Chitharesh Natesan aka The Indian Monster, (born 7 May 1986) is an Indian professional bodybuilder who won the title of Mr. Universe 2019 at the 11th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship organised by World Bodybuilding And Physique Sports Federation held in South Korea.

[5][6][7][1][8][9][10][11] Chitharesh was born to Natesan and Nirmala on 7 May 1986, in Vaduthala, Kochi, India.

[10] He is married to Nasiba Nurtaeva from Uzbekistan whom he met during his training career at Delhi.

[10] In 2004 he first graduated B.A - History from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and obtained second graduation in Physical Education from Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Thiruvananthapuram.

After graduation, in 2007 he joined Rejuvenation Fitness Group at Delhi as trainer.