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Dr. Ravishankar Gundlapalli’s vision and life purpose are to bring the transformative power of mentorship to 100 million people in the world.

Dr. Ravi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MentorCloud, an online mentoring technology platform for organizations to scale their mentoring programs for rapidly growing skills, leadership, and performance of their people. Under Ravi’s leadership, MentorCloud has grown into a global movement with users from over 100 countries actively sharing and learning from each other as mentors and mentees. Dr. Ravi is a globally recognized thought leader on mentoring. He is the author of the book “The Art of Mentoring” that is fast becoming a global reference for mentoring best practices.

Dr. Ravi is a frequently invited speaker on the topics of mentoring, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and spoke at global conferences in 12 countries across 4 continents. Prior to founding MentorCloud, Dr. Ravi led supply chain solutions for Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Raytheon and Hitachi Global Storage.

Ravi has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, U.S.A, M.S. from Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A, and B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Ravi lives in Silicon Valley, California and enjoys traveling, singing and having inspiring conversations with new people.

Ravi is a TED Vanguard Fellow for his global work in mentoring and has participated in multiple TED conferences in Vancouver, BC. Ravi is recognized as an INK Future Maker, and also a speaker and workshop facilitator for Vistage Worldwide, a global CEO network.

Dr. Ravi at annual TED conference in Vancouver as Vanguard Fellow

Dr. Ravi featured on Nasdaq tower in NY Times Square

Dr. Ravi has been featured in various international publications such as Huffington Post, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Forbes India, Knowledge@Wharton, and in multiple podcasts and radio shows in US and India, and in two books, Dealstorming (by Tim Sanders) and Mark of an Eagle (by David McNally). He also serves on the Advisory Board of Krach Center for Tech Diplomacy, a global thinktank out of Purdue University that is leveraging technology solutions for world peace. Ravi is among a handful of Indians to serve on this prestigious board. Ravi also serves as a founding advisor for the Knowledge Impact Network.

Prior to founding MentorCloud, Dr. Ravi led supply chain solutions for Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Raytheon and Hitachi Global Storage. Dr. Ravi actively mentors entrepreneurs and professionals globally and serves as a mentor at the Founder Institute in Silicon Valley. One experience that inspires Dr. Ravi every day is Srikanth Bolla, a visually challenged student who he has been mentoring since 2008. Under Dr. Ravi’s mentorship, Srikanth graduated from MIT Sloan and is now CEO of Bollant Industries, a fast-growing green products company in India. There is a new Bollywood movie produced to celebrate the story of Srikanth.

Dr. Ravi with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson at World Women Summit

Dr. Ravi speaking at Million Women Mentors Gala in Washington, DC

Ravi has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, U.S.A, M.S. from Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A, and B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Ravi lives in Silicon Valley, California and enjoys traveling, singing and having inspiring conversations with new people. Ravi’s graduate studies were fully funded by Office of Naval Research of the US Government.

Dr. Ravi has delivered keynote speeches and presentations to audiences including...

...and in these countries globally

Here are few topics on which Dr. Ravi delivered Keynote speeches and Workshops

Igniting your True Potential

Keynote at Rishihood University, India

The Art of Mentoring

Townhall Keynote at Mondelez International, Wroclaw, Poland

Leader to Mentor Transformation

Virtual keynote at Global CLIX Summit

Building Mental Strength through Adversity

Women Economic Forum Silicon Valley 2023 with Mrs. Neerja Birla, Founder of Aditya Birla Education Trust

Igniting the Genius

within ISB Hyderabad India

The Art of Mentoring

Keynote at International Mentoring Congress in Madrid, Spain

Silver Wisdom

Panelist at World Demographic Forum in Switzerland

Purpose of Enterpreneurship for Women

Lightning talk at World Women Economic Forum in Egypt where Ravi was awarded ‘Exceptional Leader’

Accelerating Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Entrepreneurship Summit, Mexico city

Resource Leader & Mentor

Isha Insight, The DNA of success by Sadhguru

Panelist

On multiple topics at Horasis Meetings in Switzerland, USA, India

Power of Mentoring

YPO Innovation Week, Guatemala

Mentoring Beyond Borders

Plenary keynote at the Global Diaspora Forum in Washington DC, at the invitation of then US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton

The Power of Social Learning to Accelerate Positive Change

Delivering Change Forum in India, invited by then Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Audience Feedback from two recent talks

Ravi with Tom Friedman

Ravi in Women Economic Forum

Ravi and Chip Conley

Ravi with Don Soderquist

Ravi with Uli Maybach

Ravi with Simon Sinek

Ravi with Joe Polish

Ravi with Tom Friedman

Ravi in Women Economic Forum

Ravi and Chip Conley

Ravi with Don Soderquist

Ravi with Uli Maybach

Ravi with Simon Sinek

Ravi with Joe Polish

The Art of Mentoring

Written by Dr. Ravishankar Gundlapalli, The Art of Mentoring is a book written for people who are looking for ways to achieve their full potential.

The book gives several tools and techniques to find, connect and engage with mentors and to make the most out of mentoring relationships and in the process achieve one's true potential.

Dr.Ravi Gundlapalli

Dr. Ravi has delivered keynote speeches and presentations to audiences including...

...and in these countries globally

Audience Feedback from two recent talks

The Art of Mentoring

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