Ravi Mantha

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Ravi Mantha
Born
Ravi Kanth Mantha

1972 or 1973 [1]
Hyderabad, India
Alma mater University of Puget Sound (BBA) [1]
SpouseKavitha Mantha [2]
Children2 [2]

Ravi Kanth Mantha (born 1972 or 1973) is an Indian businessman, investor, author, and former economic and political advisor. [1]

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Early life and education

Mantha was born and raised in Hyderabad, India where he attended The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur. [3] Mantha earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Puget Sound in 1994. [4] [1] He also earned the CFA (chartered financial analyst) charter from the CFA Institute (previously known as AIMR), in 1997.

Career

In 2001, Mantha began working at Fidelity Investments as a portfolio manager for a fund worth around $1 billion. Mantha continued working at Fidelity till 2011, and by then the fund had grown to $34 billion. [1] [5]

In 2012, Mantha met Srikanth Bolla in Hyderabad after being introduced by a common friend. Together, Bolla and Mantha would found Bollant Industries, an organization that employs uneducated and disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly packaging solutions. [6] In 2016, Bollant received backing from billionaire Ratan Tata. [7] As of 2022, Bollant Industries was worth an estimated £48 million. [8]

In 2013, Mantha published his first book, All About Bacteria with HarperCollins. [9] [10]

In 2014, Mantha was a political advisor to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mantha assisted Narendra Modi with his 2014 election strategy. [11] The same year, Mantha published A Journey: Poems by Narendra Modi, translating Modi's poetry from Gujarati to English. [12] [13]

In 2015, Mantha published his third book, The Baby Elephant Diet: A Modern Indian Guide to Eating Right. [14] [15]

Mantha and his wife Kavitha own and operate the Baby Elephant Farm, a 17-acre food forest in Shankarpally, Telangna along with Sage Sustainable Living, a store selling raw produce from their farm and Sage Farm Cafe, an organic restaurant in Hyderabad. [2] [16] [17]

In 2022, a biopic film Srikanth , featuring Rajkummar Rao in the lead role of Srikanth Bolla was announced with Sharad Kelkar playing the supporting role of Ravi Mantha. [18] [19] The film released on 10 May 2024 with Kelkar's performance as Mantha being generally praised. [20] [21] [22] [23]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rooted to the World: The Adventures of Ravi Mantha in Five Acts". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Couple Left Singapore to Return to India, Build Their Own 17-Acre Food Forest". The Better India. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "A Master at Many: Ravi Mantha". RITZ Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Ravi Mantha – TiE Hyderabad" . Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  5. ↑ "Ravi Mantha, Author at Fair Observer". Fair Observer. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  6. ↑ "Srikanth Bolla: First Overseas Blind Student At MIT, Entrepreneur Who Employs The Disabled, And Subject Of A New Bollywood Film". Forbes India. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  7. ↑ "Bollant Industries now gets Ratan Tata's backing". BusinessLine. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  8. ↑ "Srikanth Bolla: The blind CEO's £48m company which nearly didn't happen". 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  9. ↑ "The enemy within". www.downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  10. ↑ Ravi Mantha at TEDxDelhi . Retrieved 2024-05-11– via www.youtube.com.
  11. ↑ CHAKRABARTI, SAUBHIK (2014-02-19). "How handpicked experts like Arvind Panagariya, Ravi Mantha are helping Narendra Modi fine-tune his 2014 poll strategy". The Economic Times. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  12. ↑ Chari, Mridula (2014-04-19). "Modi writes about his 'life's dearest companion' in new collection of translated poems". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  13. ↑ "The politics of poetry". The Hindu. 2014-06-26. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  14. ↑ "Read this book for its amazing 'baby elephant diet'". Hindustan Times.
  15. ↑ "Look for fibre in food". The Hindu. 2016-01-13. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  16. ↑ John, Green by (2018-03-14). "Ravi Mantha: healer, organic farmer and green investor". Green by John and Cynthia. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  17. ↑ Ayyar, Sowmya (2021-02-26). "From Diet Books to Organic Farming, Ravi Mantha's Recipe for Health". Center for Soft Power. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  18. ↑ "Production begins for Rajkummar Rao's next film 'Sri', a biopic on Srikanth Bolla". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  19. ↑ "Rajkummar Rao to star in the inspiring story of Srikanth Bolla in SRI". WION. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  20. ↑ Swaroop, Ananya. "'Srikanth' Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao Delivers Another Masterpiece". Augustman.
  21. ↑ "Meet Srikanth Bolla, the man who is the inspiration behind Rajkummar Rao's latest film". Lifestyle Asia.
  22. ↑ Raj, Ashutosh. "Srikanth Movie Review: A Tale of Triumph". hindisiksa.co.in. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  23. ↑ "Srikanth Movie Review | Filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 2024-05-11.

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