Ravi Sreenath | Co-founder and MD | Ripple Research | a data4good advisory firm
- Over the last 16 years, Ravi Sreenath has worked with and advised Fortune 500 companies, multilateral and bilateral organizations, universities, government agencies and startups on strategy and social impact in Asia, Europe, and Africa.
- He has held various positions at UBS Investment Bank, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, One Acre Fund, the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and the Economic Policy Analysis Unit of the PM’s Office in Ethiopia.
Podcast
Overview
Ravi Sreenath is doing great work in Ethiopia by supporting many students and teachers through accelerated learning. Ravi spoke about Ripple Research and how amazingly he has created robust data for an excellent advisory firm in such a short period.
00:33- About Ravi Sreenath and his journey.
- Over the last 16 years, Ravi Sreenath has worked with and advised Fortune 500 companies, multilateral and bilateral organisations, universities, government agencies and startups on strategy and social impact in Asia, Europe and Africa.
- He has held various positions at UBS Investment Bank, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, One Acre Fund, the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and the Economic Policy Analysis Unit of the PM’s Office in Ethiopia.
- He has significant strategic and operational expertise in technology, smallholder agriculture, education and capacity building and investment promotion in light-manufacturing and clean technology.
- Before Ripple Research, Ravi also launched and scaled an award-winning ed-tech startup in Africa. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering and an MBA from Université de Genève and IIM-A.
02:15- Tell us about Ripple research.
- Ripple Research was founded to make data essential to how businesses, organisations, and policymakers identify and engage their audience.
- We bring together a solid global team of fully-remote strategists, designers, data scientists and philanthropists who bring decades of experience in various sectors and geographies.
- Our team is fully committed to designing solutions for the most pressing global challenges and effectuating enduring large-scale social impact through our unique Human+AI approach.
04:25- What is Big Data?
- Normal data sets are not big. They have hundreds or thousands of records.
- Big data sets, in contrast, have millions or billions of records or data points.
- For example, Google, across its online systems and platforms, could track user interactions and behaviour and collect data on billions of data points daily.
- Similarly, climate data points worldwide record changing temperature, pressure, wind patterns, and other predictive models rely on big data sets.
21:25- What three lessons do you want our viewers to take away from the conversation?
- Stay curious and learn as much as possible. You can continuously pursue some non-traditional career paths.
- Be well-intentioned about your thoughts and actions.
- Apply critical thinking.
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You can connect with Ravi Sreenath | on LinkedIn
Visit: https://www.rippleresearch.ai/
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Profile
- Over the last 16 years, Ravi Sreenath has worked with and advised Fortune 500 companies, multilateral and bilateral organisations, universities, government agencies and startups on strategy and social-impact in Asia, Europe and Africa.
- He has held various positions at UBS Investment Bank, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, One Acre Fund, the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and the Economic Policy Analysis Unit of the PM’s Office in Ethiopia.
- He has significant strategic and operational expertise in technology, smallholder agriculture, education and capacity building and investment promotion in light-manufacturing and clean technology.
- Before Ripple Research, Ravi also launched and scaled an award-winning ed-tech startup in Africa. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering and an MBA from Université de Genève and IIM-A.
