Pravek Saxena — Co-Founder

Pravek Saxena is an accomplished IT engineer, seasoned strategist, and a traveller to over 50 countries. As a people-first, process-oriented technocrat, he brings over two decades of global experience in driving digital business transformations in India & across global markets, playing cross-functional roles at premier organizations including Nagarro, Sapient (UK), and the National Health Service (UK). 𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 In 2016, Pravek established Smalt & Beryl, a digital technology firm that became a preferred partner for international agencies and government bodies. Under his stewardship, the firm delivered cutting-edge engineering solutions in AI, healthcare, education, and sustainable development. He also pioneered the world’s largest LMS for people with disabilities and launched a job portal facilitating employment of over 1 million individuals. 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 Deeply passionate about mentoring, Pravek’s commitment to human potential is seen by several high-profile roles: • 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: Selected by NITI Aayog (Government of India) under the Atal Innovation Mission. • 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: Strategized national level framework to train Indian contingent across 45 skills, culminating into India’s best ever performance at the Olympics of Skills in 2019. • 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤: Launched a groundbreaking mentorship platform based on the Japanese philosophy of Ikigai, now adopted by both academia and industry to bridge the skill gaps in graduate students. • 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫: Skill Development Advisor to multiple TVET organizations including Emirate Skills (UAE), WorldSkills U.K. & 7 State SDMs in India. Pravek was honoured by the Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Invited by the President of India in ‘At Home’ Reception, for his outstanding contribution to the sector. 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐐𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚 Today, Pravek is a leading figure in India’s skill development ecosystem. Through Qrencia, he is pioneering the AI-enabled infrastructure for the $350B extracurricular education sector. Under his leadership, Qrencia has enabled over one lakh individuals to pursue their passions and empowered hundreds of educators to grow their teaching businesses by 10X. This has earned him formal recognition from NSDC, Industry bodies such as CII, ASSOCHAM, & NASSCOM, and countries within the WorldSkills International ecosystem.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in EdTech and Skill Development with a focus on digital transformation.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 19 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Strategy
Business Development
Ai
Skill Development
Digital Engineering
Web Technologies
Coaching
Business Analysis
Project Management
Solution Architecture
Java
Content Management Systems

Career Highlights

Pioneered AI-enabled infrastructure for education
Coached India to silver at WorldSkills 2019
Established mentorship platform bridging skill gaps

Work Experience

Qrencia

Founder & C.E.O (3 yrs 1 mo)

Atal Innovation Mission

Mentor of Change (7 yrs 8 mos)

Smalt and Beryl Private Limited

Co-Founder & C.E.O (6 yrs 8 mos)

Nagarro

Consultant, Business Solutions (1 yr 11 mos)

Career Break

Personal goal pursuit (3 yrs)

News International (News Corporation)

Business Analyst and Technical Lead (1 yr 10 mos)

Sapient

Senior Associate Technology (4 yrs 6 mos)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

High School at Air Force Bal Bharati School

Pravek Saxena

Co-Founder

Delhi, India19 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Pioneered AI-enabled infrastructure for education
Coached India to silver at WorldSkills 2019
Established mentorship platform bridging skill gaps

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in EdTech and Skill Development with a focus on digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

StrategyBusiness DevelopmentAiSkill DevelopmentDigital EngineeringWeb TechnologiesCoachingBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementSolution ArchitectureJavaContent Management Systems

Other Skills

PlanningInformation TechnologyCoaching & MentoringTechnology IntegrationCloudHealthcareStakeholder ManagementPerformance TestingConsultingEmotional IntelligenceAgile Project ManagementScrumRequirements AnalysisEmployee EngagementStrategic Communications

About

Experience

Qrencia

Founder & C.E.O

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Delhi, India

Qrencia is a global passion development network on the internet with over 70+ skill communities, focused on improving the ways people connect with their passion.
We work with experts, academies, and skill development agencies, within India and overseas, to provide an organized market place integrated with state of the art technology, which empowers experts to grow their business 10X, while doubling up as an ecosystem for learners to master their hobby more effectively.
This award winning platform has not only empowered experts to deliver transformative, verifiable education, but has also simultaneously helped over 60,000 learners, across skills and age groups, accelerate their progress to mastery.

