Summary
Pratul Kalia is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building mobile-first products and founding multiple startups. Currently Head of Engineering at Putting Scene, he previously co-founded and led Tramline and spent eight years as Co-Founder & CTO at Obvious, giving him deep expertise in product-led technical strategy. He was Practo’s first mobile engineer, shipping their initial Android app, and earlier contributed to open-source through Google Summer of Code, showing long-standing commitment to community projects. Comfortable oscillating between hands-on engineering and executive leadership, he excels at taking early-stage mobile and web ideas to market. Based in Bengaluru, he blends startup grit with institutional rigor from collaborations with institutions like IIT Kanpur. A less obvious strength is his track record of repeatedly stepping into first-hire and founder roles, indicating a talent for establishing engineering culture from day one.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Delhi Public School - India
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at Maharshi Dayanand University