Karan Prakash

About Karan Prakash

Karan is a Senior Manager within PwC, Delivering Deal Value (DDV) practice. He has ~11 years of experience working with EY Parthenon Canada, EYP India, Deloitte Canada M&A practice and BDO Canada in M&A, Due-Diligence, Day 1-100 readiness/ planning/ execution, IPO Assessment & Readiness, Corporate Strategy, Technology and Process Improvement consulting. He worked in financial services, private equity, joint venture, e-commerce, mining, and public sector across North America, Central America, UK, Middle-East, Australia, Japan and India. Karan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada and Bachelors of Technology from WBUT, India. He is a PMP, PROSCI-ADKAR, and Six Sigma certified professional. Experience- Worked on end-to-end M&A lifecycle, with 30+ IT & Ops due diligence and carveouts, 6 sell-side IT QoE, 5+ sign-to-close and M&A execution projects, and 5-6 IPO assessment projects- Led operational carve-out due diligence for an IT MSP, based in US, and Global Capability Center (GCC) in education sector, analysing functional dependencies on the Parent organization. Assessed and validated Transition Service Agreements (TSAs) and associated costs. Defined interim and target state operating models, identified standalone cost structures, and developed comprehensive Day 1 readiness and Hypercare planning checklists for the target entity- Performed IT Due-Diligence for one of the largest Telecom and IT service providers that was trying to acquire 13 subsidiary firms of a large Managed Service Provider based out of Toronto, Canada- Led a sell-side IT Due-diligence (carve-out) for the second largest Oil and gas firm in Canada, having footprints in US; analysed the entanglement with the Parent and advised on standalone costs and future state organisation structure; estimated IT QoE and created separation planning documents for the carveout entity- Performed IT Due-Diligence for a strategic investor in a leading energy company based out of UK, that was trying to gain market entry in US- Conducted IPO assessment and readiness exercise, focusing on IT, for the UK subsidiary of a large restaurant company in the world- Led a sell-side IT due-diligence (carve-out) for a large renewable energy producer based in Canada; estimated bottom-up standalone cost and IT QoEYou can contact him at: k••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   PwC

   Apr 2026 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   M&A Strategy, Operations Due Diligence, Carveout, Integration and Separation

Education

• West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2008 — 2012

• Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

  PGDM

  2016 — 2018

• Schulich School of Business - York University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy consulting and finance

  2017 — 2018