Karthik Naralasetty, a 35-year-old Indian-American businessman, is working for mayor in The Hills village of Texas, with the mayoral election to be held on November 5, coinciding with the presidential election in the US.
If he’s victorious, Naralasetty will create historical past because the youngest mayor of The Hills, and can be the primary individual of Indian descent to be its mayor. The village has solely 5 Indian households in a inhabitants of over 2000.
Who’s Karthik Naralasetty?
(1.) In keeping with an India Right this moment report, he was born in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur and accomplished his early training in Delhi. As a younger pupil, he arrived within the US to check pc science on the Rutgers College.
(2.) Nonetheless, he dropped out and returned to India, the place he began his first firm, Socialblood, for blood donation. Right this moment, 120 million (12 crore) folks use it globally.
(3.) Pawsh, Naralasetty’s second enterprise, was to attach canine house owners with groomers.
(4.) Moreover, as a ‘self-taught product designer,’ he’s a marketing consultant with Apple, Walmart, and Levis.
(5.) Naralasetty’s imaginative and prescient for The Hills, he says, is for it to be a spot the place ‘everybody thrives, no matter their background.’
(6.) “As I run for mayor, I’m pushed by the teachings I’ve realized all through my entrepreneurial journey, and I consider that, collectively, we will construct a brighter, extra inclusive future grounded in shared values and mutual respect,” his marketing campaign web site quotes him as saying.
(7.) His household contains mother and father, partner Aditi – they met throughout his early days in US – and their youngsters: Leilani and Jaivyn.
(8.) In the meantime, Karthik’s in-laws, who reside in New Jersey, gave him ‘unwavering’ help and steering.
(9.) Additionally, the household has two canines – Hachi and Hiro – and with out the pets, ‘the house wouldn’t be full.’