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	'''Shantanu Gupta''' is an Indian author and political analyst.<ref name="monkbook" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Presidential Elections 2017: Know how President is elected?\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExutzukHL-s\|website=youtube\|publisher=ZeeNews\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/jnu-to-conduct-webinar-on-leadership-lessons-through-ramayana/story-tayKlysHre4zVtxhKcWUwN.html\|date=2020-04-28\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> Gupta has authored six books including ''[[Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future]]''— Story of World's Largest Political Party<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party\|last=Gupta\|first=Shantanu\|date=2019\|id={{ASIN\|9353337828\|country=in}}}}</ref> and ''[[The Monk Who Became Chief Minister]]'' which is biography of the 22nd and current [[Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] - [[Yogi Adityanath]].<ref name="monkbook">{{cite web\|title=The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-9789386606181/\|website=bloomsbury\|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news\|title='The Monk Who Became Chief Minister' Explores Yogi Adityanath's journey\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-explores-yogi-adityanath-s-journey-117081601134_1.html\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd.\|date=16 August 2017}}</ref> Now Gupta has written the sequel of [[Yogi Adityanath]]'s biography - [https://www.amazon.in/Monk-Who-Transformed-UTTAR-PRADESH/dp/1942426879 The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh]. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Monk who Transformed Uttar Pradesh\|url=https://www.garudabooks.com/the-monk-who-transformed-uttar-pradesh\|access-date=2021-12-06\|website=www.garudabooks.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gupta\|first=Shantanu\|title=The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh\|publisher=Garuda Prakashan\|year=2021\|isbn=978-1942426875\|location=India\|language=English}}</ref>		'''Shantanu Gupta''' is an Indian author and political analyst.<ref name="monkbook" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Presidential Elections 2017: Know how President is elected?\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExutzukHL-s\|website=youtube\|publisher=ZeeNews\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/jnu-to-conduct-webinar-on-leadership-lessons-through-ramayana/story-tayKlysHre4zVtxhKcWUwN.html\|date=2020-04-28\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> Gupta has authored six books including ''[[Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future]]''— Story of World's Largest Political Party<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party\|last=Gupta\|first=Shantanu\|date=2019\|id={{ASIN\|9353337828\|country=in}}}}</ref> and ''[[The Monk Who Became Chief Minister]]'' which is biography of the 22nd and current [[Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] - [[Yogi Adityanath]].<ref name="monkbook">{{cite web\|title=The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-9789386606181/\|website=bloomsbury\|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news\|title='The Monk Who Became Chief Minister' Explores Yogi Adityanath's journey\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-explores-yogi-adityanath-s-journey-117081601134_1.html\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd.\|date=16 August 2017}}</ref> Now Gupta has written the sequel of [[Yogi Adityanath]]'s biography - [https://www.amazon.in/Monk-Who-Transformed-UTTAR-PRADESH/dp/1942426879 The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Monk who Transformed Uttar Pradesh\|url=https://www.garudabooks.com/the-monk-who-transformed-uttar-pradesh\|access-date=2021-12-06\|website=www.garudabooks.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gupta\|first=Shantanu\|title=The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh\|publisher=Garuda Prakashan\|year=2021\|isbn=978-1942426875\|location=India\|language=English}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in [[Hyderabad]] named [[Intergraph]] and over the years worked for different organizations like [[Quark (company)\|Quark]], Geometric Software, [[Mercedes Benz]], [[Amdocs]] and [[Wipro]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=I have learnt that one should go into details and not do a superficial job\|url=http://temp.timesascent.in/article/81/2011020420110204124915382cde11e71/I-have-learnt-that-one-should-go-into-details-and-not-do-a-superficial-job.html\|website=timesascent\|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.<ref>{{cite web \|title=About Naandi foundation \|url=https://www.nanhikali.org/who-we-are/managing-partners-naandi-foundation.aspx \|website=www.nanhikali.org \|publisher=mahindra foundation \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Naandi and Mahindra foundation - Nanhi Kali project \|url=https://mahindrafoundationusa.org/ \|website=Mahindra foundation official website \|publisher=Mahindra foundation, Delaware, USA \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Samhita project for clean drinking water, with Naandi foundation \|url=http://www.samhita.org/naandi/ \|website=www.samhita.org \|publisher=Samhita \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref~~><ref name="sussex" /><ref name="live" /~~><ref>{{cite journal\|title=Are affordable private schools really affordable?\|journal=Teacherplus\|date=26 Nov 2010\|issue=January 2010\|url=http://www.teacherplus.org/comment/are-affordable-private-schools-really-affordable\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="~~ccs~~" /><ref name="~~sussex~~" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Improving Children's Lives, Transforming the Future\|url=https://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Improving_Children_s_Lives_-_Transforming_the_Future_9_Sep_2014.pdf\|website=unicef\|publisher=UNICEF\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, he became the part of [[Centre for Civil Society]] (CCS), a think tank.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act\|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/private-schools-for-poor-pressured-by-right-to-education-act/?_r=0\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|date=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=CCS among top 100 think tanks\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/CCS-among-top-100-think-tanks/article17114540.ece\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|work=The Hindu\|date=30 January 2017}}</ref> Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Breaking the class ceiling in education\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/breaking-the-class-ceiling-in-education/article5058702.ece\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=The Hindu Business Line\|date=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Speakers at the conference\|url=http://www.enhfoundation.in/speakers-at-the-conference-2/\|website=enhfoundation\|publisher=EandHFoundation\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Long wait for guest teachers\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Long-wait-for-guest-teachers/articleshow/41727859.cms\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd\|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>		Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in [[Hyderabad]] named [[Intergraph]] and over the years worked for different organizations like [[Quark (company)\|Quark]], Geometric Software, [[Mercedes Benz]], [[Amdocs]] and [[Wipro]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=I have learnt that one should go into details and not do a superficial job\|url=http://temp.timesascent.in/article/81/2011020420110204124915382cde11e71/I-have-learnt-that-one-should-go-into-details-and-not-do-a-superficial-job.html\|website=timesascent\|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.<ref name="sussex" /><ref name="live" /><ref>{{cite web \|title=About Naandi foundation \|url=https://www.nanhikali.org/who-we-are/managing-partners-naandi-foundation.aspx \|website=www.nanhikali.org \|publisher=mahindra foundation \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Naandi and Mahindra foundation - Nanhi Kali project \|url=https://mahindrafoundationusa.org/ \|website=Mahindra foundation official website \|publisher=Mahindra foundation, Delaware, USA \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Samhita project for clean drinking water, with Naandi foundation \|url=http://www.samhita.org/naandi/ \|website=www.samhita.org \|publisher=Samhita \|accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|title=Are affordable private schools really affordable?\|journal=Teacherplus\|date=26 Nov 2010\|issue=January 2010\|url=http://www.teacherplus.org/comment/are-affordable-private-schools-really-affordable\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="sussex" /><ref name="ccs" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Improving Children's Lives, Transforming the Future\|url=https://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Improving_Children_s_Lives_-_Transforming_the_Future_9_Sep_2014.pdf\|website=unicef\|publisher=UNICEF\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, he became the part of [[Centre for Civil Society]] (CCS), a think tank.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act\|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/private-schools-for-poor-pressured-by-right-to-education-act/?_r=0\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|date=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=CCS among top 100 think tanks\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/CCS-among-top-100-think-tanks/article17114540.ece\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|work=The Hindu\|date=30 January 2017}}</ref> Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Breaking the class ceiling in education\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/breaking-the-class-ceiling-in-education/article5058702.ece\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=The Hindu Business Line\|date=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Speakers at the conference\|url=http://www.enhfoundation.in/speakers-at-the-conference-2/\|website=enhfoundation\|publisher=EandHFoundation\|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Long wait for guest teachers\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Long-wait-for-guest-teachers/articleshow/41727859.cms\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd\|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>

