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Sarathbabu Elumalai
Born (1979-11-10) November 10, 1979 (age 44)
Madipakkam ,a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India
Alma materBITS Pilani
IIM Ahmedabad
Occupation(s)CEO of FoodKing, Politician

Sarathbabu Elumalai is an Young Indian Entrepreneur, social worker and politician. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Birla Institute of Technology and Science(Pilani).[1] He is the winner of several awards such as CNN-IBN Award for Young Indian Leader[2] , 'Pepsi-MTV Youth Icon' [2] and 'Example to Youth Award' [2] .His story is a true motivation for people aspiring to rise up in life through sheer hard work.

Early life

Sarathbabu was born in a slum area located at Madipakkam ,a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India[2] . His family of five young children were supported by his relentlessly hardworking mother Deepa Ramani[3] ,an Anganwadi worker[4] . She also did various other jobs like making idli,which Sarath used to sell before going to school everyday.[5] Sarathbabu often quotes his mother being the source of his inspiration.[5]

Education

Sarath excelled in studies from an early age[4] and secured admission at the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Pilani) with the help of the loans from his relatives and friends.After completing his graduation,he worked for three years with Polaris Software Labs[4] to repay his debts. Subsequently, he got admission to one of India's most prestigious management institutions, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Entrepreneurship

After completing his management education, Sarathbabu decided to become an entrepreneur with the aim of providing employment to as many people as possible[6] . In 2006, he started his venture "Food King Catering services Private Limited" with a capital of Rs 2000 to cater to banks, software companies and educational institutions[4] [1]. It is now located in 6 locations around India with a turnover of 8 crore [4]. The first unit of FoodKing was opened by Mr. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys.[5]

Social work

Sarathbabu has been actively motivating young people across the country with positiveness of his story and involved in various social activities like adopting education of needy meritorious students.In 2010,he started the 'Hunger Free India' foundation, an initiative to free India of hunger in 20 years[7] [8][9].He called upon everyone to observe 10th October a 'Hunger Free Day'[10].

Politics

Sarathbabu decided to take part in active politics with a mission to be a part of a cleaner system. He contested as an independent candidate from the South Chennai constituency during the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections 2009. Although he did not win, he secured over 15,000 votes[11].In 2010, he joined DMDK, a regional political party, for better reach but quit the party later when his ideology didn't match with the party's[12] . In the 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections,he is contesting as an Independent candidate from the Velachery constituency (comprising Adyar, Thiruvanmiyur, Taramani, Velachery, Besant Nagar).His Election symbol is "SLATE".His goal is to win the election without bribing even one Rupee to the voters.A couple of his associates also contesting with the same symbol of "SLATE" in Anna Nagar and Mylapore Constituencies.He plans to launch a corruption free political party with the help of like minded citizens after the elections are over.He lost the elections and garnered 7472 votes.He has vowed to stay in politics and fight against injustices.

Again Sarath is contesting CHENNAI MAYOR 2011 ELECTION with DESK Symbol. The election date is on 17th Oct 2011.

Awards and Recognition

  • CNN-IBN Award for Young Indian Leader - 2011[13]
  • RITZ Chennai Youth Icon - 2010[2]
  • Pepsi-MTV youth icon - 2008[14]
  • Example to Youth Award - 2008[13]
  • Honorary Rotarian[13]
  • Honorary Alumnus, XLRI Jamshedpur[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entrepreneurial intuition sparked off by 'food king'". News column. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Session Speakers, India Today youth summit". Speaker Profiles, India Today youth summit. IndiaToday. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Foodking chief enters poll fray". news article. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e "CEO of Idli Inc". Daily news. Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "FoodKing's CEO's mother sold idly for a living". Regular News. Sify.
  6. ^ "The inspiring rags-to-riches tale of Sarathbabu". News. Rediff. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Who we are". website. Hunger Free India.
  8. ^ "Vote for a change, vote for 'Food King' Sarathbabu". news. Spoon feed. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Food King who challenges hunger". Daily news. Livemint. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Sarathbabu Elumalai launches Hunger Free India". BITSAA newsletter. BITSAA. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Entrepreneur joins DMDK". News. WebIndia. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  12. ^ "IIM grads, techies set to contest Tamil Nadu polls". News. Economic Times. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  13. ^ a b c d "Realising Dreams". News. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  14. ^ "Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 Proud to be BITSian Food King - Sarath Babu". News. Prlog. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

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