PlanningInformation TechnologyBusiness DevelopmentCoaching & MentoringStrategy

Atal innovation mission

Mentor of Change

Aug 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Smalt and beryl private limited

Co-Founder & C.E.O

Jul 2016 – Mar 2023 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Noida Area, India

#DigitalEngineering
Smalt and Beryl is a digital technology company. We design and engineer software solutions with web & mobility, AI , Cloud, and new age data technologies.
Established in 2016, the company serves as technology partners to large corporations, Government/Semi-Government entities, academic Institutions, and start-ups to deliver cutting edge solutions to problems in Healthcare, Green Energy, Manufacturing, Education for PWDs, Skill Development and Employment.
Govt. of India handpicked our founder as National Expert in Web Technologies, who coached team India to win its first ever silver medal in web technologies at the Olympic of skills – WorldSkills Competition 2019 in Russia.
For proven technical competencies to catalyze digital business transformations, Smalt & Beryl has been recognized by agencies such as WorldSkills International, Emirate Skills, National Skill Development Corporation of India, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Govt. of India), Central universities, Schools, and NGOs.
Key responsibilities : Strategy, Execution, and Partnerships

Digital EngineeringAICloudHealthcareSkill Development

Nagarro

Consultant, Business Solutions

Aug 2014 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

Nagarro is the leading multinational provider for challenging software projects. Now a division of Allgeier SE, Nagarro employs 3000 people across offices in the US, India, Germany, Sweden, Romania, Austria, Denmark, the UK, Singapore and Mexico. Nagarro's clients include Fortune 500 companies and well known ISVs.
Key areas of work included Business consulting, Business analysis, Project management (Scrum), Stakeholder management, Business process improvisation and Pre-sales

Business AnalysisProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Career break

Personal goal pursuit

Jul 2011 – Jul 2014 · 3 yrs · London, England | Hyderabad, Mohali, India

#PassionFulfilment
1. Understanding Start-up Ecosystem : Formulated business strategy and led business development for a US based tech start-up building global loyalty programmes.
2. Chess : Restarted training in chess, after a gap of 10 years since the last Gold medal at an all India level chess tournament in 2003.
3. Spouse at ISB : Supported my wife’s rendezvous of 51 week roller coaster journey at the Indian School of Business. Alongside following my passion for start up and chess, I networked with top entrepreneurs, made incredible relations with folks from all walks of life, widened my perspective with a breadth of knowledge, and developed a life changing multi-dimensional approach to understanding various domains.
4. Civil Services (2013) : Most cherished activity of that decade, from multi-disciplinary studies to facing the toughest board members in the interview room, this metamorphosed my mental outlook and perspectives like none other by far.
5. Travel : 25 cities, 4 continents, and innumerable experiences of understanding people, their value system and cultures.

News international (news corporation)

Business Analyst and Technical Lead

Feb 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

News UK, formerly News International and NI Group, is a British-based American-owned newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the American mass media conglomerate News Corp. It is the current publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers and its former publications include the Today, News of the World and The London Paper newspapers.
Key areas of work included : Business analysis, Business consultancy, Stakeholder management, Solution architect - Designing of logical and physical architecture for integrating complex functionality.

Business AnalysisSolution Architecture

Sapient

Senior Associate Technology

Jun 2006 – Dec 2010 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, India | London, United Kingdom

Sapient is a marketing and consulting company that provides business, marketing, and technology services to clients. The company operates three divisions, SapientNitro, Sapient Global Markets and Sapient Government Services.
Key domains/technical areas of work included : Advanced Java/J2EE including Struts, Hibernate, Spring and SQL databases, Content management system (eScenic), Intelligent text analytics (Nstein), Enterprise search solutions (FAST), Sponsored advertisements, System administration, Performance testing

JavaContent Management SystemsPerformance Testing