Ravi Kailas
Ravi Kailas | |
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| Born | Ravi Shankar Kailas |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Osmania University Stanford University The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur |
| Occupation | Chairman Mytrah Group |
Ravi Shankar Kailas is an Indian entrepreneur. He is chairman of Mytrah Group, a business group in India consisting of Mytrah Energy, an independent renewable energy-producing company, and Mytrah Mobility, an electric vehicle ecosystem company.
Career
[edit]In 1999, Kailas founded Zip Global Network, an independent payphone service provider. The firm designed and manufactured payphones that were assembled with computer components, and installed in major urban areas.[1] In 2002, Kailas co-founded Xius Technologies, a telecommunications software company, and launched the world's first inter-operator prepaid roaming service.[2] The same year, Kailas founded Altius Investment Trust,[1] a real estate financial options company.
In 2009, Kailas founded the Mytrah Group. Mytrah Energy, the Group's first venture, owns and operates a renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar assets in seven states in India.[3] Since 2016, the Group has diversified into electric vehicles and deep tech.[4]
Kailas advocates for “open” philanthropy, where multiple sectors of society pool resources to tackle development challenges at scale. The Myth of the Entrepreneur, a book about this subject, authored by Kailas in collaboration with Cathy Guo, is to be published by HarperCollins in April 2019.[5][6]
Recognition
[edit]- Wind Power Person of the year 2015’ at the 3rd World Renewable Energy Conference held in New Delhi.[7]
- Harvard Business School (HBS) wrote and taught a case on Mytrah Energy's creative capital formation. The case is entitled ‘Mytrah Energy’, and has been taught at HBS[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mytrah's Big Bet On Wind Energy". Forbes India.
- ^ Sen, Sohini (9 April 2019). "What it takes to stay calm under pressure". Mint Newspaper.
- ^ "A maverick entrepreneur's playbook". Fortune India.
- ^ Balakrishnan, Reghu (13 May 2019). "Piramal Group plans to buy operational renewable power projects of Mytrah". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Pause, reflect and value personal identity with 'Myth of the Entrepreneur'". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Raj, AuthorY V. Phani. "Demystifying Myth of the Entrepreneur". Telangana Today.
- ^ "Mytrah Energy's Ravi Kailas wins renewable energy award". The Hindu BusinessLine.
- ^ "Harvard Business School".