Srikumar Misra

Srikumar Misra
Born
Cuttack, Odisha, India
NationalityIndian
EducationMasters in Business Administration (MBA)
Alma materXavier Institute of Management
University of Texas at Austin

Srikumar Misra is an Indian serial entrepreneur known for founding Milk Mantra,[1] a dairy foods company based in Odisha.[2] Misra launched the company in 2009, and it was India's first agri-foods company to get venture capital backing.[3] Before this, Misra was a director at Tetley and a senior executive at the Tata Group.[4] He was also part of Yale University's World Fellows Program in 2021.[5] His work has been included in case studies at business schools like Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[6] He has also been extensively featured in the Wall Street Journal,[2][7] Bloomberg,[8] Forbes,[4] Fortune,[9] Economic Times, and Financial Times.[10]

  1. ^ John, Nirmal (2016-05-10). "The toast of Odisha". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "A Milk Startup Takes On 300 Million Cows". Wall Street Journal. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "Dairy Startup Milk Mantra Sees Bigger Market Share in Eastern India". Bloomberg. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ a b Singh, Rajiv (23 February 2021). "Milk Mantra: Unsettling The Dairy Biggies With Premium Play". Forbes India. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  5. ^ University, X. I. M. (2020-02-09). "Alumni Achievements - XIM University". Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ "XIMB-Emylon School students visit Milk Mantra". Odisha Diary, Latest Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  7. ^ "One Tech Startup, 300 Millions Cows". The Wall Street Journal.
  8. ^ Parija, Pratik (22 July 2021). "U.S. DFC-Backed Indian Firm to Help Users Trace Origin of Milk". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  9. ^ "The Dairy Disruptors". www.fortuneindia.com. 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  10. ^ "Case studies: investing in bottom of pyramid". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-05-23.