Ravi Venkatesan
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Ravi Venkatesan | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard Business School, Purdue University [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Venture Partner, Unitus Seed Fund[1] |
| Spouse | Sonali Kulkarni |
Ravi Venkatesan is an Indian business executive and venture capitalist who has been the chairman of Microsoft India, Chairman of the board of Bank of Baroda, and Co-chairman of the board of Infosys. He is the UNICEF Special Representative for Young People and Innovation.[2]. He is also the founder of Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship and a venture partner at Unitus Ventures.[3][4][5]
Career
Ravi Venkatesan is currently a venture partner with Unitus Seed Fund. Prior to this role, Ravi has held multiple executive positions. He was the chairman of the board at Bank of Baroda, one of India's Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks. He held this position from 2015 through 2018.[6] He was also the co-chairman of the Board, of Infosys, an Indian Information Technology services company from 2011 through 2018. Ravi was the chairman of Microsoft India from 2004 through 2011. Prior to this, Ravi was the Chairman of Cummins, India, from 1996 through 2004. Ravi was also named as one of the Advisors to Arkam Ventures' 3.25 billion INR fund to invest in early stage technology startups in India[7]
Venkatesan is a member of the Government of India's MSME task force, chartered with developing recommendations for Small and Medium Enterprises impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9][8][10] He is also the founder of Social Ventures Partners India, a network of philanthropists.
Books and Columns
Venkatesan is the author of Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere.[11] He is also a columnist for publications including Economic Times, and Outlook Business[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Ravi Venkatesan, Unitus Seed Fund: Profile and Biography". www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Ravi Venkatesan appointed UNICEF'S special representative of young people". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "Ravi Venkatesan – GAME". Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Team | Unitus Ventures". Unitus Ventures. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Ravi Venkatesan". The Rockefeller Foundation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Let public sector banks manage themselves, says BoB chief Ravi Venkatesan". Livemint. July 31, 2018.
- ^ Dalal, Mihir (June 8, 2020). "Arkam Ventures gets ₹325 crore for its fund". Livemint.
- ^ a b "Strong execution of stimulus package must for reviving MSMEs, says GAME task force; suggests measures". June 29, 2020.
- ^ "Nitin Gadkari announced recommendation report to boost the MSME sector | SME Futures:".
- ^ Nanda, Prashant K. (June 28, 2020). "India cannot become atma nirbhar without fixing MSMEs: Ravi Venkatesan". Livemint.
- ^ Venkatesan, Ravi (2013-06-18). Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 978-1-4221-8430-1.
- ^ "Ravi Venkatesan Blog". Economic Times Blog.