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Early life & Education

Srikumar Misra was born in Cuttack, Odisha. He grew up in Bhubaneswar. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from D. Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Pune University and an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. Srikumar recently completed post-graduation studies in Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning from University of Texas at Austin.[1]

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] He left this in 2009 to return to his home state, Odisha in India and started India’s first venture capital backed agri startup Milk Mantra.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]

Honors & Awards

  • 2016 Fortune 40 under 40[8]
  • In 2019 Srikumar Misra awarded as laureate of the prestigious McNulty Prize[9]
  • In 2019 Srikumar Misra has been recognized as a Fellow of the Aspen Institute[10]
  • Yale Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program 2021 (Srikumar Misra) - 2021[11]
  • 2021 Grant Thornton Face of Vibrant Bharat[12]

References

  1. ^ "Re-Tales by Srikumar Misra | ET Retail". ETRetail.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Forbes India - Milk Mantra: Unsettling The Dairy Biggies With Premium Play". Forbes.
  4. ^ "'Take Me Home' narrates Odia entrepreneur's success". The Pioneer (India).
  5. ^ Singh, Rajiv. "Start-up Milk Mantra churns Rs 120 cr in 4 years, compelling Raghuram Rajan to take notice". The Economic Times.
  6. ^ "Indian Entrepreneur Srikumar Misra Named Among 2021 Class of Yale World Fellows". India West.
  7. ^ Roy, Shobha. "Milk Mantra looks to triple its turnover in the next five years". @businessline.
  8. ^ "Srikumar Misra - India's Young & Brightest Entrepreneurs in 40 Under 40 2016 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference MCF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Srikumar Misra". AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Yale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "SrKumar Misra". Faces of a Vibrant Bharat.