Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam
- Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam is the Founder and Chairman of Manas Advisory, a consultancy practice focusing on leadership coaching and business and cultural relations with China, Mongolia and Myanmar.
- During his corporate career of over 32 years in India and overseas, Ravi was a Board Director of ITC Ltd., Kolkata, Managing Director of VST Industries Ltd., Hyderabad, Head of Personnel of BAT Industries plc., London, and President of the Oberoi Group of Hotels, Delhi.
- He also serves as an Independent Director on several company boards, educational institutions and NGOs. Ravi is Treasurer and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, and an active writer and commentator on India-China business and cultural relations. He also sits on the Editorial Boards of China Report and World Affairs. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
- He took his M.A. in Experimental Psychology at Cambridge University, U.K., under the guidance of renowned scientist and Sinologist Joseph Needham
