Shantanu Gupta

Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst.[1][2] He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.[3] Gupta has authored six books including Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future— Story of World's Largest Political Party,[4] The Monk Who Became Chief Minister which is biography of the 22nd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh - Yogi Adityanath.[1][5]

Shantanu Gupta
Shantanu Gupta in 2017
Born (1979-02-07) 7 February 1979
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationAuthor, political analyst
LanguageEnglish, Hindi
NationalityIndian
EducationXLRI - Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur, University of Sussex
GenreNon-Fiction
Notable worksThe Monk Who Became Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party - Past, Present & Future, India's Football Dreams, Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein
SpouseSwetha Rao Duggu
ChildrenAbhiram, Nakshatra
Website
www.shantanugupta.in

Early life and education

Shantanu Gupta was born on 7 February 1979 in Bareilly, a town in Uttar Pradesh and raised in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, where his father worked in the public sector company Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL). He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya and subsequently studied engineering degree at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. He thereafter studied Management at XLRI, Jamshedpur and worked as a consultant for many years in India and abroad.[6][7] In 2008 he went to the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom, to do his Masters in Governance and Development.[7][8]

Career

Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in Hyderabad named Intergraph and over the years worked for different organizations like Quark, Geometric Software, Mercedes Benz, Amdocs and Wipro.[9] Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.[10][11][12][6][8][13] Under Naandi, he helped manage projects related to remedial education interventions in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra & New Delhi. He also worked with UNICEF for its Integrated District Approach (IDA) project in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh.[7][6][14] Subsequently, he became the part of Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a think tank.[15][16] Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.[17][18][19]

He is also the communication advisor to Baba Ramdev[20] [21] [22] and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur[7] and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, (United Kingdom) in India.[6]

Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.[23][24][25]

The Ramayana School

Gupta has founded The Ramayana School, which describes itself as "an endeavor to explore and contextualize the life lessons present in Ramayana to the present times."[26][27] The school has conducted programs at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the ICCR chapter of Thailand, among other institutes.[28][29]

Works

Gupta has authored the India's Football Dream,[30] Education Policy in India: Voice Choice and Incentives (2015),[31] Man Ki Baat[32] and Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein.[32]

Gupta wrote The Monk Who Became Chief Minister, biography of 22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh-Yogi Adityanath.[5] Book was published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing.[5]

Gupta also wrote Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party which was published by Rupa Publications in 2019.[4] His book will be included in syllabus of undergraduate students of South Asian studies in Islamic University of Indonesia.[33][34][35]

References
  1. "The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath". bloomsbury. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. "Presidential Elections 2017: Know how President is elected?". youtube. ZeeNews. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. "JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'". Hindustan Times. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. Gupta, Shantanu (2019). BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party. ASIN 9353337828.
  5. "'The Monk Who Became Chief Minister' Explores Yogi Adityanath's journey". Business Standard Private Ltd. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. "Shantanu Gupta - Alumni Ambassador India". ids. Institute of Development Studies. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "Shantanu GUpta". ccsindia. Centre for Civil Society. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. eshgheman (19 June 2010). "From corporate to making the world a better place: Interview with Shantanu". Life as I know it. LiveJournal. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. "I have learnt that one should go into details and not do a superficial job". timesascent. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. "About Naandi foundation". www.nanhikali.org. mahindra foundation. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. "Naandi and Mahindra foundation - Nanhi Kali project". Mahindra foundation official website. Mahindra foundation, Delaware, USA. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  12. "Samhita project for clean drinking water, with Naandi foundation". www.samhita.org. Samhita. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  13. "Are affordable private schools really affordable?". Teacherplus (January 2010). 26 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. "Improving Children's Lives, Transforming the Future" (PDF). unicef. UNICEF. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  15. "Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act". The New York Times Company. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  16. "CCS among top 100 think tanks". The Hindu. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. "Breaking the class ceiling in education". The Hindu Business Line. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  18. "Speakers at the conference". enhfoundation. EandHFoundation. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  19. "Long wait for guest teachers". Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  20. "Bend it like Baba: Ramdev on the field to promote Modi's pet-projects". HT Media Limited. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  21. Srivastava, Swadeep. "Who Can Beat Baba Ramdev On Business Front?". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  22. Bhatia, Rahul; Lasseter, Tom. "As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon". Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  23. "Yogi has revolutionised governance in UP". Hindustan Times. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  24. "Shantanu Gupta: Exclusive News Stories by Shantanu Gupta on Current Affairs, Events at News18". News18. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  25. "Shantanu Gupta". The Indian Express. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  26. "The Ramayana School – The School of Learning". Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  27. "JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'". Hindustan Times. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  28. "Learning from the Ramayana". mid-day. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  29. "How people are resorting to Indian traditions during Covid 19 pandemic". Times of India Blog. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  30. "India's Football Dream". SAGE Publishing.
  31. "Education in India: Voice, Choice & Incentives" (PDF). ccs. CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  32. "Gupta, Shantanu". SAGE India. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  33. "Book on BJP will become part of curriculum in Indonesia's Islamic University". Deccan Herald. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  34. "Book on BJP's History to Become Part of Curriculum in Indonesia's Islamic University". News18. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  35. "Book on BJP will become part of curriculum in Indonesias Islamic University". Outlook (India). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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