Ravi Visvanathan

Ravi has had an extensive career of 30+ years in international marketing, channel development, sales and customer service in the high technology industry. He started his career with Sun Microsystems in California and returned to India in 2002. He settled down in Chennai where he worked at HCL Technology in the offshore software development industry.
After corporate life Ravi and his wife: Gowri channeled their passion for organic food and women’s empowerment into their kitchen table business – Organic Depot. They worked with an organic coffee grower in Wayanad and a women’s self-help group in Ranikhet, bringing their products to consumers in Chennai. Their wholesale operation started small and in time grew to forty plus retail outlets who served a growing base of consumers. In time this grew to a significant revenue for the Mahila Umang Producers Company.
Ravi completed his MBA from Case Western Reserve University and holds an MA Economics degree from BITS Pilani. Outside of work, Ravi is an avid reader, writer and enjoys swimming.