| Shantanu Naidu is an Indian businessman, animal rights activist, human rights activist, and corporate executive. |
| He has founded organizations like Motopaws, On Your Sparks, and The Goodfellows to assist the underprivileged and advocate for social reform. |
| Shantanu Naidu hails from a Telugu-speaking family in Maharashtra. |
| He completed his schooling in Pune. |
| In 2009, he started as an engineering intern at Tata Technologies, working there until 2010. |
| From 2014 to 2016, he served as a design engineer in Tata Elxsi's Pune branch. |
| Motopaws was established by Shantanu in 2015 to protect stray dogs, especially those endangered during nightly road accidents. |
| After founding Motopaws, he wrote to Ratan Tata for support, receiving a reply two months later in 2015. |
| Motopaws has received collar orders from four countries and operates in twenty cities in India as of 2023. |
| Following his engineering studies, he prepared for GMAT and scored 760 in January 2016. |
| During his time at Cornell University, Shantanu engaged in various activities. |
| He started as a business strategy intern at Tata Trusts in June 2017. |
| Ratan Tata attended Shantanu's graduation from Cornell University in 2018. |
| Upon his return to India, he worked as a deputy general manager at Tata Trusts in Mumbai. |
| In May 2020, he established On Your Sparks to mentor young entrepreneurs. |
| In December 2020, Shantanu worked as a freelance author at HarperCollins Publishers India. |
| He co-authored 'I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir of Life with Ratan Tata' in January 2021. |
| A video of Shantanu celebrating Ratan Tata's birthday in December 2021 gained significant attention on social media. |
| Shantanu became the general manager at the Office of RNT in the Tata Group in May 2022. |
| To combat elderly loneliness in India, he founded The Goodfellows in September 2022. |
| On January 18, 2023, he was appointed as the director of the Advanced Veterinary Care Foundation. |
| He refers to Ratan Tata as Millennial Dumbledore, while Ratan fondly calls him Millennial Friend. |
| Shantanu Naidu is fluent in Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, and English. |
| In addition to advising Ratan Tata on business matters, he also serves as a social media advisor. |
| Shantanu hails from a long line of Tata Group workers. |
| He has shared his insights on various talk shows, including TEDx. |
