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Pramath Raj Sinha

Designation:
Founder and Trustee, Ashoka University; Founding Dean, ISB
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania; M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania; B.Tech. Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Pramath Raj Sinha is one of India’s most influential education leaders and institution builders, with a track record of founding and shaping some of the country’s most significant higher education initiatives. He was the Founding Dean of the Indian School of Business, where he played a pivotal role in building it into a globally recognised management institution, and is the co-founder of Ashoka University, one of India’s leading liberal arts universities.

His leadership spans consulting and media, including roles as Partner at McKinsey & Company and Managing Director and CEO of the ABP Group. He later founded 9.9 Media and went on to build Harappa Education, an online platform focused on workplace skills, which subsequently merged with upGrad. He currently leads the India operations of Albright Stonebridge Group.

He is also the author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Learn, Don’t Study.