Ravi Venkatesan

Ravi Venkatesan was the founder of Social Venture Partners India, founded in 2012, and served as Chairman from 2012 to 2018.
Current jobs include Chairman at Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAPP);.
Independent Outside Director at Hitachi Ltd. since 2020; Director at InfoSys Ltd. (United Kingdom), Smart Power For Rural Development India Foundation, Create.
Org, Alliance For Peacebuilding, and Arkam Ventures; Trustee at The Rockefeller Foundation since 2014; Venture Partner at Capria Ventures LLC since 2013; Partner at Unitus Ventures LLC since 2013.
Former jobs include Non-Executive Chairman at Bank of Baroda from 2015 to 2018;.
Chairman at Cummins India Ltd.; Chairman, Vice President & General Manager at Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd. from 2010 to 2011; Chairman at Junior Achievement India; Independent Director at Infosys Ltd. from 2017 to 2018; Director at Bunge Ltd., Volvo AB from 2007 to 2014, Thermax Ltd., TruePoint Center, Inc., Babajob Services Pvt.
Ltd.; Independent Director at Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.; Member-Global Alumni Board at Harvard Business School.
Education includes graduate degree from Purdue University in 1986, undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1985, and MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992.