Ravi Kumar did engineering from Chennai in 1970. During his college days he was All India General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (1969-70). ABVP is considered as the largest student organisation in the world. He served as Project Engineer for five years and left his job with M/S Larsen & Toubro in 1975 to serve the society as an RSS Pracharak. He worked among the youth of Gujarat and tribal areas of Maharashtra.

He was transferred to Hong Kong in 1982. Since then he has been travelling to over 40 countries organising the Hindu society and inspiring them to serve. He has conducted more than 300 Yoga camps in 40 countries. He has also conducted over 500 workshops on Vedic Mathematics in many universities, socio-cultural institutions in 40 countries and also at the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has conducted three large scale Lord Buddha Exhibitions in Thailand. Over 50,000 students appear for Indian Science Talent Tests every year in different countries. Indian Traditional Games Festival and Blood Donation Drives are held in some countries every year. He is the Inti Joint Coordinator of Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh, Advisor of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai and Chennai Center for Global Studies. He is a powerful speaker in English, Hindi and Tamil on Yoga, Gita, Vedas, India's economy, Science, Technology, Development, history, Tradition, Culture, Literature and has addressed many International seminars and conferences. He has authored many books on different topics and these have been translated in different Indian languages. His book "YOGA, Bharat's Invaluable Gift to the World" was released on 21 June 2015, the First Intl Day of Yoga at New York by Smt Sushma Swaraj, the Foreign Minister of India. Later the book was released for Hong Kong readers by Shri Lal Krishna Advani ji and in Dubai by legendary singer Yesudas.