sri misra
founder aarnâ protocol
> building better onchain asset management | founded Milk Mantra | fellow Aspen Institute & Yale
DeFi is degen - fragmented, complex and risky > aarnâ is building the missing layer to organize and simplify DeFi access. the outcome > turning fragmented opportunities into structured, risk-managed products accessible at scale | Prior, at milk mantra we solved trust deficit in food, with a great brand, technology, & ethical sourcing impacting a million lives. we put blockchain into the milk supply chain too!
sri.camp is a basecamp to share some of my thoughts on Web3, crypto, AI, and Purpose. would love some banter, so if you have any thoughts & disagreements then air them!
latest highlights
Emergent Persuasion in AI
Beyond Risk Curators
Crypto ETFs Just Getting Started
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> Sri is a repeat entrepreneur building aarnâ, a full-stack on-chain asset management platform with a mission to organize and simplify DeFi access - turning fragmented opportunities into structured, risk-managed products accessible at scale. Earlier, as the founder of Milk Mantra, India’s first VC-funded agri-food startup, Sri pioneered ethically sourced, tech-driven consumer food play, and became a leading voice for purpose-driven capitalism. His innovative work has received global media attention and has been featured in top business school case studies.
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> Previously a key member of the Tata Group’s elite TAS, Sri gained international experience in London and Johannesburg and spearheaded M&A in the consumer food & beverage sector. He has segued across roles & countries, accruing significant expertise in consumer markets, finance and technology.
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> Sri has frequently collaborated with India’s leading government policy think tank, contributing to national projects like a blockchain-based agri-stack presented to the Prime Minister. An Aspen Institute and Yale World Fellow, Sri continues to drive economic innovation while pursuing his passion for the high altitude outdoors, seeking to scale new peaks.
January 15, 2026
India does not need a ‘cryptocurrency’; it needs a bitcoin strategy
India is missing a clear, conservative, institutionally acceptable path for Indian capital to hold the one digital asset that is now firmly inside the global reserve narrative.
July 22, 2024
Centralized system failures expose critical risks in technology and finance ecosystems
Exploring the vulnerabilities in centralized systems and their impact on modern technology infrastructure and financial markets.
January 28, 2025
Hatsun Agro acquires Milk Mantra for Rs 233 cr to expand in East India
Major acquisition deal highlighting the successful exit of Milk Mantra and expansion strategy in Eastern Indian markets.
December 17, 2024
Crypto's first AI quant tokenized product is launched by aarna protocol
Crypto's first AI quant tokenized product is launched by aarna protocol
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The Dairy Disruptors | published at Fortune India on April 5, 2022
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Srikumar Misra,Founder,MD &CEO, Milk Mantra | published on Grant Thornton, Changemakers
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Milk Mantra targets ₹1,000-cr revenue in five years | published at Fortune India on July 6, 2021
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A Milk Startup Takes On 300 Million Cows | published at Wall Street Journal on July 7, 2018
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How Milk Mantra became the taste of Odisha | published on Forbes India on May 30, 2018
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Talks at ESSEC: Srikumar Misra of Milk Mantra | published at ESSEC, Youtube on March 16
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The Toast Of Odisha | published at Forbes India on May 5, 2016
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FortuneIndia, 40 under 40 | published at FortuneIndia on 2016
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India's New Age Milkman | published at Entrepreneur India on October 31, 2016
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Building a dairy company Out of odisha | published at SmartCEO.co on February 01, 2015
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Cashing in on cows, Milk Mantra style | published at Business Standard on Sept 14, 2014
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How Srikumar Misra's Milk Mantra fights adulteration menace | published at Money Control on 2013
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Boom Country?The New Wave Of Indian Entreprise | published at Book Publication on 15 May 2017
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DeFi Lectures
Sri Misra's DeFi Lecture Series
A structured lecture series on decentralised finance, designed to help students, professionals, and institutional audiences understand how finance is being rebuilt on programmable rails.
Rather than treating DeFi as a narrow crypto topic, the series approaches it through the lenses of market structure, financial infrastructure, risk, governance, and institutional adoption. It starts with first principles, then moves into how blockchains, smart contracts, stablecoins, lending markets, tokenization, and onchain asset management are reshaping the architecture of finance.
The lectures are designed for multiple audiences - from universities and fintech learners to finance professionals, operators, and executive education cohorts seeking a clearer understanding of the new financial stack.
Current Courses
DeFi 101 - Future of Finance
A broad and accessible introduction to decentralised finance. This course explains why decentralisation matters, what Bitcoin and Ethereum made possible, how smart contracts changed market design, and how DeFi is creating a new financial stack.
It builds toward the core building blocks of DeFi - exchanges, lending, stablecoins, tokenization, governance, and institutional readiness - and is well suited to interdisciplinary audiences looking for a strong conceptual foundation.
DeFi - Programmable Market Infrastructure
A more technical and design-led course that treats DeFi as programmable financial infrastructure.
It examines smart contracts, custody, settlement, market structure, lending systems, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and the broader architecture of onchain finance. This format is especially suited to audiences in computer science, fintech, finance, and interdisciplinary technology programs.
Extended Modules and Custom Formats
The lecture series can also be delivered in extended or modular formats depending on the audience.
These include deeper sessions on DeFi systems and market structure, risk, governance, and institutional readiness, regulation and trust frameworks, tokenization and the future of financial infrastructure, and the emerging overlap between AI and DeFi.
This allows the series to work across universities, executive education, industry associations, and specialised professional cohorts.
Certificate NFT
Participants who complete eligible courses can claim a personalised soulbound NFT certificate recorded on the Ethereum blockchain.
The certificate is verifiable, non-transferable, and permanently recorded onchain. It serves as a durable digital proof of participation and completion.
For universities, institutions, or organisations interested in hosting a lecture series or custom format, please get in touch through the existing contact channels on sri.camp.