Srikumar Misra
| Srikumar Misra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1977 Cuttack, Odisha |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Pune University, Stewart School, Cuttack |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Founder & Chairman of Milk Mantra[1] |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Rashima Misra[2] |
Srikumar Misra is a first generation Indian entrepreneur, the Founder and chairman of Milk Mantra, a dairy foods business in India.[3][1] He is a Yale World Fellow 2021[4] and a Fellow of the Aspen Institute since 2013.[5] In 2019 he was Laureate of the McNulty Prize.[6]
Srikumar’s work as a founder of Milk Mantra have been covered in several case studies in global academia such as Stanford Graduate School of Business,[7] ESSEC Business School Singapore,[8] and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[9]
Srikumar has been invited amongst the select few to participate in the Prime Minister's round table with experts & economists ahead of budget 2020,[10] and identified as one of the Champions of Change. Srikumar has also been a part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s core team, building the digital platform for India’s Agri value chain.[11]
Early life and education
Srikumar Misra was born & grew up in a simple family in Cuttack, Odisha. His father passed away in a car accident when he was just 8 years old, and he grew up facing serious financial challenges and uncertainty.[12]
Srikumar went on to complete his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from Pune University and an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar from where he was selected to the coveted Tata Administrative Service in 2001, the leadership resource of India’s largest conglomerate The Tata Group. In 2020 Srikumar completed post-graduation studies in Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning from University of Texas at Austin.[13]
Career
In his previous corporate life, Srikumar served as Director of M&A at Tata Global Beverages in London, and was part of the elite leadership resource - the Tata Administrative Service.[2]
In 2009, Srikumar Misra gave up his cushy job in London to delve into the area of conscious capitalism and cofounded India’s first venture capital backed agri startup Milk Mantra with Lt Col Ashit Mahapatra and Rashima Misra in his home state, Odisha in India.[14][15][16][17]
Srikumar has also worked closely in shaping policy outcomes, in several forums with the Indian government’s highest policy formulating body. He is also part of a select public-private partnership group working to architect a tech agri-stack for India, where Srikumar leads the creation of a blockchain platform.[18][19]
Srikumar Misra has also received a US Patent for MooShake, a health beverage which is blended with curcumin, an extract from turmeric, believed to have multiple health benefits; with the patent numbers US-10750758-B2 and US-10052293-B2.[20]
Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016 wrote “From heading merger and acquisition deals for Tetley, Tata Group owned tea beverage company, in London to sourcing milk from farmers in Odisha’s rural areas, Srikumar Misra’s switch to entrepreneurship can give a culture shock to many.”[21]
Honors and awards
- 2016 Fortune 40 under 40[22]
- In 2019 Srikumar Misra awarded as laureate of the prestigious McNulty Prize[6]
- In 2019 Srikumar Misra has been recognized as a Fellow of the Aspen Institute[23]
- Yale Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program 2021 (Srikumar Misra) - 2021[4]
- 2021 Grant Thornton Face of Vibrant Bharat[24]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spindle, Bill (7 July 2018). "A Milk Startup Takes On 300 Million Cows". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The toast of Odisha". Fortuneindia.com.
- ↑ MEGHANI, VARSHA. "Forbes India - How Milk Mantra Became The Taste Of Odisha". Forbes India.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Srikumar Misra". Yale World Fellows.
- ↑ "Building Purposeful Startups". The Aspen Institute. 27 March 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Through sustainable dairy farming, Milk Mantra is". McNulty Foundation. 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Strebulaev, Ilya A.; Randolph, Justin. "VC Decision-Making in India: Aavishkaar and Milk Mantra (A)". Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- ↑ "Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability". www.essec.edu.
- ↑ "After Stanford School of Business in USA, now IIM Ahmedabad adds case study for Milk Mantra of Odisha". Bhubaneswar Buzz. 27 October 2018.
- ↑ "Prime Minister Chairs Meeting with various sectoral groups in a pre-budget exercise". pib.gov.in.
- ↑ "Milk Mantra wants to target Rs 1000 crore revenue in five years". www.fortuneindia.com.
- ↑ "Binaya Misra Foundation | About". misrafoundation.org.
- ↑ "Re-Tales by Srikumar Misra | ET Retail". ETRetail.com.
- ↑ "Milk Mantra Raises First Funding from Aavishkaar". FinSMEs. 7 February 2011.
- ↑ "Forbes India - Milk Mantra: Unsettling The Dairy Biggies With Premium Play". Forbes.
- ↑ "'Take Me Home' narrates Odia entrepreneur's success". The Pioneer (India).
- ↑ Singh, Rajiv. "Start-up Milk Mantra churns Rs 120 cr in 4 years, compelling Raghuram Rajan to take notice". The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Indian Entrepreneur Srikumar Misra Named Among 2021 Class of Yale World Fellows". India West.
- ↑ Roy, Shobha. "Milk Mantra looks to triple its turnover in the next five years". @businessline.
- ↑ Abrar, Peerzada (9 January 2019). "Dairy farms employ tech to ramp up production, offer milk that's pure". Business Standard India.
- ↑ Soni, Sandeep. "India's New Age Milkman". Entrepreneur.
- ↑ "Srikumar Misra - India's Young & Brightest Entrepreneurs in 40 Under 40 2016 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com.
- ↑ "Srikumar Misra". AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network.
- ↑ "SrKumar Misra". Faces of a Vibrant Bharat.
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