Sarathbabu Elumalai

Sarathbabu Elumalai
Born (1979-11-10) November 10, 1979
Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India
Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater BITS Pilani
IIM Ahmedabad
Occupation CEO of FoodKing, Politician[1]
Spouse(s) Ramya Krishnaraj
Parent(s) Elumalai.P
E. Deeparamani

Sarathbabu Elumalai is an Indian entrepreneur, social worker and politician. He is the founder and CEO of FoodKing.[2]

Early life and education

Sarathbabu was born in Madipakkam, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] He had four siblings and the family was supported by his mother Deepa Ramani, an Anganwadi worker.[4][5] She also did various other jobs like making idlis, which Sarathbabu used to sell before going to school.[2]

Sarath did his schooling at Kings matriculation school.[5] He completed his bachelors at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. After completing his graduation, he worked for three years with Polaris.[5] He did his masters in business administration from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[6]

Career

After completing his management education, Sarathbabu worked for 2 years.[7] In 2006, he started Food King with a seed capital of ₹2000 (US$30) for delivering food to institutions.[8][6][5] As of 2011, it operates in 6 locations in India with an annual turnover of ₹80 million (US$1.2 million).[5]

Politics

Sarathbabu contested as an independent candidate from the Chennai South constituency during the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections and managed to secure over 15,000 votes.[9] In 2010, he joined Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a regional political party, but quit the party later.[10] In the 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he contested again as an Independent candidate from the Velachery constituency. He lost the elections, ending up third with 7,472 votes.[11] In 2011, Sarathbabu contested for the post of Mayor of Chennai.[12][13]

Personal life

In 2010, Sarath started the Hunger Free India, an initiative to feed poor people.[14][15][16] He launched an initiative to observe October 10 as Hunger Free Day.[17] In 2015, he married Ramya Krishnaraj.

Awards and Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Food King who challenges huge". Mint. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "FoodKing's CEO's mother sold idly for a living". Regular News. Sify.
  3. 1 2 "Session Speakers, India Today youth summit". Speaker Profiles, India Today youth summit. IndiaToday. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Foodking chief enters poll fray". news article. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "CEO of Idli Inc". Daily news. Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Entrepreneurial intuition sparked off by ‘food king'". News column. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "The inspiring rags-to-riches tale of Sarathbabu". News. Rediff. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Problems are opportunities". the Hindu. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Entrepreneur joins DMDK". News. WebIndia. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "IIM grads, techies set to contest Tamil Nadu polls". News. Economic Times. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Election Constituencies". Tamil Nadu Election Constituencies. Indianballot. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  12. ↑ "IIM graduate, RTI crusader in mayor race". Dailynews. Times of India. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Foodking who wants to be Mayor". News. CNN IBN. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "Who we are". website. Hunger Free India.
  15. ↑ "Vote for a change, vote for 'Food King' Sarathbabu". news. Spoon feed. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Food King who challenges hunger". Daily news. Livemint. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  17. ↑ "Sarathbabu Elumalai launches Hunger Free India". BITSAA newsletter. BITSAA. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  18. ↑ "Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 Proud to be BITSian Food King - Sarath Babu". News. Prlog. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Realising Dreams". News. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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