Prasanna Lohar

Chief Innovation Officer at DCB Bank, TOP 50 CIOs, Top 100 Innovative CIOs, Digital Leader of the Year, Top 20 BFSI Leaders, Most 50 Payment Influential, Leading Indian Blockchain & Fintech Forum

Co-Chairing at FICCI Sub-Committee on Blockchain, Big Data and Analytics

Member at IAMAI Committee on Blockchain 

Member at Hyderabad Fintech Forum    

Member at Bangalore Fintech Forum  

Member at IDRBT Fintech Forum    

Member at FICCI, National Committee for Artificial Intelligence

Mentor at various AICs (Atal Incubation Centers)

Jury & Mentor for various Startup & Innovation initiatives in India

Innovation is my passion. Collabaoration is my attitude. Execution is my action.  Architecture is my Forte.

Currently I am practicing Digital Transformation, Innovation Implementation & Architecture Orchestration at DCB Bank.

I have launched Global Innovation program – “DCB Bank Innovation Carnival”. It will bring on Unique Experience of Innovation generation thru Hackathons & Accelerator programs in India. I have mentored more than 250 Startups during this program.

I am associated with Many Accelerators, Partners, Education institutes to practice Open innovation thru Hackathons & Innovation Programs.

I am working with various INNOVATION, FINTECH & BLOCKCHAIN Forums in India to create a Robust Innovation Ecosystem in India.

As part of DCB’s Digital & Architecture Transformation, I am closely associated with New & latest technology Strategy, Assimilation, Experimentation, Innovative Customer Servicing & Engagement, Robust Architecture Implementation, Fintech & Startup Alignment, Open Innovation practices, Collaboration with other Banks on various initiatives.

At DCB I have worked as Digital Bank Head & I am Part of various deliveries like India’s first Aadhaar & Biometric enabled ATM, Paperless A/c Opening – Zippi, India’s first Omni-Channel Framework for Bank,  KYC , Blockchain , Mobile banking & Mobile Apps, Open Banking & Internet Banking Initiative, Unified Payment Interface (UPI), Bharat Bill Payment, API Management, Blockchain, Switch & Cards relevant initiatives.

I have Over 19+ Years of Industry Experience in Engineering and Development, Product Development, Organization Strategy & Governance, Risk Audit Compliance Management, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile Apps, Digital Transformation, Fintech, E-Commerce, Payments, Platform & Product Innovation, Data Science, Automation, , AR & VR , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Open Stack, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Big Data, IOT, Blockchain,   UI-UX & Business Development.

In 2017-2020, I have bagged many Leadership awards Most Influential Payment Professionals, TOP 50 CIOs, Top 100 Innovative CIOs, Digital Leader of the Year, Top 20 BFSI Leaders.

I have appeared in many BFSI & Industrial Conferences as Key-Note Speaker & contributed to ecosystem.