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Ranjan Mistry(born 14th March 1996) is first generation an Indian Social Entrepreneur,Thinker,Educationist,Journalist and Researcher.

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Ranjan Mistry
Born (1996-03-14) March 14, 1996 (age 28)
Nationality Indian
Education IIT Kharagpur
Occupation Social Entrepreneur
Organization Campus Varta, Womenia Chakra, Women School of Entrepreneurship, Womenia Story, Hunar Didi
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Early Life

Ranjan Mistry was born and brought up to Shri Gopal Sharma and Sudama Devi in Gaya & Patna,Bihar on 14th March, 1996 and raised in a lower middle class family.

Career

Mr. Mistry started his career as a teacher accidentally by taking tuition when he was in Std. 6th grade for paying my english coaching classes fees.After that, He taught several students and even he took classes to my own classmates in the classes in the lack of teachers in the school.Also, he started taking classes in slum areas with few students of BIT Patna as slum clearance projects.Till now, Mistry has taught more than 10K Students.He also brings education in 10 Naxal affected villages of Gaya by providing teachers regularly for more 2-3 years continuously, after each 2-3 months teachers left the school, then again and again he tried to bring new teacher. In 2016, he emerge as a Social Entrepreneur.

Currently, Ranjan Mistry is one of the youngest Serial Social Entrepreneur and think tank of Bihar known for developing entrepreneurial atmosphere in Bihar. He is the founding member of Patna University Incubation Hub(PUI-Hub),first of it's kinds of Incubation Center cum E-Cell in Bihar at University Level. In 2017, he founded Campus Varta,India's first edtech media and discovery platform that enables and connects rural students.

Ranjan Mistry is the first one from Bihar nominated for Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 as a semifinalist in 2019.In 2018, He joined as one the youngest advisory board member of Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh(BMUS), which empowers women in Bihar. He is a renowned speaker, visiting faculty, and industry. He has been mentoring more than 150+ Startups across the country.Mr. Mistry Launched a Program Nxt100 in which Mistry will make 100 Entrepreneurs and personally mentor and guide them at free of cost. He founded Womenia Chakra Foundation, Women School of Entrepreneurship to fuel entrepreneurial leadership spirit in the last mile girls and women.

In 2015, Ranjan Mistry Proposed to Open Patna School of Economics in 2015 which later changed their name as Patliputra School of Economics on the line based on London School of Economics and Delhi School of Economics.He also proposed and design the Proposal to Open Incubation Center and Entrepreneurship Cell at University Level such as in Patna University, Patliputra University,Purnea University, Magadh University and Central University of South Bihar. In 2019, He proposed to Open Robotics Research Center in Bihar to State Government.

Awards and Recognition

  • Finalist of Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2019
  • REX Karamveer Global Fellowship
  • REX Karamveer Chakra Award
  • Vivekanand Award – Best Youth of the year 2018
  • Samajik Utkrishta Samman
  • Bihar Excellency Award – Social Hero
  • Invited as a Speaker in TMTC Pune, IIT Bombay,IIEST Shibpur, DD Bihar, IIIT R.K Valley,Patna Women’s College,Magadh Mahila College,Darbhanga Engineering College and many more.
  • Invited for TEDx Talk, SEETalks in IIT Bombay


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