Ramya Ravi grew up eating the donne biryani cooked by her grandmother. The Karnataka style biryani wasn't as famous as the Lucknow, Hyderabad variants. She decided to launch a Biryani business. She wanted to make the taste a global success. The business was launched in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and has been fairly successful in a short span of time.

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She started the business in 2020 with an initial capital of Rs 5 lakh. In the financial year 2021-22, the business turnover was Rs 10 crore. The company has its presence primarily in Bengaluru.

Her family owns a chain of hotels. However, she wanted to launch her own business.

She was born in Bengaluru. She has two sisters -- Shweta and Raveena. She did her schooling from The Valley School. She later did B Com from Bengaluru's Christ College.

Ramya told Global Indian in 2022 that her father always encouraged entrepreneurship in her and her sisters. She also did a short-term course in management from Harvard University to better her business acumen. 

She saw her father work and learnt from him. She also worked with her father R Ravichandar.

She, however, wanted to start her own company. She opened her company called RNR Biryani. She named it after her father and grand-father. 

To begin with, they have only a 200 square feet space in Bengaluru's Nagarabhavi. They had a single cook. However, their business became a runway success. They did 10000 deliveries in their very first month. They kept adding kitchens as the demand grew. In late 2021, they opened a restaurant in Bengaluru's Jayanagar. 

They serve the food in tin boxes which has added to the charm. 

Ramya is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.