Pratyush is a seasoned development professional with over 7 years of dedicated experience towards the upliftment of marginalized sections of the society. He is a voracious change agent and a post-graduate in Rural Management, from XISS, Ranchi. Desirous of upgrading his skills he later pursued a management degree from XLRI and ECP in Operations management and a green belt in Six Sigma from IIM Raipur. He has been dabbled in development of the diaspora of Bihar through association with BRLPS, Government of Bihar. Pratyush has extensively operationalized development indicators through social mobilization, capacity building and livelihood promotion. Back in the state capital Patna for more than 5 years, he has been actively involved at the state level for partnership actions through knowledge management, advocacy, governance, consulting and multi-stakeholder management.

Moreover, working with Women Development Corporation he has expertise of women status, domestic violence, human rights, child protection and their rights-based approach towards a better Bihar. He is a strong believer in dispersing knowledge and experience in bringing change and with the intention he has written papers which were published in many esteemed journals like World Bank, FAO, IFAD, Indian Journal of Allied Sciences, and others.