About

Pranav Bhaskar is a Senior Analyst in Business Development for AI and Analytics at Cognizant. He has a Master's in Business Administration, majoring in Retail Management from KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai. Pranav has a good amount of start-up experience in prospecting, client acquisition, business development, and key account management. He has also headed the Corporate Communication and Relation team of Retail Lab, KJ SIMSR, and successfully organized CBAP Course by Henry Harvin Education as a brand ambassador of his college. Pranav is certified in Business Analytics Practitioner course by Henry Harvin education and has hands-on experience in event management. He has organized various events as the head of the sponsorship team of Students' Activity Forum, the cultural committee at KJ SIMSR. In his first year of MBA, he worked on a live project with mbaskool.com as a Brand Research Analyst. Pranav also has experience in business development with Jugnoo (Socomo Technologies) Pre-MBA. As a person, Pranav is friendly, understanding, and proactive. He loves to talk to people and always brings fresh energy to work. Currently, he is working in an offshore pre-sales team called AIA-BD, also known as the data+ team. He is specifically working on the data responsibility and privacy space that deals with all the data privacy-related RFPs. Pranav analyzes the clients' requirements and breaks it into small chunks, subsequently researching on each chunk with the help of the concerned stakeholders in the team. He has continuously been working with privacy by design, personal data discovery, consent preference management, cookies management, Data Deletion/Archival projects with the tools like OneTrust, BigIds, Informatica, etc. in adherence to various Privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPPA, PDPL, PIPL, etc. He keeps the track record of each deal and makes sure it's tagged to their DRP team. Pranav has worked as a Global Account Manager for EU/UK at Avance Consulting and as a Senior Business Development Manager for the US Market at OYO. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Pranav's tech stack includes AI and Research Scientist. He has a relevant experience of 3.60 years.