About

Pradnya Karbhari is an accomplished technology leader with over 17 years of experience in the industry. She currently serves as the Vice President of Engineering at Swiggy, where she leads product and engineering for two core horizontal charters - Location Intelligence and Trust & Safety. In her current role, she is responsible for multiple platform charters at Swiggy, including Ads & Growth platforms. Prior to joining Swiggy, Pradnya co-founded Makesto Infotech Private Limited, a deep technology solutions and products company. As the Co-founder and CTO, she led the development of Point105-AR, a SaaS service for businesses and artists to create and manage high-quality 3D assets for AR/VR/WebGL immersive applications. She also worked with large enterprises on paid pilots for processing 3D models at scale. Additionally, she developed MaskUp, an AR solution for creating fun selfie experiences and interactive AR gaming for Indian audiences. Pradnya was an early beta partner of Facebook AR Studio platform, and the first to launch third-party effects worldwide, one of which has been used 200M times. Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, Pradnya was an Entrepreneur in Residence, where she designed and developed a prototype for a peer-to-peer adhoc network using Android smartphones. Pradnya holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Master's degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. Pradnya's tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer and Android. She is a highly skilled and experienced technology leader with a proven track record of delivering successful products in the industry.