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Dr Prachi Mishra

Dean, Ashoka School of Economics and Finance & Director, Isaac Centre for Public Policy,Ashoka University

Education

PhD, Columbia University

Fields

Macroeconomics, Public Policy, Financial Markets

Bio

Professor Prachi Mishra is the Dean of Ashoka University's School of Economics and Finance and directs its Isaac Centre for Public Policy. She holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. Her previous work includes senior roles at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Goldman Sachs, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as well as advisory positions at India's Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council.

At Pravaha, she will teach courses spanning financial markets, monetary policy, and international macroeconomics. Pravaha Fellows will learn how organisations such as the IMF and RBI operate and how their decisions impact business decisions and everyday lives.

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LEARN WHAT MATTERS

A Curriculum That Puts You Ahead

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The Pravaha curriculum prepares you for a world where careers, industries and technologies are constantly evolving. Learn across disciplines, solve complex problems, and build the capabilities to turn ideas into action.

Subject Focus Areas

01

Data

To uncover patterns and make better decisions

02

AI

To use emerging technology to create, solve and innovate

03

Design

To define problems and prototype solutions

04

Business

To sharpen insights and shape future growth

05

Leadership

To align people and turn ideas into action

Curriculum Cores

Functional Core
450 Hours
What You Learn
  1. Microeconomics
  2. Finance
  3. Data & Decisions
  4. Accounting Basics
  5. Design Thinking
How You Learn
  • Case studies on market failures, pricing decisions, competitive dynamics
  • Simulations: build and stress-test a basic financial model
  • Working with real datasets; structured decision-making exercises
  • Case-based; read and interpret actual company financials
Outputs You Create
  • Written analysis of a real market or industry
  • A financial model for a fictional or real organisation
  • A data-backed recommendation memo
  • Annotated P&L and balance sheet of a chosen company
Workplace Core
250 Hours
What You Learn
  1. Organisational Behaviour
  2. Project Management
  3. Communication at Work
How You Learn
  • Case studies on culture failures and turnarounds; group simulations
  • Live project with milestones, dependencies, and a real deadline
  • Role plays, writing workshops, feedback loops across the years
Outputs You Create
  • A project plan delivered and reviewed by peers or faculty
  • A portfolio of workplace writing: emails, briefs, proposals
Personal Core
250 Hours
What You Learn
  1. Personal Identity & Purpose
  2. The Writing Lab
  3. Leading With Intention
  4. Courses On Art Appreciation, Films, Literature
How You Learn
  • Reflective seminars, 1:1 mentorship conversations, peer dialogue
  • Weekly writing practice, editorial feedback, peer critique
  • Simulations, leadership case studies, 360 feedback exercises
  • Seminars, close reading, group discussion
Outputs You Create
  • A personal narrative document revisited across terms
  • A curated writing portfolio by end of fellowship
  • A personal leadership philosophy: written and presented
  • A critical response essay or curated personal reading list
Experience Core
250 Hours
What You Learn
  1. The Business Lifecycle
  2. Marketing
  3. Operations
How You Learn
  • Hands-on tool exploration, practitioner sessions, product teardowns
  • Case studies from startup to scale to exit
  • Live brief from a real or simulated organisation
  • Process mapping exercises, operations case studies
Outputs You Create
  • A lifecycle analysis of one Indian company
  • A marketing strategy document or campaign proposal
  • A process audit and improvement proposal for a real organisation

Indicative Courses

Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4

Aug – Oct 2027

Functional

  • Orientation week: fellowship overview, cohort building
  • Microeconomics: markets, incentives, pricing logic
  • Finance: time value of money, reading financial statements
  • Data & Decisions: data literacy, how to read evidence
  • Accounting Basics: P&L, balance sheet fundamentals

Workplace

  • Organisational Behaviour: how organisations work, power and culture
  • Communication at Work: written communication, email, meeting etiquette
  • Project Management: planning basics, task breakdown, time management

Personal

  • Personal Identity & Purpose: values clarification, personal narrative
  • The Writing Lab begins: weekly writing sprints, peer critique
  • Art, films, literature: foundational curated series

Experience

  • The Business Lifecycle: stages of an organisation, what drives each stage
  • Industry immersion: sector overview sessions with practitioners
  • Operations: how organisations are structured and run

Nov 2027 – Jan 2028

Functional

  • Microeconomics: competition, regulation, market failure
  • Finance: valuation, investment logic, capital structure
  • Data & Decisions: statistical reasoning, avoiding misuse of data
  • AI-augmented reasoning: using AI tools in analysis and synthesis
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking: opportunity recognition, risk-taking, venture building

Workplace

  • Project Management: scoping, planning, managing timelines 
and stakeholders
  • Organisational Behaviour: decision-making under uncertainty, managing up
  • Communication at Work: presenting to senior audiences, stakeholder communication

Personal

  • Leading with Intention: leadership philosophy, managing self and others
  • The Writing Lab: opinion writing, argument structure
  • Art, films, literature: curated series with structured discussion

Experience

  • Growth: how businesses grow and remain sustainable
  • Operations: how organisations deliver at scale
  • Live project begins: fellows embedded in a real organisation

Feb – Apr 2028

Functional

  • Finance: reading a company, investment decision
  • Data & Decisions: fellows design and run a data analysis on a real brief
  • Macroeconomics: inflation, growth, and policy tradeoffs
  • Marketing: positioning, customer insight, and channel choice
  • Branding: identity, perception, and brand equity

Workplace

  • Project Management: fellows lead a scoped project with a real brief
  • Communication at Work: influence, negotiation, presenting with conviction
  • Organisational Behaviour: applied — diagnosing a real organisation's culture

Personal

  • Leading with Intention: applied leadership — fellows lead a team sprint
  • The Writing Lab: personal essay, edited to publishable standard
  • Art, films, literature: curated series with reflections

Experience

  • The AI Stack: how AI is reshaping industries, sector-specific use cases
  • Industry deep-dive: fellows pick a sector and conduct an original analysis
  • Live project: midpoint review, course correction with practitioner mentor

May – Jul 2028

Functional

  • Strategy: competitive positioning, growth choices, tradeoffs
  • Negotiation: structuring deals, persuasion, stakeholder alignment
  • Operations: process design, resource allocation, execution tradeoffs
  • Leadership: decision-making under pressure, team accountability
  • Ethics: judgment calls, conflicts of interest, responsible choices

Workplace

  • Showcase preparation: project documentation, stakeholder communication
  • Leadership lab: fellows reflect on their growth as a professional
  • Communication at work: representing yourself and your work externally

Personal

  • The Writing Lab: final portfolio — curated set of writing across the year
  • Personal narrative: fellows articulate who they are and where they are going
  • Art, films, literature: final series and cohort showcase of cultural responses

Experience

  • Live project: final delivery to partner organisation
  • Public showcase: fellows present work to external audience of practitioners, employers, and partners
  • Career roadmap: individual next-step planning with mentor
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Learning Experience

Fellows learn through faculty-led classroom modules and immersive real-world experiences.

Projects

Work on real business problems through live projects with organisations

Labs

Build capabilities in AI, communication and English language skills through 1:1 guidance

Showcase

Create tangible proof of work through demos and projects for prospective employers

Studio

Practise leadership and workplace empathy through simulations and role plays