About

Praphul (. is a highly accomplished Director of Technology and Software Engineering with over 17 years of experience managing software design, product development, internet technologies, and security. As the Director of Technology at FreeCharge (An Axis Bank Company), he is responsible for developing, growing, and leading a large part of the company's high-performing software engineering team while also being a hands-on technology expert. Praphul is well-organized, results-oriented, and has a proven ability to implement standards, procedures, and processes that improve business functionality. He has solid management skills and is capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize productivity while forming cohesive team environments. He is an exceptional communicator who is focused on building strong relationships and is committed to quality and service excellence. Praphul's experience includes team leadership, strategic planning, solution design, stakeholder communication, project management, problem resolution, client/server technologies, training, and mentoring. He is also an expert in requirements analysis and technology integration. Prior to his current role, Praphul held various leadership positions, including Principal Architect at Photon and Co-Founder & CTO at BKS, an eLearning startup. He has also completed an MBA from DTU, where he graduated at the top of his class, and a Leadership and People Management program from the University of London. Praphul's technical expertise includes software engineering, testing, integration, web development, AWS, React Native, Redis, Javascript, Kafka, mobile development, infrastructure, NodeJS, and Java. He has relevant experience of 14.03 years in the industry. Praphul's ability to dive deep into business and technology systems, integrations, processes, and operations makes him a subject matter expert in several areas. He is passionate about driving a culture of obsession around customer focus and delivering a great online customer experience.