Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst.[1][2] He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.[3] Gupta has authored ten books including Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future— Story of World's Largest Political Party[4] and The Monk Who Became Chief Minister which is biography of the 22nd and current
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh -
Yogi Adityanath.[1][5] Gupta has written the sequel of
Yogi Adityanath's biography The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh [6][7] and graphic novel on the same, Ajay to Yogi Adityanath.[8] Gupta is the first author to introduce a political comic in India for the first time voters for the 2024 general elections, titled, 101 Reasons Why I Will Vote for Modi.[9][10]
Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in
Hyderabad named
Intergraph and over the years worked for different organizations like
Quark, Geometric Software,
Mercedes-Benz,
Amdocs and
Wipro.[15] Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.[16][17][18][11][13][19] Under Naandi, he helped manage projects related to remedial education interventions in
Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra &
New Delhi. He also worked with
UNICEF for its Integrated District Approach (IDA) project in
Bundelkhand,
Uttar Pradesh.[12][11][20] Subsequently, he became the part of
Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a think tank.[21][22] Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.[23][24][25]
Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.[29][30][31]
The Ramayana School
Gupta has founded The Ramayana School, which describes itself as "an endeavor to explore and contextualize the life lessons present in
Ramayana to the present times.
Works
Gupta launched his book Ajay to Yogi Adityanath in the Indian Embassy in London and in the British Parliament.[32] For the same book Gupta create a Asia Book of Records, by launching it in 51 Schools of Uttar Pradesh together.[33]
Gupta has authored the India's Football Dream,[34]Education Policy in India: Voice Choice and Incentives (2015),[35]Man Ki Baat[36] and Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein.[36]