Biography
Prashanth Guru Srinivas is a first generation entrepreneur and has incubated new businesses in the spheres of Technology, IT and Real estate development. Since 2011 to currently, Co-Founded – Catalytic Think Tank Forum, Bangalore with Lt Gen. Ramesh Halgali (Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Chairman – Catalytic) & two others, dealing with Defence Technology, National Security, Strategic Affairs & Nation Building. Key projects in Catalytic, where he has played an instrumental role, include – “Bagalkot Strategic Development Plan”, Evolution of the concept of ‘District Development Plans’, North Karnataka Tourism Development & Badami – World Heritage city.
In last 18 months, under the Chairmanship of Dr V K Saraswat (Member – NITI Aayog) and Nobel Laureate Chair – Prof Surya Prakash (University of Southern California), as ‘Core Expert Group Member – Methanol’ constituted by NITI Aaayog is the forefront of introducing a new alternative fuel of ‘Methanol’ and is actively engaged in the road map development of “Methanol Economy for India.”