Late Colonel MB Ravindranath, VrC, an alumnus of
National Defence Academy, Pune was commissioned in June
1980 into 17 MADRAS. In 1985, he was amongst the
founding team of 21 RAJRIF, one of the experimental mixedclass
units created in Infantry Regiments. He served as an
Instructor in the Infantry School, Mhow, and then had tenures in
WARDEC, ARTRAC and in Rashtriya Rifles. Taking over
command of 2 RAJRIF in 1998, he led the battalion in the
capture of Tololing and later Three Pimples. He was awarded
the Vir Chakra for his gallantry and outstanding leadership on
15 August 1999. Ravindranath voluntarily sought premature
retirement in 2001, leaving behind a rising military career to
take hold of a family business enterprise. He proved his mettle in
the industrial sector, and by 2018, he was on the board of
directors for a number of self-owned ventures that included
Magod Laser Machining, Magod Fusion Technologies, Preusse
India and Tycoon Software Technologies, spread over several sites
in India. Ravi died of a massive heart attack on 8th April
2018, with his boots on, as the soldier in him would have desired.
He had just returned from his customary early morning jog in the
neighbourhood park of Jayanagar, Bengaluru, when he collapsed.
