The meaning of Pravin in the Sanskrit language is "skilled" or "talented." It is most often a male name and a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, and less commonly a

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. It may refer to: *

Pravin Rai Mahal Pravin Rai Mahal is a palace in Madhya Pradesh built by prince (and later King) Indrajit Singh in 1618. It was built for his love interest, Pravin Rai, who was a beautiful poet and musician, also known as the "Nightingale of Orchha". It is a st ...

, palace in Madhya Pradesh

Notable people

* Pravin Tambe, Indian cricketer * Pravin Hansraj, Indian cricketer *

Pravin Tarde Pravin Vitthal Tarde (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter working in the Marathi Cinema best known for his Marathi films ''Deool Band'', ''Mulshi Pattern'', ''Sarsenapati Hambirrao''. Filmography Films ...

, Indian film director * Pravin Darekar, Indian politician *

Pravin Gordhan Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (12 April 1949 – 13 September 2024) was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014, ...

, South African-Indian politician *

Pravin Amre Pravin Kalyan Amre (; born 14 August 1968) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1999. He played 11 Test matches and 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs). Domestic career Amre was coached by Ramakant Achr ...

, Indian cricketer *

Pravin Bhatt Pravin Bhatt (Praveen Bhatt) is an Indian film cinematographer, director and screenwriter, who has worked in Hindi cinema from 1970s to 2010s and shot most of the films directed by Mahesh Bhatt, like '' Arth'' (1982) and '' Aashiqui'' (1990) and ...

, Indian film cinematographer, director and screenwriter *

Pravin Arlekar Pravin Prabhakar Arlekar is an Indian politician from Goa and a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Pravin won the Pernem Assembly constituency on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Legisla ...

, Indian politician *

Pravin Joshi Pravin Joshi (1 January 1934 – 19 January 1979) was an Indian stage actor and director. He was a leading figure of the commercial Gujarati theatre in the 1960–70s. Biography Pravin Joshi was one of the most dynamic figures of the contempor ...

, Indian stage actor and director *

Pravin Togadia Pravin Togadia (; born 12 December 1956) is an Indian doctor, cancer surgeon and an advocate for Hindu nationalism, coming from the state of Gujarat. He was the former International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and a can ...

, Indian doctor, cancer surgeon and an advocate for Hindu nationalism *

Pravin Mani Pravin Mani is an Indian musician who has been credited as a singer and as a composer in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu films in India. He has been a long term associate with noted music director, A. R. Rahman, with recent collaborations in ''Enthiran ...

, Indian musician * Pravin Rathod, Indian politician *

Pravin Godkhindi Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani flute (bansuri) player. He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri, by Aka ...

, Indian classical Hindustani flute (bansuri) player *

Pravin Datke Pravin Prabhakarrao Datke (born 16 Dec 1978) is elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Nagpur Central Constituency, former National Vice President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and former Municipal Corporator and former Mayor of Nagpur ...

, Indian politician * Pravin Naik, Indian politician * Pravin Mishra, Indian filmmaker, painter, and newspaper columnist * Pravin Makadiya, Indian politician *

Pravin Thipsay Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay (born 12 August 1959) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster Norm and the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship. Biography ...

, Indian chess player *

Pravin Varaiya Pravin Pratap Varaiya (29 October 1940 – 10 June 2022) was Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Varaiya received his B.Sc. from University of Bombay and ...

, Indian-American academic *

Pravin Krishna Pravin Krishna (born 1969) is Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of International Economics and Business at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Department of Economics in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Scien ...

, Indian-American academic *

Pravin Pote Pravin Pote known as P. R. Pote Patil is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He represents the Amravati local body constituency. He was appointed Maharashtra's Minister of State in December, 2 ...

, Indian politician *

Pravin Jadhav Pravin Ramesh Jadhav (born 6 July 1996) is an Indian archer who competes in the recurve discipline. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, he was a member of the first Indian team to qualify for the final since 2005; the team received the silv ...

, Indian archer *

Pravin Guanasagaran Pravin Guanasagaran (born 12 January 1993) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the midd ...

, Singaporean footballer *

Pravin Darji Pravin Darji (born 23 August 1944) is Gujarati essayist, poet, critic and editor from India. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2011. Life Pravin Darji was born on 23 August 1944 in Mahelol village in Panchmahal district of Gujarat, India. He complete ...

, Indian essayist, poet, critic and editor *

Pravin Dubey Praveen Dubey (born 1 July 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and leg break googly bowler. He was signed up by Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2016 IPL players auction for 3 ...

, Indian cricketer *

Pravin Patkar Pravin Patkar is an Indian academic and human rights activist. He co-founded Prerana, an NGO working for child protection & anti-human trafficking. In 1999, he founded Asia's first Anti-Human Trafficking Resource Centre supported by the US Gov ...

, Indian academic and human rights activist *

Pravin Singh Pravin Singh (August 21, 1955 - September 2, 2003) was a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who won the Tavua Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2001. ...

, Fijian politician of Indian descent

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