Anil Shetty

Anil Shetty (born 25 June 1987) is an Indian social leader, time investor, entrepreneur, author, activist and a motivational speaker, based in India. He is the lead campaigner of "Save Govt Schools" movement in Karnataka. He is named as top 10 Yuva Kannadiga 2018 by Karnataka’s no 1 daily newspaper Vijayakarntaka [1]

Anil Shetty
Personal details
Born (1987-06-25) 25 June 1987
Udupi, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationLead campaigner, Save Govt Schools Movement
Websitehttp://www.savegovtschools.org

Early life

Shetty comes from Shanakaranarayana, a small village in Udupi district, Karnataka. A college drop-out from M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an Entrepreneur.

Work

He began his career as a trader in the stock market at the age of 20. At the age of 23, Shetty traveled to Mumbai and co-founded the company Fly With VIP which engaged celebrities from Bollywood, Cricket, and high business. Currently, he is an independent investment banker who helps start-up businesses raise early stage capital.[2]

Social life

Shetty 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.[3][4] Shetty was invited by Tedx to give a talk on Peace Auto and Flex Politics Beda campaign.[5]

Shetty has been involved in various community projects for bus drivers, police constables, pourakarmikas, underprivileged students, and the deprived classes. He has organized events to honour civic workers within the city to establish a sense of inclusiveness and responsibility between the workers and the population. The campaign shaped itself to be called as the "Namma Heroes Project".[6]

He recently resigned from the board of Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) where he was the youngest along with Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and former Infosys director Mohandas Pai.[7]

In 2016, Shetty was invited to be the chairperson of the Bengaluru Youth Festival.[8] A prolific orator, he has delivered numerous public talks on peace and helped students float peace clubs in colleges.[9]

Shetty started "The Constitution’s Preamble" initiative in association with the Bangalore Political Action Committee 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 the constitution guards our fundamental rights and not the politicians.[10] First time ever he organised Dr B R Ambedkar Birth anniversary ( Jayanti ) celebration at upscale mall UB city, inviting prominent people from various background to share their understanding of father of Indian Constitution.

Furthermore, he spearheaded "Flex Politics Beda", a campaign against illegal flex banners in Bengaluru and has been credited to be responsible for erasing the menace of illegal hoardings in the city. He addressed the same concern in a Tedx talk titled "The Political Pollution" and shared his story of success.[11][12][13][14]

Furthermore, he criticised the BBMP's system of distributing Kempegowda Awards annually presented to achievers from different walks of life. He called for more transparency in the system.[15]\

During the 2018 state assembly election Anil lead a massive campaign in Bengaluru “My Vote is not for Sale “ and appealed people not to sell their vote for money and choose the right candidate as their elected representative.[16]

He is currently running a successful statewide campaign "Save Govt Schools" demanding new "State Education Policy" which aims to revolutionize public education system in Karnataka[17][18]

Celebrities as such as Actress Pranitha Subhash, Director Rishab Shetty, Actor Prajwal Devraj, Anchor Akul Balaji and many more came out in support for the campaign and have been donating for the cause for it to be strengthened.[19] Grammy winner Ricky Kej and other influencers supported his campaign by performing on Bengaluru's Church Street.[20]

Shetty was invited by the United States' Department of State to be the part of International Visitors Leadership Program to represent India. In 2018 he was even invited by Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry to become part of South Indian Leaders delegation to visit Israel.

Anil authored his first book "The making of i", a book about his personal experiences revolving around his moral and spiritual growth. He is also the author of "Project Hope", a coffee table book that aimed to raise awareness about cancer. The foreword for the book has been penned down by Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.[21]

gollark: I don't think this is a particularly new idea. Not sure why it hasn't really happened.
gollark: And generally more constrained.
gollark: I guess the loans here are somewhat smaller.
gollark: I'm mostly going to university for arbitrary signalling reasons, to avoid having to actually work for some time, and to learn more maths things.
gollark: I think there are probably still some advantages.

References
  1. Arakal, Ralph Alex (22 March 2018). "It's an 'F': Report rakes government schools over coals". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Kulkarni, Tanu. "Saviour of unsung heroes". The Hindu.
  4. Reporter, Staff (5 October 2014). "Peace Auto initiative turns one". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. "Bangalore's Auto-rickshaws of Peace - ANIL SHETTY". YouTube. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. "Civic workers honoured at rare, glittering event". Deccan Herald. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  7. "Anil Shetty, Author at BPAC". Bpac.in. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. "DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. "Peace & Joy in colleges is Anil's motto in life". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. Rao, Sunita. "Soon, read on B'luru's walls: The Constitution's Preamble". The Times of India.
  11. "The Political Pollution - Anil Shetty". YouTube. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  12. "Bengaluru's #Flexpoliticsbeda Is Making Sure That No Politician Puts Up Hoardings Illegally". Indiatimes.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  13. "#flexpoliticsbeda:Voters want 'clean' polls". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  14. "Thank you for the ban on flex banners, Chief Justice". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  15. "Kempegowda award: More skeletons are tumbling out". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  16. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/668761/my-vote-not-sale-campaign.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. "2 lakh support drive to save govt schools". Deccan Herald. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  18. "Campaign for govt schools gains steam". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  19. "Campaign to save government schools in Karnataka receives enthusiastic response". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  20. "Saving govt schools with music on Church St". M.dailyhunt.in. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  21. "Pages full of 'Hope': Book to raise awareness about cancer". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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