Ranjan Mistry, a college dropout, is one of the youngest social entrepreneurs from Bihar and think tank of Bihar, mostly known for designing entrepreneurial atmosphere in Bihar and bring education in 10 Naxal affected Villages of Gaya.
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Mr. Mistry was first one from Bihar nominated for Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 by Forbes Asia.Mr. Mistry Launched a Program Nxt100 in which Mistry will make 100 Entrepreneurs and personally mentor and guide them at free of cost. He is the founding member of Patna University Incubation Hub(PUI-Hub), first of its kind of Incubation Center cum E-Cell in Bihar at University Level.
He is the founder of Campus Varta, India’s first edtech media and discovery platform that enables and connects rural students. He is a renowned speaker, visiting faculty, industry
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. He is from Small Village Chakauri Bigha of Tankuppa Block which is surrounded by small hills from all four sides in Gaya, Bihar.
The location is so beautiful but unfortunately known for most Naxal affected areas where there is a school, even not a single teacher willing to stay before 2016. He completed his schooling from Jesus Christ High School, Patna, and New Delhi Public School North S.K. Puri, Patna.
Later, He did his 11th from D.A.V B.S.E.B Colony where he has been expelled from the school due to not paying school, and then finally he topped his school in intermediate from Bhuwaneshwari Dayal High School, Maner Talpa. In all, he cleared as many as 10 engineering entrance exams, including that for the NIT Patna, MIT Pune, LNCT Bhopal, Jadavpur University, VIT Vellore, and many more, but didn’t take admission due to financial problem.
Family
Ranjan has two brothers and six sisters.
Favorite Things
Foods: Chhat and Samosa
Colors: Black & White
Sports: Cricket
Actor: Allu Arjun
Actress: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Films: Indira The Tiger
Early Career
Mr. Mistry started his career as a teacher accidentally by taking tuition when he was in Std. 6th grade for paying his English coaching class fees. After that, He taught several students, and even he took classes to his 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 emerges as a Social Entrepreneur. Currently, Ranjan Mistry is one of the youngest Serial Social Entrepreneur and think tank of Bihar known for developing an entrepreneurial atmosphere in Bihar.
He is the founding member of Patna University Incubation Hub(PUI-Hub), first of its kind 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.
After Career
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.
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 the 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 Levels such as in Patna University, Patliputra University, Purnea University, Magadh University, and the Central University of South Bihar. In 2019, He proposed to Open Robotics Research Center in Bihar to State Government.
Facts
- Ranjan was born into a Hindu Indian middle-class family from the village Chakauri Bigha in the district of Gaya, Bihar.
- He also better known as the Next Generation Think Tank of Bihar.
- Ranjan Mistry is extremely active on social media platforms and doesn’t hesitate to express his views on a wide range of issues, ranging from politics to current affairs.
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