BIHAR'S LIGHTHOUSE INSTITUTION
Bihar had the talent, now it has the institution
Bihar has never lacked brilliance, ambition or depth of character. Pravaha is a new institution built to give that potential the education it deserves.
Pramath Raj Sinha
Co-Founder, Pravaha Fellowship; Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University; Founding Dean & Member, Executive Board, ISB
In The News
Ashoka & ISB model now in Bihar. Philanthropy, premium faculty to power Pravaha University
Multidisciplinary University Planned In Bihar By Pravaha
Pravaha Announced as Bihar’s First Globally Benchmarked Multidisciplinary University
After Nalanda, now Pravaha: A new era of global education begins in Bihar
Pravaha to Become Bihar’s First Globally Benchmarked Multidisciplinary University
The Answer Is Better Institutions, Not More
Our Founders’ Vision For Pravaha
Watch ThePrint's interview with our founders Dr Ajay Kumar and Dr Pramath Raj Sinha.
Our Campus
A home away from home for Pravaha Fellows.
Founders & Governing Council
Dr Ajay Kumar
MD, FRCP (Edinburgh), Physician & Diabetologist
Uday Shankar
Vice Chairman, JioStar; ex-CEO, Star India; ex-President, Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific
Dr Pramath Raj Sinha
Chairperson, Board of Trustees,
Ashoka University
Dr Rukmini Banerji
Senior Advisor, Pratham Education Foundation; ex-CEO Pratham
Dr Rajiva Ranjan Das
Consultant Surgeon, UK National Health Service; Royal College of Surgeons
Manjari Jaruhar
Bihar’s First Woman IPS; Former Special DG, CISF; Advisor, TCS, Isprava; Author, ‘Madam Sir’
Anuradha Shankar
IPS (Retd); Chairperson CESCI India; Member, AMI Board Amsterdam; Board Member, National Youth Project
Tripurari Sharan
Former Chief Secretary, Bihar; Former Director General, Doordarshan; Former Director, FTII
Shivanand Sinha
ex-Partner, McKinsey & Company
Shreyasi Singh
Founding Managing Partner, Jetri; ex-CEO, Harappa; ex-President, upGrad Enterprise
The founding cohort begins in August 2027. Fifty seats. Fully funded.
