Pramath Raj Sinha

He was the Founding Dean of Indian School of Business (ISB).,[1] and one of the Founders of Harappa Education,[2] 9.9 Group, Ashoka University, Vedica Scholars Programme for Women,[3] and Naropa Fellowship.

ABP owned properties such as Ananda Bazar Patrika, The Telegraph, STAR News, as well as Penguin Books India.

[7] Around 2007, Sinha was approached by Ashish Dhawan and Sanjeev Bikhchandani to build a world-class liberal arts college in India.

Around the same time, a group of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi graduates contacted Sinha to build an engineering college in the country.

Sinha also co-founded Vedica Scholars Programme for Women along with Anuradha Das Mathur, a unique alternative to traditional MBA courses.

In 2018, Sinha co-founded Naropa Fellowship, with the vision to remove barriers in the education system in the Himalayan region.

[25] In 2020, Harappa Education raised capital from James Murdoch led Lupa Systems in its first funding round.

In 2011 Penguin published Sinha's book An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Story Of The Indian School Of Business, which traces the journey of setting up the successful business school[26] In 2013, Sinha was listed by Thinkers50 as one of India's 'top 50 management thinkers'[27] and in 2015 he was named as the 'Personality of the Year' by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) for his contribution to education.