	He is also the communication advisor to [[Ramdev\|Baba Ramdev]]<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pics-from-yoga-mat-to-football-field-ramdev-essays-new-role-as-brand-ambassador/story-ttiHjvqmmirgEyiP77LU9M.html\|title=Bend it like Baba: Ramdev on the field to promote Modi's pet-projects\|date=25 July 2016\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=HT Media Limited}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web\|last=Srivastava\|first=Swadeep\|title=Who Can Beat Baba Ramdev On Business Front?\|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Who-Can-Beat-Baba-Ramdev-On-Business-Front-/07-10-2016-106725\|access-date=2021-01-23\|website=BW Businessworld\|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Bhatia\|first1=Rahul\|last2=Lasseter\|first2=Tom\|title=As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon\|url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-modi-ramdev/\|access-date=2021-01-23\|website=Reuters\|language=en}}</ref> and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur<ref name="ccs" /> and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), [[University of Sussex]], (United Kingdom) in India.<ref name="sussex" />		He is also the communication advisor to [[Ramdev\|Baba Ramdev]]<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pics-from-yoga-mat-to-football-field-ramdev-essays-new-role-as-brand-ambassador/story-ttiHjvqmmirgEyiP77LU9M.html\|title=Bend it like Baba: Ramdev on the field to promote Modi's pet-projects\|date=25 July 2016\|accessdate=18 August 2017\|publisher=HT Media Limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Srivastava\|first=Swadeep\|title=Who Can Beat Baba Ramdev On Business Front?\|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Who-Can-Beat-Baba-Ramdev-On-Business-Front-/07-10-2016-106725\|access-date=2021-01-23\|website=BW Businessworld\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Bhatia\|first1=Rahul\|last2=Lasseter\|first2=Tom\|title=As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon\|url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-modi-ramdev/\|access-date=2021-01-23\|website=Reuters\|language=en}}</ref> and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur<ref name="ccs" /> and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), [[University of Sussex]], (United Kingdom) in India.<ref name="sussex" />

	Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/yogi-has-revolutionised-governance-in-up/story-6RDrnRxCIL4BYAZs6N33jL.html\|title=Yogi has revolutionised governance in UP\|date=2019-09-22\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/byline/shantanu-gupta.html\|title=Shantanu Gupta: Exclusive News Stories by Shantanu Gupta on Current Affairs, Events at News18\|website=News18\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/shantanu-gupta/\|title=Shantanu Gupta\|date=2017-10-12\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>		Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/yogi-has-revolutionised-governance-in-up/story-6RDrnRxCIL4BYAZs6N33jL.html\|title=Yogi has revolutionised governance in UP\|date=2019-09-22\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/byline/shantanu-gupta.html\|title=Shantanu Gupta: Exclusive News Stories by Shantanu Gupta on Current Affairs, Events at News18\|website=News18\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/shantanu-gupta/\|title=Shantanu Gupta\|date=2017-10-12\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>

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{{Infobox writer
| name = Shantanu Gupta
| image = Shantanu Gupta Photo.png
| caption = Shantanu Gupta in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|7}}
| birth_place = [[Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh]], India
| occupation = Author, political analyst
| language = English, Hindi
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[XLRI - Xavier School of Management]] [[Jamshedpur]], [[University of Sussex]]
| genre = [[Non-Fiction]]
| notableworks = [[The Monk Who Became Chief Minister]], Bharatiya Janata Party - Past, Present & Future, India's Football Dreams, Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein
| spouse = Swetha Rao Duggu
| children = Abhiram, Nakshatra
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| website = {{url|www.shantanugupta.in}}
}}

'''Shantanu Gupta''' is an Indian author and political analyst.<ref name="monkbook" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Elections 2017: Know how President is elected?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExutzukHL-s|website=youtube|publisher=ZeeNews|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JNU to conduct webinar on 'Leadership lessons through Ramayana'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/jnu-to-conduct-webinar-on-leadership-lessons-through-ramayana/story-tayKlysHre4zVtxhKcWUwN.html|date=2020-04-28|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> Gupta has authored six books including ''[[Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future]]''— Story of World's Largest Political Party<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: Past, Present and Future: Story of the World's Largest Political Party|last=Gupta|first=Shantanu|date=2019|id={{ASIN|9353337828|country=in}}}}</ref> and ''[[The Monk Who Became Chief Minister]]'' which is biography of the 22nd and current [[Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] - [[Yogi Adityanath]].<ref name="monkbook">{{cite web|title=The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-9789386606181/|website=bloomsbury|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|title='The Monk Who Became Chief Minister' Explores Yogi Adityanath's journey|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/the-monk-who-became-chief-minister-explores-yogi-adityanath-s-journey-117081601134_1.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd.|date=16 August 2017}}</ref> Now Gupta has written the sequel of [[Yogi Adityanath]]'s biography - [https://www.amazon.in/Monk-Who-Transformed-UTTAR-PRADESH/dp/1942426879 The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Monk who Transformed Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.garudabooks.com/the-monk-who-transformed-uttar-pradesh|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.garudabooks.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Shantanu|title=The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh|publisher=Garuda Prakashan|year=2021|isbn=978-1942426875|location=India|language=English}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Shantanu Gupta was born on 7 February 1979 in [[Bareilly]], a town in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and raised in [[Rishikesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], where his father worked in the public sector company [[Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited]] (IDPL). He did his schooling from [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] and subsequently studied engineering degree at [[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology]]. He thereafter studied Management at [[XLRI]], [[Jamshedpur]] and worked as a consultant for many years in [[India]] and abroad.<ref name="sussex">{{cite web|url=http://www.ids.ac.uk/person/shantanu-gupta|title=Shantanu Gupta - Alumni Ambassador India|website=ids|publisher=Institute of Development Studies|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="ccs">{{cite web|title=Shantanu GUpta|url=http://www.ccsindia.org/people/shantanu-gupta?width=600&height=500|website=ccsindia|publisher=Centre for Civil Society|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> In 2008 he went to the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), [[University of Sussex]], [[United Kingdom]], to do his Masters in [[Governance]] and Development.<ref name="ccs" /><ref name="live">{{cite web|author =eshgheman|title=From corporate to making the world a better place: Interview with Shantanu|work=Life as I know it |publisher=LiveJournal|date=19 Jun 2010|url=http://eshgheman.livejournal.com/86450.html|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Gupta started his career with a CAD/CAM software company in [[Hyderabad]] named [[Intergraph]] and over the years worked for different organizations like [[Quark (company)|Quark]], Geometric Software, [[Mercedes Benz]], [[Amdocs]] and [[Wipro]].<ref>{{cite web|title=I have learnt that one should go into details and not do a superficial job|url=http://temp.timesascent.in/article/81/2011020420110204124915382cde11e71/I-have-learnt-that-one-should-go-into-details-and-not-do-a-superficial-job.html|website=timesascent|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Later he left corporate life and started his social sector career with Naandi Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Naandi foundation |url=https://www.nanhikali.org/who-we-are/managing-partners-naandi-foundation.aspx |website=www.nanhikali.org |publisher=mahindra foundation |accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Naandi and Mahindra foundation - Nanhi Kali project |url=https://mahindrafoundationusa.org/ |website=Mahindra foundation official website |publisher=Mahindra foundation, Delaware, USA |accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Samhita project for clean drinking water, with Naandi foundation |url=http://www.samhita.org/naandi/ |website=www.samhita.org |publisher=Samhita |accessdate=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="sussex" /><ref name="live" /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Are affordable private schools really affordable?|journal=Teacherplus|date=26 Nov 2010|issue=January 2010|url=http://www.teacherplus.org/comment/are-affordable-private-schools-really-affordable|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="ccs" /><ref name="sussex" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Improving Children's Lives, Transforming the Future|url=https://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Improving_Children_s_Lives_-_Transforming_the_Future_9_Sep_2014.pdf|website=unicef|publisher=UNICEF|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, he became the part of [[Centre for Civil Society]] (CCS), a think tank.<ref>{{cite news|title=Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/private-schools-for-poor-pressured-by-right-to-education-act/?_r=0|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CCS among top 100 think tanks|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/CCS-among-top-100-think-tanks/article17114540.ece|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Hindu|date=30 January 2017}}</ref> Gupta has been a proponent of private schools with a lower fee option, vis a vis government run free and subsidized schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking the class ceiling in education|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/breaking-the-class-ceiling-in-education/article5058702.ece|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=The Hindu Business Line|date=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers at the conference|url=http://www.enhfoundation.in/speakers-at-the-conference-2/|website=enhfoundation|publisher=EandHFoundation|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Long wait for guest teachers|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Long-wait-for-guest-teachers/articleshow/41727859.cms|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>

