Embassy of India, Helsinki and Startup India organized a Slush side event on “Made in India FinTech Solution”. One of the panel members, Ravi Ranjan highlighted how FinTech solutions could contribute to India’s growth. In the capital of Finland (One of the coldest capitals, located near the North Pole), one of the world’s largest and leading startup events, Slush, is organized annually, with more than 30,000 participants, especially startup founders and entrepreneurs. This year, the Indian Embassy in Helsinki, in cooperation with Startup India, organized a Slush side event on the topic Made in India Fintech Solution: Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The event was attended by entrepreneurship evangelist Ravi Ranjan and startup expert, Indian Ambassador to Finland Raveesh Kumar, Upasana Taku (co-founder Unicorn Startup Mobikwik) Mano Thangaraj (IT Minister Tamilnadu) and others.

While speaking, Ravi Ranjan mentioned, “India’s startup ecosystem has grown phenomenally over the last few years. At the event, I highlighted how UPI and fintech innovation are impacting India’s growth.” “Growing UPI payments, digital transactions and the ease of doing business across the country are the result of an excellent startup ecosystem and it promotes the country’s digital economy. Through several ties, both countries promote each other’s growth. We can also learn about Finland’s best practices and implement them in India

It was a particularly great opportunity for Ravi Ranjan, who is also the Head of Partnerships and Events at Venture Catalysts, India’s largest early stage investment network, to represent India at this mega event as he is one of the most active contributors to the growth of Indian Startup. Ecosystem. Ravi Ranjan’s incredible journey from a Naxal-plagued childhood in Japla Palamu Jharkhand to becoming an important startup ecosystem enabler domestically and globally has been an inspiring story of perseverance and passion.

Ravi has seen many challenges during his personal and professional journey. First, his hometown Japla, the village he hails from in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, was one of the worst Naxal-hit areas in the country. Ranjan’s childhood was disturbed by violence, terrorism and the resulting challenges. Despite this and many other obstacles, a young and brilliant boy from the tribal heartland of India, Jharkhand, built a reputation for himself in the startup world and received numerous awards in the process

Last year, Ravi was the curator and business advisor for the highly successful TV show Shark Tank on behalf of the Venture Catalysts group. Recently, Seed Group, the private office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has appointed Ravi Ranjan as Head of Strategic Partnerships to head its India operations. Ravi Ranjan is also one of the few handpicked emerging leaders from India who is part of the US government’s famous IVLP program. For more than a decade, he has been coaching commercial and government actors in the intricacies of business and entrepreneurship.