Ravi is an out-of-the-box thinker with a track record of pioneering creative and technological innovations. In 1995, he created the first interactive multimedia CD-ROM based on Indian fables, and by 1997, was among 13 professionals selected to train in instructional design for the Singapore Defense Forces.

He went on to lead the multimedia team at Jasubhai Digital Media, contributing to landmark technology publications such as CHIP and Digit. After earning his MBA in Strategic HR from ITM, Kharghar.

Ravi joined Infosys, where he spent over a decade heading the Centre of Excellence for HR Transformation Services and later leading digital marketing solution design at Infosys BPM.

Ravi holds a defensive patent for a method of verifying digital documents—similar to the Government of India’s DigiLocker platform. While at Infosys, he also wrote, directed, and produced the world’s first full-length animated feature film of its kind, released on Netflix in 2020, winning over 20 national and international recognitions and marking a milestone in Indian cinema.

As Delivery Head for AI4Bharat at IIT Madras, he advanced open-source datasets, tools, and applications for Indian languages. He is now Creative Director at Puppetica Media, working on a Sanskrit animated feature.

Based in Bangalore with his wife and two children, Ravi’s interests span yoga, alternative medicine, Vedanta, and music.

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Related: How the first Sanskrit Animated Movie got made.