Tag: Prashant Gupta

Prashant Gupta joins Bolo Live as CTO

Mumbai: Social live streaming platform Bolo Live has appointed Prashant Gupta as chief technology officer.

Gupta brings with him over 13 years of diverse engineering experience. Previously, he was associated with Pratilipi as co-founder and CTO, and has also had a stint with Amazon. Besides Pratilipi, he co-founded Hubblestellar Technologies and a fintech product called Zero65 technologies.

“I look forward to working closely with the exceptional leadership team and a group of the most talented people at Bolo Live. I am also excited about starting my new role and playing my part in helping take Bolo Live onto the next phase of its transformation journey by building a world-class technology team and innovative culture,” Gupta said. “Building scale for technology-driven products keeps me going. I am confident that, together, we will capture the next wave of growth for Bolo Live and create a positive impact in the lives of millions.”

In his role at Bolo Live, Gupta will lead the technology team to bolster the scale of the platform to achieve the company’s Indian and global expansion goals, while driving tech innovation to enhance user experience, said the statement.

“We are elated to onboard Prashant as he comes with a strong track record of building and scaling technology-driven products. His experience across technology companies like Amazon and Pratilipi will help us create a significant improvement in value for our users,”stated Bolo Live co-founder and CEO Varun Saxena. “Bolo Live has an incredible opportunity with its USP of democratising monetisation for content creators, by leveraging the active engagement of live streaming. Prashant will be integral to our leadership team as we get set to enter the next phase of our growth journey at Bolo Live.”

“We are currently ramping up the team aggressively and in the next few weeks will see announcements of prominent hiring across technology, product, and marketing roles,” Saxena further said.

October 12, 2021
Lokmat Connect partners with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

MUMBAI: Lokmat Connect in association with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund recently launched awareness camps across 5 locations in Maharashtra as part of the ‘Jaanoge tabhi toh Maanoge’ campaign – a National Investor Education and Awareness Initiative. The unique campaign was initially rolled out by Birla Sun Life Asset Management with the objective of increasing awareness on the different investment opportunities that are available to people today. The 2 month long initiative educated individuals on making better financial decisions through various engaging sessions that included insights from eminent personalities like

Mr. Prashant Gupta – Regional Head, Rest of Maharashtra & Goa and Mr. Gururaj – AVP, Investor Education & Distribution Development.

By virtue of this partnership, Lokmat Connect in association with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund organized a series of investor awareness camps to highlight the various investing opportunities with mutual funds. Reaching out to over 2000 people in Maharashtra, the Jaanoge tabhi toh Maanoge awareness camps aimed at spreading financial literacy not only in the state, but across the length and breadth of the country. The camps provided significant and insightful knowledge on the benefits of mutual funds, systematic investment plans, goal based investing and allocation of equities among other mutual fund based concerns.

Commenting on the partnership with Lokmat Connect and sharing his views on the success of the campaign, K.S Rao, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd Head – Investor Education & Distribution Development said, “Our sincere thanks to the Lokmat team for their support and smooth execution on the Investor Awareness Sessions in Maharashtra, as part of our mission of spreading Financial Literacy in the state. The sessions were thoroughly engaging and were bolstered by the presence of eminent personalities who interacted with the attendees. We look forward to more such collaborations towards our mission to empower investors through our – Jaanoge Tabhi Toh Maanoge series.”

Adding to the same, Ajit Nair, National Sales Head, Lokmat Media says, “At Lokmat we have created impactful on ground connect directly with target audience for brands through various innovative programs across the state. Our widespread reach and best understanding of the local nuances in Maharashtra has helped us execute various such brand programmes seamlessly. With a large team across the state coupled with our print we can create unique brand solutions that enhance the brand experience with their target audience.”

Lokmat Connect houses various forums as well as engagement activities and events to create an instant connect with consumers, brands, women, youth, children, artists and entrepreneurs; spanning all aspects centered around societal development. The forums currently listed under the entity include Lokmat Knowledge Forum, Lokmat Sakhi Manch, Lokmat Yuva, Lokmat Bal Vikas Manch and Lokmat Campus Club.

July 13, 2016
Lokmat Connect partners with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

MUMBAI: Lokmat Connect in association with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund recently launched awareness camps across 5 locations in Maharashtra as part of the ‘Jaanoge tabhi toh Maanoge’ campaign – a National Investor Education and Awareness Initiative. The unique campaign was initially rolled out by Birla Sun Life Asset Management with the objective of increasing awareness on the different investment opportunities that are available to people today. The 2 month long initiative educated individuals on making better financial decisions through various engaging sessions that included insights from eminent personalities like

Mr. Prashant Gupta – Regional Head, Rest of Maharashtra & Goa and Mr. Gururaj – AVP, Investor Education & Distribution Development.

By virtue of this partnership, Lokmat Connect in association with Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund organized a series of investor awareness camps to highlight the various investing opportunities with mutual funds. Reaching out to over 2000 people in Maharashtra, the Jaanoge tabhi toh Maanoge awareness camps aimed at spreading financial literacy not only in the state, but across the length and breadth of the country. The camps provided significant and insightful knowledge on the benefits of mutual funds, systematic investment plans, goal based investing and allocation of equities among other mutual fund based concerns.

Commenting on the partnership with Lokmat Connect and sharing his views on the success of the campaign, K.S Rao, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd Head – Investor Education & Distribution Development said, “Our sincere thanks to the Lokmat team for their support and smooth execution on the Investor Awareness Sessions in Maharashtra, as part of our mission of spreading Financial Literacy in the state. The sessions were thoroughly engaging and were bolstered by the presence of eminent personalities who interacted with the attendees. We look forward to more such collaborations towards our mission to empower investors through our – Jaanoge Tabhi Toh Maanoge series.”

Adding to the same, Ajit Nair, National Sales Head, Lokmat Media says, “At Lokmat we have created impactful on ground connect directly with target audience for brands through various innovative programs across the state. Our widespread reach and best understanding of the local nuances in Maharashtra has helped us execute various such brand programmes seamlessly. With a large team across the state coupled with our print we can create unique brand solutions that enhance the brand experience with their target audience.”

Lokmat Connect houses various forums as well as engagement activities and events to create an instant connect with consumers, brands, women, youth, children, artists and entrepreneurs; spanning all aspects centered around societal development. The forums currently listed under the entity include Lokmat Knowledge Forum, Lokmat Sakhi Manch, Lokmat Yuva, Lokmat Bal Vikas Manch and Lokmat Campus Club.

July 13, 2016