About me

Ravi is expert in residence for Climate Smart Agriculture, with RISE Accelerator, which is delivered by Niti Aayog & CSIRO - Australia's national science agency. Earlier he was Managing Director, Digital Agriculture at The Nudge Institute. Earlier he was Indian Administrative Fellow, Agriculture with the Govt of Karnataka. He worked on projects related to AI/Technology innovation to increase farmers income & sustainable agriculture. Earlier, he was the founder of PushEngage.com, a leading web push notification platform, with customers in 150+ countries, which was acquired in 2020. He has made 9 angel investments and had 3 exits. Earlier, he worked as Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, an early-stage Venture Fund in NC, USA. Prior to that, he was an Equity Analyst in Bank of America, New York. He started his career at Hewlett Packard, working as a Software Engineer. He mentors startups, and NGOs, at IIMB NSRCEL. He is a program lead for SBA Scholarship & Mentorship scheme, which gives 250+ undergraduate scholarships to meritorious and underprivileged students. He is co-author of a book on Web Service Security and holds a patent. Ravi holds an MBA degree from Duke University and MS in computer science from IISc Bangalore.