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 fa ...

, 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 stat ...

, palace in Madhya Pradesh

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Pravin Tambe Pravin Vijay Tambe (born 8 October 1971) is an Indian cricketer. Tambe made his Indian Premier League debut at the age of 41, becoming the oldest ever IPL debutant. He had no experience playing professional cricket prior his IPL debut. Person ...

, Indian cricketer * Pravin Hansraj, Indian cricketer *

Pravin Tarde Pravin Vittal Tarde is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and scriptwriter working in the Marathi Cinema best known for his Marathi film ''Deool Band'', '' Mulshi Pattern'', Sarsenapati Hambirrao ''Sarsenapati Hambirrao'' (Marathi: ''स� ...

, Indian film director *

Pravin Darekar Pravin Darekar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was a one term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Magathane (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and now leader of Opposition in Maharashtra legislative council. Maharasht ...

, Indian politician *

Pravin Gordhan Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (born 12 April 1949) is a politician and anti-apartheid activist who has held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017, ...

, South African 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 At the domestic level, Amre played ...

, 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 hi ...

, Indian film cinematographer, director and screenwriter * Pravin Arlekar, 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. He was a leading figure of the commercial Gujarati theatre in the... *

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 canc ...

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

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

, 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 Datke (born 16 Dec 1978) is currently National Vice President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and Municipal Corporator and former Mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. He was State General Secretary BJYM Maharashtra Unit. Early life Datke ...

, Indian politician *

Pravin Naik Pravin Naik (born 3 January 1937) is a politician from Indian State of Gujarat. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He represented Gujarat State in Rajya Sabha, the Council of States of India parliament, from 2010 to 2011. He was elected ...

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

Pravin Makadiya Pravin Makadiya is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Upleta constituency in Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar ...

, 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. In 1984, t ...

, 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 Scienc ...

, 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 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian politi ...

, (P.R.Pote Patil), Indian politician *

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

, Indian archer *

Pravin Guanasagaran Pravin Guanasagaran (born 12 January 1993) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Football West State League Division 1 club Canning City SC. Youth career Pravin joined the National Football Academy U18 in 2011 before mov ...

, Singaporean footballer *

Pravin Darji Pravin Darji is Gujarati essayist, poet, critic and editor from India. ''Spand'' (1976), ''Charvana'' (1976), ''Dayarama'' (1978) and ''Pratyagra'' (1978) are some of his known works. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2011. Life Pravin Darji was born o ...

, 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 35 ...

, 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 G ...

, 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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