Prameela Kalive

Prameela Kalive is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Mastek. As part of the Executive Leadership Team, she spearheads global delivery and operational excellence and leads cross-functional groups that include the order-to-cash processes and CIO functions.

Being the First Woman COO of the Indian IT Industry and a strong advocate of the 'Customer First' mindset, Prameela has over three decades of industry experience spanning multiple global portfolios including Software Delivery, Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Innovation, HR and Practice Development. Interestingly, she started her career as a Missile Scientist with the DRDO and was part of the esteemed AGNI and AKAASH Missile Development teams where she worked under the leadership of honourable Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Before joining Mastek, she was the COO at Zensar Technologies and was an integral part of Zensar’s growth story for the past 22 years.

Prameela holds Masters Degrees in Digital Engineering and Business Administration and is an alumnus of Osmania University, the London School of Economics and the Indian School of Business.