He is also the communication advisor to [[Ramdev|Baba Ramdev]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pics-from-yoga-mat-to-football-field-ramdev-essays-new-role-as-brand-ambassador/story-ttiHjvqmmirgEyiP77LU9M.html|title=Bend it like Baba: Ramdev on the field to promote Modi's pet-projects|date=25 July 2016|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=HT Media Limited}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Srivastava|first=Swadeep|title=Who Can Beat Baba Ramdev On Business Front?|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Who-Can-Beat-Baba-Ramdev-On-Business-Front-/07-10-2016-106725|access-date=2021-01-23|website=BW Businessworld|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Bhatia|first1=Rahul|last2=Lasseter|first2=Tom|title=As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon|url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-modi-ramdev/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Reuters|language=en}}</ref> and alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur<ref name="ccs" /> and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), [[University of Sussex]], (United Kingdom) in India.<ref name="sussex" />

Gupta had left his corporate career and became an author and he writes on political & policy issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/yogi-has-revolutionised-governance-in-up/story-6RDrnRxCIL4BYAZs6N33jL.html|title=Yogi has revolutionised governance in UP|date=2019-09-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/byline/shantanu-gupta.html|title=Shantanu Gupta: Exclusive News Stories by Shantanu Gupta on Current Affairs, Events at News18|website=News18|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/shantanu-gupta/|title=Shantanu Gupta|date=2017-10-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>

=== 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 has authored the ''India's Football Dream'',<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/india%E2%80%99s-football-dream/book269116|title=India's Football Dream|publisher=SAGE Publishing}}</ref> ''Education Policy in India: Voice Choice and Incentives (2015)'',<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://ccs.in/sites/default/files/publications/lss8-education-in-india.pdf|title=Education in India: Voice, Choice & Incentives|website=ccs|publisher=CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> ''Man Ki Baat<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/author/shantanu-gupta|title=Gupta, Shantanu|date=2019-11-12|website=SAGE India|language=en-in|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>'' and ''Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein.''<ref name=":3" />

Gupta wrote ''[[The Monk Who Became Chief Minister]]'', biography of 22nd [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]-[[Yogi Adityanath]].<ref name=":1" /> Book was published in 2017 by [[Bloomsbury Publishing]].<ref name=":1" /> He wrote another book ''[[The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh]]'' which was published in 2021 by Garuda Prakashan.

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website |shantanugupta.in}}

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