From The
Chancellor's Desk

MR. PRAVESH DUDANI

Mr. Pravesh Dudani is the Founder and 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 and leadership experience to MSU. Mr. Dudani founded the Medhavi Foundation in 2012 with the vision of bridging the gap between the employability of rural youths and manpower requirements in industry.

Mr. Dudani is the pillar of cultivating transformative changes. Under his forward-thinking leadership, the Medhavi Foundation has partnered with the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) and various state skill missions and Government departments to implement NSQF (National Skills Qualification Framework) aligned with skill training initiative and manpower resource betterment. It mandates and has supported 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+ organizations across India.

In his previous entrepreneurial venture, he co-founded the remarkable iDreamCareer.com (iDC), which is India’s leading and largest career-planning service provider catering to 50,000 students globally. Mr. Dudani excels in his discipline to make a strong educational infrastructure. In IDreamCareer.com, there is an investment by the Times of India Group. After graduating from IIT Kharagpur, Mr. Dudani worked with the different educational institutions to stand for knowledge, innovation, and community engagement.

Mr. Dudani worked with the Educomp Solutions Ltd as head. In this organization, Mr. Dudani has taken over the K12 assessment space to provide education to more than 500 schools. After that, Mr. Pravesh Dudani has worked with the IndiaCan Education Pvt. Ltd for vocational education. His diversity of thought and knowledge has made him remarkable in the education sector. In the space of vocational education and university education, this is a milestone to adapt new modes of learning and collaboration. He is a person in education with excellence. Mr. Dudani has attended the Tata Jagriti Yatra and actively participated in social causes and initiatives. Mr. Dudani is recognised 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 a person who incorporates creative solutions, transformative initiatives, innovation, and change. His meaningful contribution to education and the youth development has manifested collective growth and better careers.