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 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. 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. Shetty was invited by Tedx to give a talk on Peace Auto and Flex Politics Beda campaign. 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". 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. In 2016, Shetty was invited to be the chairperson of the Bengaluru Youth Festival. A prolific orator, he has delivered numerous  public talks on peace and helped students float peace clubs in colleges. 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. 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. 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.\ 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. 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 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. Grammy winner Ricky Kej and other influencers supported his campaign by performing on Bengaluru's Church Street. 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.