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Shri Rahul Karad’s

Shri Rahul Karad is the Vice President of the MAEER’S MIT Group of Institutions, Pune founded by Hon. Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad. Shri Rahul Karad has always stood out in the education fraternity for innovativeness in academia and ushering in change through numerous social initiatives such as the Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (Indian Youth Parliament).

Today, he is at the forefront for imparting value based quality education - in a variety of disciplines such as Governance and Polity, Engineering Arts, Commerce, Science, Media, Journalism, Film & Television and Management Education at graduate and undergraduate levels. Shri Rahul Karad is also the Executive Director of MAEER’s MIT School of Management Group. He is also the member of National Service Scheme Advisory Committee, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, and Central Selection Committee, National Youth Awards, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.

Early Life and Education He was born in 1975 to Dr. Vishwanath Karad and Urmila Karad, and spent his childhood in the city of Pune. He completed his schooling from MES Bhave High School, Pune, India and pursued his Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) from Laxmanrao Apte College, Pune, India. He graduated with Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from MAEER’s Maharashtra Institute of Technology and secured First Class with Distinction. He followed this up with Management Education Cardiff Business School in 2000 and Owner President Management Program ( OPM ) from Harvard Business School in 2006. He is married to Dr. Aditi Karad who is Executive Director of the 300 bed multi-specialty VishwaRaj Hospital at Loni, Pune. He has two school-going children, a son and a daughter. Some of the major initiatives that Shri Rahul Karad has founded and is a convener include:

Young Parliamentary Conference He was also instrumental in organizing the first Young Parliamentary Conference in August 2004 in Pune.

MIT School of Government (MITSOG) He founded the MIT School of Government (MITSOG) in 2005. This institute is only one of its kind across India-Asia and the only to train future political leaders of the country on the lines of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad – BCS (Indian Student Parliament) Shri Rahul Karad is the Convener of the BCS and founded this highly impactful social initiative under the aegis of MIT School of Government (MITSOG) in 2011. It can be described as the biggest classroom across the country where 10,000 plus youth actively participate from across the nation every year. The main idea behind this youth parliament is to offer a common platform to the younger generation to express their views and to interact with political leaders and thinkers. The focus of the event is to ignite and ingrain the spirit of democracy and leadership in today’s youth and also to instill socially sensitive values in them. BCS has become a platform for creating ethical, spirited and competent public leadership in the country that will help in shaping the country’s policies, make democracy vibrant and bridge the chasm the way we are being governed and the way we actually want to be governed.

Bharat Asmita National Awards Shri Rahul Karad is the driving force behind Bharat Asmita National Awards, which are National Level Annual Awards to felicitate management thinkers, journalists and people in the forefront of Indian parliamentary practices who have contributed to the process of nation building.

National Teachers Congress Shri Rahul Karad has been at the forefront for conceptualizing and conducting India’s first National Teachers Congress in Sept 2016. The objective of the Congress is to inspire teachers of Higher Education (undergraduate and post graduate colleges) from across the nation. The idea to have extensive deliberations and dialogue with more than 8000 teachers every year so that the teachers can create a much deeper and wider impact on the society instead of such restricting themselves to imparting and creating knowledge.