Srikumar Misra

Srikumar Misra is a first generation Indian entrepreneur, the Founder and chairman of Milk Mantra, a dairy foods business in India. and a Fellow of the Aspen Institute since 2013. In 2019 he was Laureate of the McNulty Prize.
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, ESSEC Business School Singapore, and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Srikumar has been invited amongst the select few to participate in the Prime Minister's round table with experts & economists ahead of budget 2020, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Honors and awards
* 2016 Fortune 40 under 40
* In 2019 Srikumar Misra awarded as laureate of the prestigious McNulty Prize
* Yale Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program 2021 (Srikumar Misra) - 2021

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