Ravi is the Dean of Academics at the JSPM’s Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad, Dist.Yavatmal, which is affiliated with the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Maharastra, India.

He earned a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Structures from Kakatiya Universty, Andhra Pradesh, in 1985; a Master's degree in Housing from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, in 1988; and a PhD from the Department of Architecture and Planning at the University of Roorkee, Uttaranchal state, India, in 2000.

His fields of technical expertise include estimating and costing; building, planning, design and drawing; building construction; transportation engineering; sustainable community-based planning; post-disaster reconstruction; and structural design methods.
In public and community service, Ravi is the ex-president of the Rotary Club of Pusad and ex-president of the Theosophical Society of India, Pusad Lodge. He has also served as an educator/coordinator and steering committee member of National Seminars for teaching staff and students.