Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · India

• At the 2006 World Economic Forum, three Young Global Leaders (YGLs) sought to better understand the root cause of the violence, intolerance and injustice in our world. Their conclusion: a fundamental lack of dignity and recognition of our shared humanity. They came to the realization that the lack of a real understanding of the concept of dignity and the recognition of our shared humanity is at the heart of so much conflict and polarization.
• Determined to unite more people in the belief that everyone deserves to live a life of dignity, these young leaders — Crown Prince Haakon of Norway; John Bryant, CEO and Founder of Operation HOPE; and Pekka Himanen, author, professor and advisor to the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari — launched Global Dignity with a workshop in one small classroom in Switzerland. Bishop Desmond Tutu and RIchard Branson joined the school visit, and were so moved by the experience, that both signed on as members of the new “Honorary Board” and Global Dignity was founded.
• Global Dignity has since grown to a 70-nation-strong network of volunteer educators, civil society and business leaders, working to strengthen dignity-based values among young people in their communities. Through its annual Global Dignity Day in October and in year-round Dignity Workshops, Global Dignity reached a record 680,000 young people in 2017.

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 10 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Aug 2017 – Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Boston, Pune

May 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · India

• WISH Foundation works to scale up high-impact innovations to build an equitable healthcare system and make quality primary healthcare accessible and available to underserved populations in priority Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha seeking urgent redressal of their health problems

May 2016 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · India

• Seraniti combines the best of the east and the west to address issues of mental health and depression

Sep 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr · Bangalore Area, India

Apr 2015 – May 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale. Founded by Bill Drayton in 1980, Ashoka has provided start-up financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform for people dedicated to changing the world. Ashoka launched the field of social entrepreneurship and has activated multi-sector partners across the world who increasingly look to entrepreneurial talent and new ideas to solve social problems.
• Ashoka Fellows remain the core of our community, and their insights show us how the world is moving and what is needed next. Ashoka's mission has evolved beyond catalyzing individual entrepreneurs to enabling an "everyone a changemaker" world. This means equipping more people – including young people - with the skillset and a connection to purpose so that they can contribute ideas and effectively solve problems at whatever scale is needed in their family, community, city, workplace, field, industry, country. This evolution comes from the urgent realization that the pace of change is accelerating in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Our strategic initiatives focus on setting in motion the people, resources and ecosystems that will bring about a social revolution where everyone contributes to change for the good of all. Working in partnership with private, philanthropic and citizen sector players we are achieving large-scale social innovation that is grounded in decades of entrepreneurial experience.

Mar 2015 – May 2019 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Healthcare Accelerator supporting early stage entrepreneurs

Apr 2012 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

• NASE is an industry body with membership of India's top 40 social enteprises who have come together to set up the country's first association for for-profit impact businesses. Started with a handful organisations in 2012, NASE has built a strong track record as the leading voice for social enterprises across the country.

Apr 2012 – Mar 2013 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Action For India (AFI) is a social start-up enterprise dedicated to helping social organizations scale their impact by leveraging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). We offer training and guidance to social entrepreneurs to sustainably scale their organizations through the use of technology.
• AFI is inspired by and formed with the support of Sam Pitroda, advisor to the Prime Minister of India and Chairman of the National Innovation Council of India.
• We foster a platform that leverages Sam’s experience and expertise in technology and government to mobilize Indian social entrepreneurs to become change agents.
• We believe that if social entrepreneurs are given the skills, support, and networks they need to improve their use of technology, they will be able to accelerate the impact of their organisations.
• A number of social organizations in India have demonstrated the potential for technology to enable massive and rapid scaling. AFI seeks to derive best practices from these success stories and thereby enable a significant number of other organizations to scale their impact in a similar way.

Feb 2012 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos · NA

• The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multistakeholder community of more than 900 exceptional young leaders. Bold, brave, action-oriented and entrepreneurial, these individuals commit both their time and talent to make the world a better place.
• The community is made up of leaders from all walks of life, from every region of the world and every stakeholder group in society. Nominated under 40, these young leaders are proposed through a qualified nomination process and assessed according to rigorous selection criteria that creates a diverse and truly representative body, while accepting only the very best leaders who have already demonstrated their commitment to serving society at large.

Jan 2005 – Mar 2015 · 10 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Vaatsalya Healthcare is an award winning social enterprise,
• focused on building a network of hospitals in Tier II and Tier III towns in India. While 70% of
• India’s population lives in semi-urban and rural areas, majority of the healthcare facilities
• are in Urban areas and not accessible to these families. Vaatsalya is bridging this gap by
• building primary and secondary care hospitals in semi-urban and rural areas.
• Vaatsalya currently has eight hospitals in Karnataka and one in Andhra Pradesh, totaling
• 600 + beds. Vaatsalya is the largest hospital network of its kind in India.
• Winner of the Inaugural Porter Prize in India for value based healthcare, Vaatsalya has been recognized as the Most Innovative Healthcare Company by VCCircle in 2014, Winner of the BiD Challenge India 2007 for the best business in development in India, LRAMP Award for Innovation 2008, Sankalp Award for Social Enterprise 2009 and Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Excellence Award 2010 for its innovative business model.

Aug 2003 – Dec 2004 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Triesta Sciences was founded in early 2002 by a group of US-based clinicians and scientists to leverage the Indian clinical substrate to address a key research bottleneck - "the clinical validation of novel genomics-derived targets and markers".
• Triesta has established integrated clinical research, including longitudinal follow up of the patients and molecular analysis capabilities in India to undertake the end-to-end clinical validation of novel RNA, DNA or protein based targets and markers.
• I was responsible for the Business Development and Informatics strategy for Triesta.

Jan 2002 – Jun 2003 · 1 yr 5 mos

Aug 2000 – Jan 2002 · 1 yr 5 mos

May 1999 – Jan 2000 · 8 mos

Jan 1998 – Aug 2000 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Oct 1996 – Mar 1997 · 5 mos