[1] Although Ram was born in Tenali, he was educated in Bhilai, Delhi and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
He graduated from Nizam College in 1980 and then received admission to Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
He got a major break when he got an assignment to do advertising campaigns nationwide for acclaimed national political leaders in various languages.
His company received an acquisition offer by multinational advertising agency Grey America.
Ram lost out on opportunities because he preferred to work in Hyderabad and the advertising capital of India had always been Mumbai.