Dr. Ravi grew up in Rajajinagar, Bangalore. His primary and high school education was from National Public School, Rajajinagar, and Pre-University from MES College, Malleswaram, Bangalore. He went to Medical School At The Government Medical College, Mysore, obtained a Diploma in Dermatology, Venereology and leprosy at Bangalore Medical College and MD in Dermatology at the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore.He was a fellow at the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, the USA where he was trained in pediatric dermatology and later obtained a University Fellowship Training in Pediatric Dermatology at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He also has a two-year training as a post-doctoral research fellow in the genetics of psoriasis at the department of dermatology, University of Michigan, Annarbor, USA.This doctor is also Practising in Kangaroo Care Women & Child Hospital.