Prateek is Director of Ek Beti, Ek Cycle, a nonprofit that puts refurbished bicycles under rural high school girls. He led the volunteer programme at the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai, organises marathons, cyclothons and triathlons across India, and is now organising NextGen Climate Leaders, a youth pathway to COP31.
DirectorEk Beti, Ek Cycle
Bicycles for rural girls and a youth pathway to COP31.
The Chess Olympiad, IRONMAN Goa, endurance races and an Everest expedition.
COP29 in Baku and panels on sport and climate.
Marathon, chess, triathlon, diving and paragliding.
Excel esports finals in Las Vegas and Amsterdam.
XLRI, Hansraj, student leadership and community.
A pathway that prepares selected young people from India for COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, on 9 to 20 November 2026.
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He studied Economics at Hansraj College, Delhi University. As elected General Secretary he oversaw student welfare and organised major cultural and departmental festivals.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs invited him to represent India in China on a youth cultural exchange programme.
As a member of the XLRI Adventure and Nature Club, he headed the national management institutes expedition. It ran in batches of 10 to 25 students, from Lukla at about 2,800 m to Base Camp at 5,364 m.
More than 200 students from 20 business schools took part. Nine second year IIM Ahmedabad students were among those who made the trek in March.
After his MBA he gave up a well paid job to start his own venture with his sister, Pragnya Mohan.
Sources: Avenue Mail, 8 March 2017 and InsideIIM, January 2018.
India's first Chess Olympiad, in Chennai, with 187 countries taking part. He served as volunteer director and sponsorship director, and was part of the organising committee.
He told DT Next he had led the volunteer team since its start and selected 400 volunteers from across India. A volunteer's account on ChessBase India describes him as head of volunteers.
DT Next and ChessBase India.
His sister, Pragnya Mohan, founded the programme as an IOC Young Leaders project. The pilot started in November 2023 with 22 ninth grade girls near Ahmedabad.
Prateek is Director. He handles project logistics and carries the story to panels, partners and conferences.
He attended with UNFCCC accreditation under Global Climate Action. He spoke about Ek Beti, Ek Cycle and sport for climate action, and sat in India's seat at a plenary session.
Pragnya Mohan gave the keynote at the Sports and Climate Action panel, and a panel discussion that day included Olympic champion David Rudisha.
He reached the semifinals of the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Individual Championships in Las Vegas, where 64 players competed for 12 places in the final.
In May 2026 he was one of ten finalists in the student finals at the Excel Esports European Open in Amsterdam, and also played in the open qualifying round against professionals.
A youth pathway from training in Ahmedabad to the conference in Antalya. It pairs UN Climate Change courses and mentoring with a research paper presented at a Pre COP conference in Ahmedabad.
The organisations and programmes he has led, grouped by kind of work.
Ek Beti, Ek Cycle (Pragnya Mohan Foundation)
2023 to present
Runs project logistics and speaks for a nonprofit that puts refurbished bicycles under rural high school girls.
Ek Beti, Ek Cycle means one daughter, one cycle. His sister, Pragnya Mohan, founded it as an IOC Young Leaders project, and the programme is supported through that initiative, whose founding partner is Panasonic. The pilot began in November 2023.
Village schools often stop at class 8, so girls travel 5 to 10 km each way to a high school. The organisation says about 60% drop out without affordable transport. Private school students donate bicycles they no longer use, the bicycles are refurbished, and rural schools identify the girls who receive them. Camps of four to five days teach road confidence and basic repairs such as punctures and chains.
The programme has been covered by Olympics.com, BBC, TIME Magazine, the UN, Global Cycling Network and The Times of India. Visit Ek Beti, Ek Cycle.
NextGen Climate Leaders, COP31
2026
Organises a youth pathway that prepares selected young people from India for COP31 in Antalya.
COP31 is the UN Climate Change Conference, held 9 to 20 November 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. The programme is an 11 day journey from Ahmedabad to Ahmedabad, with separate batches for school and college students travelling in November.
44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Chennai
28 July to 9 August 2022
Led the volunteer programme for India's first Chess Olympiad and worked on sponsorship.
