Prukalpa Shankar

Prukalpa Sankar is the co-founder of SocialCops, a data intelligence company where she leads partner relationships, business, and strategy. She spent five years working in India on driving data science for projects including developing the National Data Platform for India and the Sustainable Development Goals tracker for the United Nations, which has been implemented in three countries. She has been recognized as a CNBC TV-18 Young Business Woman, and was also featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30, Fortune India 40 Under 40, and Forbes India 30 Under 30 lists. Prukalpa holds a B.E. degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Entrepreneurship from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to founding SocialCops, she completed brief stints at Goldman Sachs and Exxon Mobil Corporation. She is passionate about data, swears by a good cup of coffee, and hopes to be a published author someday.