Pratik Jain (Co-Founder I-PAC)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pratik Jain

• Pratik Jain was born and grew up in Ranchi Jharkand.

• For his high school education, he moved to Kota, Rajasthan, and later to Kolkata, West Bengal.

  

• During his academic years at IIT Bombay, he gained industry exposure through an internship with Axis Mutual Fund.

• In 2012, after completing engineering, Jain began his professional journey as an analyst at Deloitte.

• In September 2013, Pratik became a founding member of Citizens for Accountable Governance, a non-profit organisation aimed at strengthening transparent and responsible governance in India. Pratik worked there since March 2015.

• In April 2015, he co-founded the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) along with Vinesh Chandel and Rishi Raj Singh, and transitioned from corporate work to political strategy.

• Over the years, Pratik has worked on election sstrategies data analysis, technology, and grassroots outreach, rather than being inthe limelight as a public political figure.

• Under Jain’s leadership, I-PAC became a prominent political consultancy in India, specializing in election campaign planning, data support, and other electoral assistance. The consultancy has worked with various states and political parties across the country, including MK Stalin‘s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Rahul Gandhi‘s Indian National Congress, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy‘s Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), and Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Additionally, I-PAC collaborated with Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal United (JDU) in 2015, when he was not part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

• Pratik Jain also served as in charge of the IT cell of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, where it handles IT and data strategies of the party.

  

• On 8 January 2026, the Enforcement Directorate raided Pratik Jain’s ten properties, including his Kolkata and four residences in Delhi and I-PAC offices, as part of a money-laundering probe connected to a coal smuggling case.

• The raid triggered a strong political response in West Bengal. During the search operation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of Jain and accused central agencies of targeting her party and attempting to seize sensitive political documents. She claimed that the actions were intended to disrupt her party’s internal workings and its preparations for the upcoming elections.

• In a statement, the ED said that its team was searching peacefully and professionally until the arrival of the West Bengal Chief Minister, along with a large number of police officials. The ED official said,

Banerjee entered the residential premises of Prateek Jain, and took away key evidence, including physical documents and electronic devices.”

• On 9 January 2026, Mamata Banerjee announced to lead a protest in response to the raid. She said,

They have raided the residence of our IT chief. They were confiscating my party’s documents and hard disks, which has details about our candidates for the assembly polls. I have brought those back.”