle the impact of emerging technologies in India. Pranjal was also the co-author of The Z Factor. He has served as Advisor Strategy to India's public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati, (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India) where he helped bring in industry best practices and enabled creation of digital media teams. Previously, he spent more than two 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.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a thought leader in economic analysis and media, focusing on technology and globalization.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 18 yrs 8 mos

Career Highlights

Expert in economic analysis and forecasting.
Published author on industrial revolutions and emerging technologies.
Key speaker at global forums including the World Economic Forum.

Work Experience

World Economic Forum

Member, Global Expert Network (9 yrs)

Advisory Board, PACI (3 yrs 11 mos)

Member, Global Agenda Council (8 yrs)

The Outstanding Speakers' Bureau

Speaker (13 yrs)

Business Standard newspaper & Businessworld

Contributor (14 yrs 2 mos)

Prasar Bharati

Advisor (2 yrs 2 mos)

Bloomberg UTV

Executive Editor (4 yrs 4 mos)

Education

Mid-Career Certificate Course at University of Westminster

Post Graduate Diploma at Times Centre for Media Studies

BA Honours at Delhi University

Pranjal Sharma

Advisor

Delhi, India18 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in economic analysis and forecasting.
Published author on industrial revolutions and emerging technologies.
Key speaker at global forums including the World Economic Forum.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a thought leader in economic analysis and media, focusing on technology and globalization.

Contact

pranjalx@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

Content DevelopmentContent ManagementContent StrategyDigital MediaEditingEditorialJournalismMagazinesMedia RelationsNew MediaNews WritingNewspapersStorytellingStrategyTelevision

About

Experience

World economic forum

3 roles

Member, Global Expert Network

Promoted

Mar 2017 – Present · 9 yrs

The World Economic Forum’s Expert Network brings together leading experts from academia, business, government, international organizations, civil society, the arts, and the media committed to improving the state of the world by helping to shape the global agenda. The network focuses on digital collaboration around key Insight Areas, covering economies, industries and global issues. Experts are encouraged to share their own research and analysis, organize around specific discussions or opportunities, and engage with existing Forum projects, events and research.

Advisory Board, PACI

Jan 2016 – Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

PACI has become the leading business voice on anti-corruption and transparency. It is one of the Forum’s strongest cross-industry collaborative efforts and is creating a highly visible, agenda-setting platform by working with business leaders, international organizations and governments to address corruption, transparency and emerging-market risks. Under the leadership of PACI Vanguard CEOs, the community is expanding rapidly and now focuses on implementing a global anti-corruption agenda.
Driven by identified needs and interests of PACI Member companies, PACI undertakes initiatives to address industry, regional, country or global issues in anti-corruption and compliance.

Member, Global Agenda Council

Jan 2008 – Jan 2016 · 8 yrs

The Network of Global Agenda Councils of WEF study the foremost topics in the global arena. The Network of Global Agenda Councils consists of select, invitation-only groups on the key topics in the global arena. Each Council, comprised of 15-20 Members, serves as an advisory board to the Forum and other interested parties, such as governments and international organizations.

The outstanding speakers' bureau

Speaker

Mar 2013 – Present · 13 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

The Outstanding Speakers’ Bureau represents a range of speakers like motivational speakers who deliver insightful content with impact across domains and expertise areas. Exemplary representatives of their fields, our speakers include industry leaders, story-tellers, brand gurus, bureaucrats, thinkers and activists, inspiring entrepreneurs, and more. The Bureau designs speaking engagements to suit various audience segments and event formats.

Business standard newspaper & businessworld

Contributor

Jan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Columns on fourth industrial revolution, emerging technologies and emerging markets.

Prasar bharati

Advisor

Jan 2012 – Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

As Advisor to India's public service broadcaster (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India), I worked with senior management and the board on content, digital outreach, revenue, marketing and technology related strategy.

Bloomberg utv

Executive Editor

Aug 2007 – Dec 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos

As a member of the editorial leadership team, was responsible for managing teams that created content. Hosted weeknights news show and weekend interview show with policy makers and influencers.