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Bihar Native Pratyush Prabhakar Elected VP at Harvard Kennedy School
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News18•07-10-2026, 16:21
Bihar Native Pratyush Prabhakar Elected VP at Harvard Kennedy School
- •Pratyush Prabhakar from Patna, Bihar, has been elected as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.
- •Students from over 96 countries participated in the election where Pratyush won as an Edward S. Mason Fellow.
- •He holds degrees from NIT Nagpur and IIM Calcutta, and qualified for JRF in five subjects before pursuing his Ph.D.
- •Pratyush previously worked as a policy and communications advisor in the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
- •During his student days at NIT Nagpur, he founded an initiative called Prayaas to connect with rural Indian issues.
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Pratyush Prabhakar won the student union election at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he was elected as the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Pratyush completed his early education at St. Xavier's High School in Patna, earned a B.Tech from NIT Nagpur, and obtained an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He also pursued a Ph.D. after qualifying for JRF in five subjects.
Before arriving at Harvard, Pratyush worked with the Government of India as a policy and communications advisor in the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Railways.
