Pravesh Dudani

Mr. Pravesh Dudani is the Founder & Chancellor of Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim and the Managing Director of the sponsoring body of the University – Medhavi Foundation. Mr Dudani is an IIT Kharagpur and Stanford University alumni and brings 15+ years of Education & Skills leadership experience into MSU.

Mr. Dudani founded Medhavi Foundation in 2012 with the vision to bridge the gap between the employability of the rural youths and the manpower requirements of industries. Under his leadership, Medhavi Foundation has partnered with National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) and various State Skill Missions and Government departments to implement NSQF (National Skills Qualification Framework) aligned Skill training mandates and has impacted 1,00,000+ beneficiaries since 2012 via various short term, long term and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) training initiatives. The Foundation has also become a registered TPA (Third Party Aggregator) with MSDE to promote Apprenticeship adoption under NAPS (National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme) and caters to 300+ organisations across India.

In his previous entrepreneurial venture, he co-founded iDreamCareer.com (iDC) which is now India’s one of the largest career planning service providers catering to 50,000 students globally. Mr. Dudani made a successful exit from iDreamCareer.com post investment round by Times of India Group.

After graduating from IIT Kharagpur, Mr Dudani worked with renowned Education companies to gain experience in various facets of the Education domain. He worked with Educomp Solutions Ltd as head for K12 assessment space catering to more than 500 schools and later worked with IndiaCan Education Pvt. Ltd. in the space of vocational education and University education segment.

Mr. Dudani has attended Tata Jagriti Yatra and actively takes part in social causes and initiatives. He was selected as one of the top 14 entrepreneurs in India by CNBC TV 18 for its award show Masterpreneurs. He was also one of the top 50 global change leaders at Stanford University for Social Entrepreneurship in 2015. He is passionate about the huge potential of our young generation and plays an active role in youth leadership by helping them make better careers for themselves.