Pranav Chaithanya

Pranav is a seasoned Non-Profit Leader, with experience across Teaching, Strategy, and Operations. His focus for the past decade has been on Education, starting out as a teacher at a low income school in Ahmedabad to currently leading the Early Childhood Education Program in Telangana's Anganwadis. An avid traveller, Pranav has travelled in 29 of the 36 States and Union Territories of India.

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11 Years

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Work Experience

Rocket Learning (EKHO Foundation)

Pranav Chaithanya is a strategic education and EdTech leader with over a decade of experience driving large-scale programs, partnerships, and policy initiatives across India. As Program Leader at Rocket Learning, he heads Telangana’s state program impacting 1,00,000+ children in Anganwadis, building scalable systems for expansion to 3 million learners. Previously, as Lead Consultant with the Commissioner of School Education, he established a state PMU covering 27,000+ schools, authored policy briefs influencing ₹1,000+ crore allocations, and led ministerial initiatives. His earlier roles span market entry consulting, corporate engagement at Great Learning, strategic partnerships at 321 Education Foundation, and service delivery leadership at Maverick Edutech. Beginning as a Teach For India Fellow, Pranav’s career reflects a blend of grassroots insight and executive-level strategy in education, innovation, and systems change.

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Education

Bachelors - BBA from Christ University, Bangalore (2011-2014)

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