Background
He was born as the youngest of six siblings in Murshidabad, West Bengal in India.
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Pravin Mishra
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University of Calcutta. Government College of Art & Craft. National Institute of Design.
Career
He painted number-plates of vehicles and billboards during his school days. He obtained a bachelor"s degree from the Government College of Art & Craft at the University of Calcutta and later received a post-graduate degree in Animation Film Design from the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India. In conjunction with classical singer Nirali Udeshi-Shah, he painted for a live audience as Udeshi-Shah performed classical Indian music in Ahmedabad.
In 2010, IBN profiled him in its series on vision for India 2020.
Along with a group of his students created a mural on a wall in Ahmedabad depicting the city’s diversity. He conducts art workshops in design schools across India.
Pravin is an Associate Professor and Director of the Crafting Creative Communication (Commodity Credit Corporation) program at MICA, Ahmedabad.
Achievements
Politics
In 2007, he ran unsuccessfully on behalf of the New Socialist Movement party for the position of Member of the Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) in Gujarat from Maninagar against the incumbent Narendra Modi.
