online impact funding summit 2021

Her Royal Highness Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite is an Iraqi princess who defied royal protocol and became a medical doctor and a geneticist. Executive Director of the (NGO) Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT), which is a partner of UN Women in Europe and Central Asia region

Hon’ble President of India conferred Mr. Ajai Chowdhry with the prestigious Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian honours, as recognition of his consistent contribution in the field of IT.

Founder, Qunu Workforce;creating equality in the workforce for those living with disabilities.Founder,Long Walk to Freedom Brand;a non-profit delivering container libraries to disadvantaged communities in South Africa.

Board member @ World-Entrepreneurship-Forum & Open Mind Foundation. Former CEO at Innovation Society, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Served as high-level-advisor to United Nations Global Alliance on ICT & Development (UNGAID) between 2008-12. Alumnus of University of Cambridge

Sulajja Firodia Motwani is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of Kinetic Engineering Limited and Founder & CEO of Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited.

Founding member of PepsiCo’s global good-for-you nutrition innovation team. He helped found the Canadian open-source non-profit organisation Bicycles for Humanity, which has sent over 180,000 bicycles to Africa.Recognised as one of the world’s top 20 emerging social entrepreneurs to watch.

Closely involved in developing innovative solutions for critical issues & roadblocks towards unlocking India’s economic potential. He plays a significant role in the Foundation’s 4 initiatives-Piramal Swasthya, Piramal Sarvajal, Piramal Udgam and Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership

Former CEO- Zensar.Chairman of Global Talent Track, a pioneer in Employability Skills. Global Board Director and Chairman of the India Board of Social Venture Partners Board member of Fino Payments Bank, Zeva Capsol, Live History India and the HBS Club of India.

Mr Rajagopal has firsthand experience of Rural Banking, Rural Credit, Financial Inclusion, Credit Cooperatives, Sugar, Urban Infrastructure and PPP during his 25 years stint with Government of Maharashtra. Served as board member ofNCDC

Member- Asia Pacific Philanthropy Network, Coordinating Committee of Brazil based Worldwide Initiatives & Network of Grant-makers (WINGS), Fellow of the Centre for Study of Philanthropy (New York) Trustee - India Sponsorship Committee, Forbes Foundation, Make A Wish Foundation–India

COO of Aavishkaar group which is focused on developing the impact ecosystem in the continents of Asia and Africa. Aavishkaar Group manages assets in excess of USD 1 Billion across Equity and Credit, with 7,000+ employees present across India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Kenya.

One of the top 50 women in business by Business Today , a leading magazine in India in the year 2017 and “Entrepreneur of the Year in Social Business Category “ by Forbes India in 2018.(PhD) in Development Economics and International Development

#1 Best-selling author, Entrepreneur,Filmmaker , Keynote Speaker and the CEO of several successful corporations

PhD in social media use in emergencies.20 years of experience in private & governmental organizations leading innovation and transformations through technology, strategic planning and thought leadership.

Raghu has facilitated grants over INR 29 Crores (US$4 Million) to 185 NGOs, transforming the lives of over 120000 youths across India.

Mustaffa along with JSW have conceptualised and built India's first privately funded high performance Olympic training centre, set up 3 professional sports teams in the top 3 leagues in the country (IPL/ PKL and ISL) and managed the pathway and growth plans of numerous elite athletes.

Caroline & her team have touched & changed the lives of 100,000 children and women under various developmental programs & presently support 3,000 people every month through 5 core programs.Her team has designed 99 Life Skills sessions based on the recommendation of the (WHO) and the UN.

Awarded "The Creative Entrepreneur of the Year" by Entrepreneur Magazine. Former CEO of Reliance Animation & Reliance AIMS where he developed iconic character brands and shows. Chairman of FICCI for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics.

Laleh Busheri is the CEO of a Prashanti Cancer Care Mission,a non-profit NGO working in Pune since 1996.PCCM touches the lives of close to 30,000 cancer affected families every year.They provide free or affordable diagnosis,medical treatment and rehabilitation to patients & their families

Entrepreneur & a Changemaker working on Youth empowerment to create mass entrepreneurs which in turn become a Social Changemakers.Advisor, UNICEF India - GenU Initiative .Connecting Dots, Seeding Possibilities & Spreading Abundance!

Kunal actively partners with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and ethical brands intent on making the world a better place including Google, SAP, and Tencent Holdings as well as social enterprises such as the United Nations, X Prize Foundation, and NASA.

Sreenivas is the founder and group managing director of Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST), an innovative and capacity-building international non-government organization (NGO) that promotes sustainable practices to partner development organizations.

Advisor at a Social enterprise- Sattva. Very passionate about supporting India’s less privileged through Nakshatra,a unique education-based social initiative.One of the Trade Commissioners for France in India since 2009. He is on the board of a few Euro Indian Ventures and Think Tanks.

Ameen has over 20 years of experience in advertising, theatre & consulting. Founder of Storywallahs, a company that helps leaders and organisations leverage the power of stories. Former Vice President at Ogilvy & