Subba R Dukkipati

Managing Partner

Subba Dukkipati, one of the founder Principals, began investing in Indian real estate in 2002 and originated the pre-fund investments of the Pragnya Group. Prior to founding Pragnya Group, Subba pursued an international finance and banking career which spanned over 20 years and several continents.

His last investment-banking role at Citigroup was as head of the Global Markets business of the bank in Japan. He also held the position of Country Treasurer and was a member of the Managing Committee. Subba also worked with Grindlays Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia in various capacities.

Subba graduated from Loyola College in Chennai in 1979 and completed his Masters in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in 1981.

Gopal Menon

Managing Partner

Gopal Menon is one of the founder principals of the Pragnya Group, prior to which Gopal spent over 20 years in banking and finance in India, USA and the United Kingdom.

His last investment banking role in 1999 was at Deutsche Bank, London as Global Head of High Yield. Gopal spent a major part of his investment and commercial banking career prior to this with Bankers Trust in New York and London (1982 - 1998) and with Citibank, India (1976 – 1981).

Gopal holds a post graduate degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India ("PGP") and a B.A. (Honors) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

T Srinagesh

Chief Executive Officer

Srinagesh leads the Indian advisory team for Pragnya Group's investments in real estate. He has over three decades of experience in conceptualization, financing and execution of projects in infrastructure and real estate sectors.

Before joining Pragnya, Srinagesh worked as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL) in which capacity he spearheaded the successful completion of the Hyderabad International Airport. He also worked with ABB as Head, South Asia, Equity Ventures and ABB Structured Finance and prior to that with NTPC and led the implementation of several power and other infrastructure projects.

Srinagesh holds a B. Tech from IIT Madras and a PGDM (MBA) from IIM Bangalore.

K. Srinivas Rao

Head – Project Management

Srinivas is responsible for overseeing the project management, cost planning and management to ensure timely completion of projects and adherence to the budgeted costs.

Srinivas has over 17 years of experience in project management with reputed firms like Simplex Infrastructures Ltd, Shapoorji Pallonji Ltd as well as running his own project management consultancy firm. He has also worked on various civil and infrastructure projects including construction of breakwaters and jetties, the Mumbai – Pune expressway and multiple flyovers in Mumbai as well as residential and commercial developments under PNR Infra.

He is a civil engineer with a post graduate degree in construction management from NICMAR, Pune.

B Siva Kumar

Chief Financial Officer

Siva is responsible for - accounting, financial performance, compliances and debt arrangement for the investee companies. He also supervises fund accounts and compliances.

Siva has over 20 years of experience in varied sectors like IT, real estate, infrastructure and manufacturing and with reputed firms like Satyam Computer Service Limited and GMR Group. He brings to team Pragnya his extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of accounting, financial management as well as direct and indirect taxation.

Siva is a Chartered Accountant and has also completed his ICWAI inter and American CPA.

Francis O Haokip

Head – Investments

Francis is responsible for overseeing and supporting the portfolio companies in marketing and sales, deal-structuring and providing support in finance and commercial matters for Pragnya Group's investments.

Prior to joining Pragnya, Francis worked with the stock market regulator - SEBI and was part of the team responsible for evaluation and ensuring regulatory compliances for public issues. He also worked with the power trading arm of NTPC where he was part of the business development team which led NTPC's venture into the power trading business.

Francis holds a B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Delhi and a PGDM (MBA) from IIM Bangalore.

Vikram T. Prasad

Head – Business Development

Vikram is responsible for deal origination and closure. His special skills include project and promoter due diligence, land acquisition and design and construction process and cost evaluation.

Vikram brings to team Pragnya the experience of having worked with reputed developers across the value chain. His last assignment was as General Manager - Operations at Godrej Properties.

He completed his B.Arch. from R.V.C.E. Bangalore and his post-graduation in Management (PGPM) from Great Lakes, Chennai.

Satish Kumar Vattam

Finance Associate

Satish works on the post-investment financial monitoring of the portfolio companies, arrangement of bank finances and statutory compliances.

Prior to joining Pragnya, Satish has worked with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Grant Thornton where he was responsible for the audit and assurances of the several reputed firms like NCC, UltraTech, Broadridge, Satyam, CARE hospitals, etc.

Satish is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Saumitra Deva

Financial Analyst

Saumitra is responsible for financial analysis of investment proposals as well as economic and real estate research.

He brings with him over 4 years of experience in the areas of agri-business (cold storage, plantation and agri-financing) and real estate development.

Saumitra completed his MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from Manipal Institute of Technology and completed the CFA program (USA).