Arjun Shekhar

Co-founder @Pravah

New Delhi, IN

Pravah was seeded in 1993, with the intent to create safe spaces for adolescents and youth to form their own opinions, worldview, bring about change within themselves and the society around them. Our education system is geared towards providing youth with skills to have a secure career and future however it does not prepare them adequately with skills to navigate life. We realise that to invest in nurturing lifelong learners it is critical to equip one with these skills in their adolescence or young adulthood. Pravah views youth through the youth centric development lens which focuses on building their leadership potential. Young people are viewed through various lenses in our society. We work with young people from diverse backgrounds to build their agency and enable them to act, such that they become self-aware, deeply empathetic, socially responsible leaders. Pravah has reached out to 7 Lakh adolescents and youth, strengthened over youth engaging and youth led organisations across India and impacted 15 Million lives. Our national presence is through long term, quality partnerships with youth led organisations across India. Over the years we have reached out to in-school and out of school adolescents, youth in colleges, young social entrepreneurs, educators, youth facilitators and youth development organizations to create a nurturing ecosystem for youth centric development.

XLRI Jamshedpur

Postgraduate Degree, Human Resources Management

Delhi School of Economics

Master's degree, Economics