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Biography

Pramod is an Executive Director at Securities & Exchange Board of India, handling Department of Debt & Hybrid Securities (DDHS), Enquiries and Adjudication Department (EAD), Quasi-Judicial Cell & acting as a quasi-judicial authority. Pramod is also a member of the Assessment Committee of IOSCO. Pramod has extensive experience in Indian financial services sector, having served as Group General Counsel at ICICI group, General Counsel for Citi South Asia cluster, as a partner at IndusLaw & as General Counsel of ICICI Bank, with many professional accomplishments in such roles. He also served as a member of Board of Directors of ICICI Securities Ltd, ICICI Prudential Trust Ltd, ICICI Trusteeship Services Ltd, & as a member of National Committee for Regulatory Affairs of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), of Advisory Council of Sahamati & of SEBI Subcommittee for Regulatory Sandbox. Pramod has a deep interest in Fintech, LawTech & startups: He co-founded a LawTech enterprise, & served as a Board member of 2 startups. He also advised & mentored startups under the aegis of ICICI Bank’s Startup Engagement Team & its Innovation Lab, NSRCEL of IIM Bangalore, SINE of IIT Bombay & of No Changemaker Left Behind program by Agami. He has also led piloting and adoption of innovative approaches and technology-led solutions for various business, operational & legal requirements. He has collaborated on certain iSPIRT projects including Sahay-GeM & Sahamati AA Ecosystem. He has played a pivotal role in conceptualizing & adoption of online dispute resolution (ODR) at ICICI Bank & digital ecosystems such as Sahamati, Sahay GeM, Sahay GST & ONDC. He also engaged with policy makers, the government & the judiciary on ODR, which culminated in Niti Aayog committee report on Designing the Future of Dispute Resolution: The ODR Policy Plan for India, https://bit.ly/3AVS247, & in the launch of ODR Handbook: www.disputeresolution.online Pramod has also been associated with IDIA – Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access – an NGO dedicated to assisting students from underprivileged backgrounds in attending premier law schools in India. He has served as a founding member of Governing Board of NLSIU Alumni Association from 2015-2020. He has participated in & contributed to various law and regulatory reform initiatives of the government, regulators & industry forums, and written or contributed to several papers containing his personal view and opinions on matters of law and policy including for SCC Blog, IndiaCorplaw Blog, ARIA and for reputed digital business news platforms.