Anil Shetty

Anil Shetty (born 25 June 1987) is an Indian Entrepreneur, Author, activist and a motivational speaker. He is currently the President of Nav Bharat Democratic party taking over the reign from R.K Misra. The main agenda of the party is to build and manage sustainable cities.

Early life

Anil comes from Shanakaranarayana, a small village in Udupi district, Karnataka. A college drop-out from M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Anil decided to pursue his dream of becoming an Entrepreneur. At the age of 23, Anil traveled to Mumbai And Co-founded the company Fly With VIP which engaged celebrities from Bollywood, Cricket, and high business.

Social Life

Anil created "Peace Auto", an auto-rickshaw union to help improve the community's circumstances.Today his team runs the best organised auto-rickshaw union in the city. Anil was invited by Tedx to give a talk on Peace Auto.

Anil has been involved in various community projects for bus drivers, police constables, pourakarmikas, underprivileged students, and the deprived classes. He has organized events to honor civic workers within the city to establish a sense of inclusiveness and responsibility between the workers and the population.

He was a board member of Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) for a brief period of time where he was the youngest along with Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and former Infosys Director Mohandas Pai.

In 2016, Anil was invited to be the Chairperson of the Bengaluru Youth Festival. A prolific orator, Anil has delivered numerous public talks on peace and helps students float peace clubs in colleges.

Anil Shetty started the “The constitution’s preamble” initiative in association with B.PAC in 2016. The ongoing intolerance debate and the award wapsi episode sowed the seeds of this initiative. The initiative was started to reinforce the idea that constitution guards our fundamental rights and not the politicians.

Anil runs a NGO Ujwal India charitable trust which provides free and quality education to children from rural areas in Karnataka.

Anil was invited by United States of America Department of State to be the part of International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) to represent India.

Anil authored his first book "The making of i", a book about his personal experiences revolving around his moral and spiritual growth.