Ravi Mantha Explained

Ravi Mantha
Birth Name:Ravi Kanth Mantha
Birth Date:1972 or 1973 [1]
Birth Place:Hyderabad, India
Alma Mater:University of Puget Sound (BBA)
Spouse:Kavitha Mantha [2]
Children:2

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

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] 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.[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.[16] [17]

In popular culture

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. Web site: Rooted to the World: The Adventures of Ravi Mantha in Five Acts . University of Puget Sound. 11 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Couple Left Singapore to Return to India, Build Their Own 17-Acre Food Forest. The Better India. 11 May 2024.
  3. Web site: A Master at Many: Ravi Mantha . RITZ Magazine.
  4. Web site: Ravi Mantha – TiE Hyderabad . 2024-05-11 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Ravi Mantha, Author at Fair Observer . 2024-05-11 . Fair Observer.
  6. Web site: Srikanth Bolla: First Overseas Blind Student At MIT, Entrepreneur Who Employs The Disabled, And Subject Of A New Bollywood Film . 2024-05-11 . Forbes India . en.
  7. Web site: 2016-02-15 . Bollant Industries now gets Ratan Tata’s backing . 2024-05-11 . BusinessLine . en.
  8. News: 2022-01-24 . Srikanth Bolla: The blind CEO’s £48m company which nearly didn’t happen . 2024-05-11 . en-GB.
  9. Web site: The enemy within . 2024-05-11 . www.downtoearth.org.in . en.
  10. Ravi Mantha at TEDxDelhi . en . 2024-05-11 . www.youtube.com.
  11. News: CHAKRABARTI . SAUBHIK . 2014-02-19 . How handpicked experts like Arvind Panagariya, Ravi Mantha are helping Narendra Modi fine-tune his 2014 poll strategy . 2024-05-11 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  12. Web site: Chari . Mridula . 2014-04-19 . Modi writes about his 'life's dearest companion' in new collection of translated poems . 2024-05-11 . Scroll.in . en.
  13. News: 2014-06-26 . The politics of poetry . 2024-05-11 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  14. Web site: Read this book for its amazing ‘baby elephant diet’ . Hindustan Times.
  15. News: 2016-01-13 . Look for fibre in food . 2024-05-11 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  16. Web site: John . Green by . 2018-03-14 . Ravi Mantha: healer, organic farmer and green investor . 2024-05-11 . Green by John and Cynthia . en-US.
  17. Web site: Ayyar . Sowmya . 2021-02-26 . From Diet Books to Organic Farming, Ravi Mantha's Recipe for Health . 2024-05-11 . Center for Soft Power . en-US.
  18. News: Production begins for Rajkummar Rao's next film 'Sri', a biopic on Srikanth Bolla . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240508095744/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/production-begins-for-rajkummar-raos-next-film-sri-a-biopic-on-srikanth-bolla/articleshow/95659426.cms . 8 May 2024 . 2022-11-21 . The Economic Times.
  19. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Rajkummar Rao to star in the inspiring story of Srikanth Bolla in SRI . 2024-05-11 . WION . en-us.
  20. Web site: Swaroop . Ananya . ‘Srikanth’ Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao Delivers Another Masterpiece . Augustman.
  21. Web site: Meet Srikanth Bolla, the man who is the inspiration behind Rajkummar Rao’s latest film . Lifestyle Asia.
  22. Web site: Raj . Ashutosh . Srikanth Movie Review: A Tale of Triumph . 2024-05-11 . hindisiksa.co.in . en-GB.
  23. Web site: Srikanth Movie Review Filmfare.com . 2024-05-11 . www.filmfare.com . en.

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