{{Short description|Indian businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Ravi Mantha | image = | caption = | birth_name = Ravi Kanth Mantha | birth_date = 1972 or 1973 <ref name="Rooted to the World">{{cite web|url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/stories/rooted-world|title=Rooted to the World: The Adventures of Ravi Mantha in Five Acts |publisher=University of Puget Sound|access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref> | birth_place = Hyderabad, India | alma_mater = University of Puget Sound (BBA) <ref name="Rooted to the World"/> | occupation = | spouse = Kavitha Mantha <ref name="Couple">{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/206484/hyderabad-couple-singapore-return-india-good-forest-farm-to-table-cafe/|title=Couple Left Singapore to Return to India, Build Their Own 17-Acre Food Forest|publisher=The Better India|access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref> | children = 2 <ref name="Couple"/> }} '''Ravi Kanth Mantha''' (born 1972 or 1973) is an Indian businessman, investor, author, and former economic and political advisor.<ref name="Rooted to the World" />
==Early life and education== Mantha was born and raised in Hyderabad, India where he attended The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Master at Many: Ravi Mantha |url=https://www.ritzmagazine.in/a-master-at-many-ravi-mantha/ |website=RITZ Magazine}}</ref> Mantha earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Puget Sound in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ravi Mantha – TiE Hyderabad |url=https://hyderabad.tie.org/ravimantha/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Rooted to the World" /> 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.<ref name="Rooted to the World" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ravi Mantha, Author at Fair Observer |url=https://www.fairobserver.com/author/ravi-mantha/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Fair Observer}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srikanth Bolla: First Overseas Blind Student At MIT, Entrepreneur Who Employs The Disabled, And Subject Of A New Bollywood Film |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/srikanth-bolla-first-overseas-blind-student-at-mit-entrepreneur-who-employs-the-disabled-and-subject-of-a-new-bollywood-film/92805/1 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, Bollant received backing from billionaire Ratan Tata.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-15 |title=Bollant Industries now gets Ratan Tata’s backing |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/bollant-industries-now-gets-ratan-tatas-backing/article8241416.ece |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, Bollant Industries was worth an estimated £48 million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-24 |title=Srikanth Bolla: The blind CEO’s £48m company which nearly didn’t happen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-59879753 |access-date=2024-05-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2013, Mantha published his first book, ''All About Bacteria'' with HarperCollins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The enemy within |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/reviews/the-enemy-within-40537 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.downtoearth.org.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ThpnV43DU |title=Ravi Mantha at TEDxDelhi |language=en |access-date=2024-05-11 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
In 2014, Mantha was a political advisor to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mantha assisted Narendra Modi with his 2014 election strategy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=CHAKRABARTI |first=SAUBHIK |date=2014-02-19 |title=How handpicked experts like Arvind Panagariya, Ravi Mantha are helping Narendra Modi fine-tune his 2014 poll strategy |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/how-handpicked-experts-like-arvind-panagariya-ravi-mantha-are-helping-narendra-modi-fine-tune-his-2014-poll-strategy/articleshow/30637689.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> The same year, Mantha published ''A Journey: Poems by Narendra Modi'', translating Modi's poetry from Gujarati to English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chari |first=Mridula |date=2014-04-19 |title=Modi writes about his 'life's dearest companion' in new collection of translated poems |url=http://scroll.in/article/662206/modi-writes-about-his-lifes-dearest-companion-in-new-collection-of-translated-poems |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-06-26 |title=The politics of poetry |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-politics-of-poetry/article6152173.ece |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
In 2015, Mantha published his third book, ''The Baby Elephant Diet: A Modern Indian Guide to Eating Right''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Read this book for its amazing ‘baby elephant diet’ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/read-this-book-for-its-amazing-baby-elephant-diet/story |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-13 |title=Look for fibre in food |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Look-for-fibre-in-food/article13997387.ece |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Couple" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=John |first=Green by |date=2018-03-14 |title=Ravi Mantha: healer, organic farmer and green investor |url=https://greenbyjohn.com/meet-ravi-mantha-healer-organic-farmer-and-green-investor/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Green by John and Cynthia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayyar |first=Sowmya |date=2021-02-26 |title=From Diet Books to Organic Farming, Ravi Mantha's Recipe for Health |url=https://www.csp.indica.in/from-diet-books-to-organic-farming-ravi-manthas-recipe-for-health/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Center for Soft Power |language=en-US}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Production begins for Rajkummar Rao's next film 'Sri', a biopic on Srikanth Bolla |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/production-begins-for-rajkummar-raos-next-film-sri-a-biopic-on-srikanth-bolla/articleshow/95659426.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=8 May 2024 |access-date=2022-11-21 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Rajkummar Rao to star in the inspiring story of Srikanth Bolla in SRI |url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-to-star-in-the-inspiring-story-of-srikanth-bolla-in-sri-567627 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref> The film released on 10 May 2024 with Kelkar's performance as Mantha being generally praised.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swaroop |first=Ananya |title=‘Srikanth’ Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao Delivers Another Masterpiece |url=https://www.augustman.com/in/entertainment/film-tv/srikanth-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-jyothika-alaya-f-sharad-kelkar/ |website=Augustman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Srikanth Bolla, the man who is the inspiration behind Rajkummar Rao’s latest film |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/entertainment/movies/true-story-of-srikanth-bolla-movie-starring-rajkummar-rao/ |website=Lifestyle Asia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Ashutosh |title=Srikanth Movie Review: A Tale of Triumph |url=https://hindisiksa.co.in/srikanth-movie-review-a-tale-of-triumph/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=hindisiksa.co.in |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Srikanth Movie Review {{!}} Filmfare.com |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/srikanth-movie-review-65915.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Notes == <references responsive="1"></references>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mantha, Ravi}} Category:People from Hyderabad, India Category:21st-century Indian businesspeople Category:Indian writers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people