Shantanu Gupta Explained

Shantanu Gupta
Birth Date:1979 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation:Author, political analyst
Language:English, Hindi
Nationality:Indian
Education:XLRI - Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur, University of Sussex
Genre:Non-Fiction
Notableworks:The Monk Who Became Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party - Past, Present & Future, India's Football Dreams, Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein
Spouse:Swetha Rao Duggu
Children:Abhiram, Nakshatra

Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst.[1] He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.[2] Gupta has authored ten books including — Story of World's Largest Political Party[3] and The Monk Who Became Chief Minister which is biography of the 22nd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh - Yogi Adityanath.[4] [5] Gupta has written the sequel of Yogi Adityanath's biography The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh [6] [7] and graphic novel on the same, Ajay to Yogi Adityanath.[8] Gupta is the first author to introduce a political comic in India for the first time voters for the 2024 general elections, titled, 101 Reasons Why I Will Vote for Modi.[9] [10]

Early life and education

Shantanu Gupta was born on 7 February 1979 in Bareilly, a town in Uttar Pradesh and raised in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, where his father worked in the public sector company Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL). He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya and subsequently studied engineering degree at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. He thereafter studied management at XLRI, Jamshedpur and worked as a consultant for many years in India and abroad.[11] [12] In 2008 he went to the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom, to do his master's degree in Governance and Development.[13] Shantanu is also a Gurkul Chevening fellow from the University of Oxford, UK.[14]

Career

Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in Hyderabad named Intergraph and over the years worked for different organizations like Quark, Geometric Software, Mercedes-Benz, Amdocs and Wipro.[15] Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.[16] [17] [18] [19] Under Naandi, he helped manage projects related to remedial education interventions in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra & New Delhi. He also worked with UNICEF for its Integrated District Approach (IDA) project in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh.[20] Subsequently, he became the part of Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a think tank.[21] [22] Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.[23] [24] [25]

He is also the communication advisor to Baba Ramdev[26] [27] [28] and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, (United Kingdom) in India.

Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.[29] [30] [31]

The Ramayana School

Gupta has founded The Ramayana School, which describes itself as "an endeavor to explore and contextualize the life lessons present in Ramayana to the present times.

Works

Gupta launched his book Ajay to Yogi Adityanath in the Indian Embassy in London and in the British Parliament.[32] For the same book Gupta create a Asia Book of Records, by launching it in 51 Schools of Uttar Pradesh together.[33]

Gupta has authored the India's Football Dream,[34] Education Policy in India: Voice Choice and Incentives (2015),[35] Man Ki Baat[36] and Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein.

Gupta wrote The Monk Who Became Chief Minister, biography of 22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh-Yogi Adityanath. Book was published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing. He wrote another book The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh which was published in 2021 by Garuda Prakashan.

His recent work in 2024 is 101 Reasons, Why I Will Vote For Modi, [37]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Presidential Elections 2017: Know how President is elected?. youtube. ZeeNews. 18 August 2017.
  2. Web site: JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'. 2020-04-28. Hindustan Times. en. 2020-05-14.
  3. Book: Gupta, Shantanu. BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party. 2019. .
  4. Web site: The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath. bloomsbury. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 18 August 2017.
  5. News: 'The Monk Who Became Chief Minister' Explores Yogi Adityanath's journey. 18 August 2017. Business Standard Private Ltd.. 16 August 2017.
  6. Web site: The Monk who Transformed Uttar Pradesh . 2021-12-06 . www.garudabooks.com . en.
  7. Book: Gupta, Shantanu . The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh . Garuda Prakashan . 2021 . 978-1942426875 . India . English.
  8. News: 2023-08-15 . 'Ajay To Yogi Adityanath’: Graphic novel on UP CM Yogi Adityanath launched in Hyderabad . 2024-04-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  9. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2024-03-28 . Using graphic novel style to target voters in 2024 Lok Sabha elections 101 reasons to vote for Modi . 2024-04-08 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: Menon . Vandana . 2024-03-30 . Yogi biographer gives young Indians 101 reasons to vote for Modi – in comic form . 2024-04-08 . ThePrint . en-US.
  11. Web site: Shantanu Gupta - Alumni Ambassador India. ids. Institute of Development Studies. 18 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Shantanu GUpta. ccsindia. Centre for Civil Society. 18 August 2017.
  13. Web site: eshgheman. From corporate to making the world a better place: Interview with Shantanu. Life as I know it . LiveJournal. 19 Jun 2010. 18 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Chevening Gurukul Fellows Chevening . 2024-04-08 . en.
  15. Web site: I have learnt that one should go into details and not do a superficial job. timesascent. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. 18 August 2017.
  16. Web site: About Naandi foundation . www.nanhikali.org . mahindra foundation . 9 April 2019.
  17. Web site: Naandi and Mahindra foundation - Nanhi Kali project . Mahindra foundation official website . Mahindra foundation, Delaware, USA . 9 April 2019.
  18. Web site: Samhita project for clean drinking water, with Naandi foundation . www.samhita.org . Samhita . 9 April 2019.
  19. Are affordable private schools really affordable?. Teacherplus. 26 Nov 2010. January 2010. 18 August 2017.
  20. Web site: Improving Children's Lives, Transforming the Future. unicef. 18 August 2017.
  21. News: Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act. 18 August 2017. The New York Times Company. 2 January 2014.
  22. News: CCS among top 100 think tanks. 18 August 2017. The Hindu. 30 January 2017.
  23. News: Breaking the class ceiling in education. 18 August 2017. The Hindu Business Line. 25 August 2013.
  24. Web site: Speakers at the conference. enhfoundation. EandHFoundation. 18 August 2017.
  25. News: Long wait for guest teachers. 18 August 2017. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 5 September 2014.
  26. News: Bend it like Baba: Ramdev on the field to promote Modi's pet-projects. 25 July 2016. 18 August 2017. HT Media Limited.
  27. Web site: Srivastava. Swadeep. Who Can Beat Baba Ramdev On Business Front?. 2021-01-23. BW Businessworld. en.
  28. News: Bhatia. Rahul. Lasseter. Tom. As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon. 2021-01-23. Reuters. en.
  29. Web site: Yogi has revolutionised governance in UP. 2019-09-22. Hindustan Times. en. 2019-11-24.
  30. Web site: Shantanu Gupta: Exclusive News Stories by Shantanu Gupta on Current Affairs, Events at News18. News18. 2019-11-24.
  31. Web site: Shantanu Gupta. 2017-10-12. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-11-24.
  32. News: 2023-10-01 . British MP congratulates Yogi Adityanath for UP's 'changed perception' . 2024-04-08 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  33. Web site: 2023-06-05 . Ajay to Yogi Adityanath: New graphic novel on Uttar Pradesh CM’s life creates Asia Book of Records . 2024-04-08 . Firstpost . en-us.
  34. Web site: India's Football Dream. SAGE Publishing.
  35. Web site: Education in India: Voice, Choice & Incentives. ccs. CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY. 18 August 2017.
  36. Web site: Gupta, Shantanu. 2019-11-12. SAGE India. en-in. 2019-11-24.
  37. Web site: Shantanu Gupta's graphic novel '101 Reasons, Why I Will Vote For Modi' released.

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