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Prashant Kumar

CEO - Bharat Express Digital
Chief Advisor to the Chairman & Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief

Mr. Prashant Kumar is a digital, media and growth transformation leader with 18+ years of experience across strategy, technology, AI, marketing and business transformation, having worked with leading organisations including Amazon, IBM, Adidas and Tata Consumer Products.

At Bharat Express, he leads transformation, audience growth, technology, partnerships, monetisation and new business initiatives to build a scalable, future-ready media ecosystem.

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BRICS is exploring greater data sovereignty, but building an independent cloud ecosystem will require infrastructure, cybersecurity, software capacity and regulatory coordination.

BRICS generic medicine coalitions could lower healthcare costs through pooled procurement, regulatory cooperation, local production and affordable medicine access.

BRICS Network University is expanding research and academic mobility opportunities for Indian students through university exchanges and cross-border collaborations.

BRICS may expand maritime cooperation in the Indian Ocean, but a permanent joint patrol remains unlikely due to strategic differences and existing regional mechanisms.

Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam gain diplomatic access, economic opportunities and strategic flexibility through BRICS partner-country status.

BRICS is calling for $1 trillion in climate finance from the Global North to support clean energy, adaptation and loss and damage.

The proposed BRICS Incubator Network could help Indian deep-tech startups access global partners, pilots, markets and funding beyond Silicon Valley.

BRICS is developing alternative payment systems to reduce reliance on SWIFT and strengthen local-currency trade.

The BRICS interbank payment system seeks to expand local-currency settlement and alternative payment routes, potentially reducing reliance on SWIFT and the dollar-centred financial system.

BRICS nations, led by China, influence key lithium, rare earth, nickel and graphite supply chains that support the global EV industry.