Sarathbabu Elumalai

Sarathbabu Elumalai is an Indian entrepreneur, social worker and politician. He is the founder and CEO of FoodKing.

Sarath did his schooling at Kings matriculation school. He did his master's degree in business administration from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. In 2006, he started Food King with a seed capital of for delivering food to institutions. In 2010, he joined Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a regional political party, but quit the party later. In the 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he contested again as an Independent candidate from the Velachery constituency. He lost the elections, ending up third with 7,472 votes. In 2011, Sarathbabu contested for the post of Mayor of Chennai. He is contesting as Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam party's candidate in Alandur (state assembly constituency) in upcoming 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Personal life In 2010, Sarath started the Hunger Free India, an initiative to feed poor people. He launched an initiative to observe 10 October as Hunger Free Day.

Awards and recognition Pepsi MTV Youth icon (2008) Example to Youth Award (2008) CNN-IBN Award for Young Indian Leader (2011) Honorary Rotarian Honorary Alumnus, XLRI Jamshedpur