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| name = Praveen Chakravarty<br />
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| birth_place = India<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| occupation = venture capital and banking<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.praveenchakravarty.in/}}<br />
| office = President<br>[[All India Professionals Congress]]<br />
| term_start = 15 November 2023<br />
| predecessor = [[Shashi Tharoor]] <br />
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'''Praveen Chakravarty''' is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. He took over as chairperson of the [[All India Professionals' Congress]] from [[Shashi Tharoor]] on 15 November 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-15 |title=Praveen Chakravarty takes over from Shashi Tharoor to head All India Professionals' Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/praveen-chakravarty-takes-over-from-shashi-tharoor-to-head-all-india-professionals-congress/article67537255.ece |access-date=2024-01-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Data Analytics department, appointed by Rahul Gandhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/business/praveen-chakravarty-named-congresss-data-analytics-head|title=Economist Praveen Chakravarty Named Congress' Data Analytics Head|website=The Quint|date=5 February 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> He is the brains behind SHAKTI, a project that was created to modernise the Congress party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://prime.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/66819492/technology-startups/talk-to-the-hand-can-nerds-help-revive-the-congress-party|title=Talk to the hand: Can nerds help revive the Congress party?|last=Prime|first=E. T.|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> He along with [[P. Chidambaram|P.Chidambaram]] drafted the NYAY scheme for the party's 2019 election manifesto with help from Nobel Laureate Prof. [[Abhijit Banerjee]] among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NYAY|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml4wWHBigNc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ml4wWHBigNc |archive-date=2021-12-21|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-12|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-inside-account-of-abhijit-banerjee-s-nyay-connection/story-zNfBU0AQmBxgb9Hqgk0ijP.html|title = The inside account of Abhijit Banerjee's Nyay connection|date = 16 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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Chakravarty was a political economist scholar in a think tank, an investment banker and [[angel investor]] before entering politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noise2signal.in/|title=About|website=Noise To Signal|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> It was widely reported that Chakravarty will be the Congress candidate for Member of Parliament of the [[Rajya Sabha|Upper House]] in 2021 from the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nair|first=Sobhana K.|date=2021-09-13|title=Congress eyes Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/congress-eyes-rajya-sabha-seats-in-maharashtra-tamil-nadu/article36437656.ece|access-date=2021-09-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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Praveen Chakravarthy was appointed as a member of Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) which was constituted by [[Indian National Congress]] on 2 February 2025 to monitor the conduct of free and fair elections by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref name="Congress forms panel to monitor 'conduct of free and fair elections’2">{{cite news |date=2 February 2025 |title=Congress forms panel to monitor 'conduct of free and fair elections' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/eagle-congress-sets-up-panel-to-monitor-conduct-of-fair-polls-by-eci/article69172764.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203084447/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/eagle-congress-sets-up-panel-to-monitor-conduct-of-fair-polls-by-eci/article69172764.ece |archive-date=3 February 2025 |access-date=3 February 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Praveen Chakravarty was born in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Chennai]], and is an alumnus of [[BITS Pilani]] and has an MBA from [[Wharton School]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Praveen Chakravarty started his career with [[IBM]] in Japan and moved to [[Microsoft]]. He switched to [[investment banking]] in New York and San Francisco, after receiving his [[MBA]] from Wharton School. Chakravarty moved to India to set up Thomas Weisel's India operations and 2 years later, captured headlines in a high-profile move to [[BNP Paribas]] as managing director with his entire team from Thomas Weisel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/markets/bs-people-praveen-chakravarty-111090800029_1.html|title=BS People: Praveen Chakravarty|author=Business Standard|work=business-standard.com|date=8 September 2011}}</ref> 4 years later, in a sudden move that caught everyone by surprise, he joined Nandan Nilekani's team at Aadhaar.<br />
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He is a co-founder of Mumbai Angels and is ranked among the top five angel investors in the country by a survey.<ref>{{cite web|title=Praveen Chakravarty – VCCircle|url=http://www.vccircle.com/news/general/2011/11/30/praveen-chakravarty|work=vccircle.com}}</ref> He was also a contributing editor at [[BloombergQuint]] where he hosted a popular monthly column called "Noise To Signal".<ref>{{cite web|title=BNP Paribas Honcho Praveen Chakravarty Boarding UID Project – VCCircle|url=http://www.vccircle.com/500/news/bnp-paribas-honcho-praveen-chakravarty-boarding-uid-project|work=vccircle.com}}</ref><br />
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Chakravarty has served on many corporate boards. He was the founding board member of many successful startups{{which|date=July 2025}}.<br />
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He then became a scholar in a think tank{{which|date=July 2025}} and published extensive research on India's economic divergence among its states.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Praveen Chakravarty|url=https://www.epw.in/author/praveen-chakravarty|access-date=2021-09-16|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|pages=7–8|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Chakravarty is a prolific{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} writer on India's political economy and has co-authored articles with former Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh|Dr.Manmohan Singh]] and former Finance Minister [[P. Chidambaram|P.Chidambaram]].{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}<br />
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He was a founding trustee of the data journalism non-profit, IndiaSpend and was a board member of legislative research firm, [[PRS Legislative Research|PRS Legislative]].{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}<br />
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