The Founders & The Journey

At the turn of the millennium, visionary entrepreneur Mr. Pramod K Jain, together with his sons Praveen, Prabhat, and Prashant Jain, set out to reimagine education. What began as a dining table discussion soon grew into a lifelong passion—to build a world-class institution that prepared young people not just for university, but for life.

Guided by two fundamental questions:

What is the very purpose of school education?
Is it limited to helping students achieve that all-important number to enter university? If so, why is it that the most meritorious students are not always the most successful in life?

Who should one benchmark with?
After visiting some of the world’s great schools in India and abroad, it became evident that many of these remarkable institutions were built decades or even centuries ago. If one were to create a forward-looking school, should one look to the past—or peep into the future?

The founders embarked on two years of intensive research. They studied global models of schooling, engaged with thought leaders, and explored emerging research in child and adolescent development. This journey led to a powerful realization: true education must shift from teaching-based to learning-based; it must nurture curiosity over conformity and lifelong growth over short-term success.

In 2003, this vision took shape with the founding of Pathways World School, the flagship campus, India’s first day-cum-residential IB continuum school, set on a 32-acre award-winning campus. Rooted in Indian values yet global in outlook, the school embraced the International Baccalaureate for its alignment with inquiry, critical thinking, and real-world connections.

From that first campus, Pathways has grown into a network of five schools, united by the belief that education must constantly evolve. Just as the world keeps changing, so does Pathways—a living organism that adapts, reinvents, and remains ahead of its time.