Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst.
He is also the founder of The Ramayana School. Gupta has authored six books including ''
Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future''— Story of World's Largest Political Party
and ''
The Monk Who Became Chief Minister'' which is biography of the 22nd and current
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh -
.
Now Gupta has written the sequel of
's biography ''The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh''.
Early life and education
Shantanu Gupta was born on 7 February 1979 in
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...
, a town in
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
and raised in
Rishikesh
Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand. It is situated on the right bank of the Ganges River and is a pilgrimage town for Hindus, with ancient sages and saints meditati ...
,
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
, where his father worked in the public sector company
Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) is a public sector pharmaceutical, bulk drug manufacturing and drug discovery company owned by the Indian government, headquartered in New Delhi, and located in Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Rishikesh.: ...
(IDPL). He did his schooling from
Kendriya Vidyalaya
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...
and subsequently studied engineering degree at
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. He thereafter studied Management at
XLRI,
Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...
and worked as a consultant for many years in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and abroad.
In 2008 he went to the Institute of Development Studies (IDS),
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
,
United Kingdom
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, to do his Masters in
Governance
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and Development.
Career
Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
named
Intergraph
Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of Hexagon AB. It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the w ...
and over the years worked for different organizations like
Quark
A quark () is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quarks combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei. All commonly o ...
, Geometric Software,
Mercedes Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
,
Amdocs
Amdocs ( he, אמדוקס) is a multinational corporation that was founded in Israel and currently headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, with support and development centers located worldwide. The company specializes in software and services ...
and
Wipro
Wipro Limited (formerly, Western India Palm Refined Oils Limited) is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services. Thierry Delaporte is serving as CEO and managing directo ...
. Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.
Under Naandi, he helped manage projects related to remedial education interventions in
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
,
Maharashtra
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&
New Delhi
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. He also worked with
UNICEF
UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...
for its Integrated District Approach (IDA) project in
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand (, ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central & North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion lyin ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
Subsequently, he became the part of
Centre for Civil Society
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is a non-profit think tank based in New Delhi. The Centre was founded in 1997 by Dr Parth J Shah, former Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. It operates as an independent educational organisatio ...
(CCS), a think tank. Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.
He is also the communication advisor to
Baba Ramdev and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur
and Institute of Development Studies (IDS),
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
, (United Kingdom) in India.
Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.
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
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...
to the present times.
Works
Gupta has authored the ''India's Football Dream'',
''Education Policy in India: Voice Choice and Incentives (2015)'',
''Man Ki Baat
'' and ''Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein.''
Gupta wrote ''
The Monk Who Became Chief Minister'', biography of 22nd
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh-
.
Book was published in 2017 by
Bloomsbury Publishing
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.
He wrote another book ''
The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh'' which was published in 2021 by Garuda Prakashan.
See also
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References
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1979 births
English-language writers from India
Indian male writers
Living people
21st-century Indian novelists
Novelists from Uttar Pradesh
Activists from Uttar Pradesh
21st-century Indian male writers
XLRI – Xavier School of Management alumni