Phanidhar Palakoti

Mr. Palakoti has over 25 years of remarkable IT industry experience. He has worked with multiple MNCs, where he spent over 15 years with Microsoft in Strategy Consulting and Leaderships roles.

While at Microsoft, Mr. Palakoti played a key role in influencing Microsoft technologies and solutions to Global Enterprises, Mid-Markets and Governments. During his stint at Microsoft, he was involved in driving worldwide initiatives and setting a presales practice for cloud productivity. His leadership at Microsoft helped in driving strategic IT initiatives with global enterprises and was also instrumental in driving large scale e-governance and citizen service initiatives in India like eSeva, APOnline, Bhoomi and State Data Centers. With his strong executive presence, customer relationship, and technical competencies, Mr. Palakoti was considered as a trusted advisor to many enterprises. Prior to Microsoft, he had served as Country Head, Project Manager and Technical Lead in various organizations.

Stronger leadership, passion for technology, high determination and vast professional experience at the backdrop, he has founded companies PALS Global Solutions and PALS AGRI eCONNECT.

Mr. Palakoti holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science Engineering and Maters in Business Administration from a reputed university.