The Olympiad was hosted in India for the first time, in Chennai and Mamallapuram, and drew 187 countries, the largest participation in the event's history.
DT Next, ChessBase India and the Press Information Bureau.
IRONMAN 70.3 Goa
Held each year in Goa
A partner in a half distance triathlon on Goa's Miramar beachfront: a 1.9 km swim, 90 km ride and 21.1 km run.
The race is organised by Yoska, with the Government of Goa and IRONMAN. The fifth edition, on 9 November 2025, drew about 1,300 athletes from 31 countries.
Sources: The Bridge and Herald Goa.
Marathons, cyclothons, triathlons and BRM rides
Across India
Plays a key role in organising mass participation and long distance sporting events across the country.
National management institutes expedition, with the XLRI Adventure and Nature Club
March to May 2017
Headed a trek to Everest Base Camp for students from leading business schools.
More than 200 students from 20 leading business schools took part.
Avenue Mail and the IIM Ahmedabad newsroom.
XLRI SUSTAIN, Jamshedpur, and the Climate 11 Summit, Leh
Recurring
Speaks on sport, climate and sustainability at business school and sports summits.
XLRI is India's oldest management school, founded in 1949 and run by the Jesuits in Jamshedpur. Climate 11 is a summit on sport and climate change, first held at about 11,000 feet in Leh.
Expeditions, events, climate work and sporting results, sorted into six groups.
Reach across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Pune district in two years, through Ek Beti, Ek Cycle.
Bicycles donated by private school students are refurbished and given to rural high school girls, who also learn road confidence and basic repairs. Prateek is Director and handles project logistics.
NextGen Climate Leaders prepares selected young people from India to attend COP31 in Antalya.
Delegates train through October, write a research paper on one climate domain and present it at a Pre COP conference in Ahmedabad before the 11 day journey.
Selected and led volunteers from across India for the largest Olympiad field on record.
He is a former Gujarat state chess champion, and he built the volunteer programme so that young chess players could be part of the event.
Headed a leadership expedition for students from top business schools.
Batches of 10 to 25 students trekked from Lukla between March and May 2017. The expedition brought together more than 200 students from 20 leading business schools.
Partner in a half distance triathlon that drew about 1,300 athletes from 31 countries in 2025.
Plays a key role in organising long distance and mass participation events in cities across the country.
UNFCCC accredited participant at the UN Climate Change Conference.
Accredited from 18 to 24 November 2024 under Global Climate Action. He spoke about Ek Beti, Ek Cycle and the Sports for Climate Action initiative.
Spoke on a panel and moderated a session with international experts in Jamshedpur.
XLRI is India's oldest management school. He also judged its Mock COP programme. On 26 January 2025 he joined a panel on business strategies for a sustainable future.
Spoke at a summit on sport and climate change, first held at about 11,000 feet in Leh.
Ran the Mumbai Marathon in 3 hours, a time that qualified him for Boston.
A former Gujarat state chess champion who also competes in triathlon.
A certified advanced SCUBA diver, a club pilot in paragliding and a backpacker across 15 Asian countries by the time he joined XLRI in 2015.
His solo paragliding flights have exceeded two hours, and he has climbed mountain peaks.
Semifinalist and finalist in timed Excel competitions run on stage.
Semifinalist in the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Individual Championships, Las Vegas, December 2025. Finalist in the student finals at the Excel Esports European Open, Amsterdam, 22 to 23 May 2026, where eliminations fall every five minutes.
MECC and European Open report.
XLRI Jamshedpur is India's oldest management school. Hansraj College is part of the University of Delhi.
Elected to lead student welfare at his Delhi University college, then represented India in China.
He organised major cultural and departmental festivals, and the Ministry of Youth Affairs invited him to a youth cultural exchange programme in China.
City topper in the ICSE school board exams in India, and a medallist at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Postcrossing Ambassador, an active Couchsurfing member and a backpacker across many countries.
What he brings to a programme: operations, people, public speaking and analysis.
The quickest way to reach him is WhatsApp. Email and phone work too.
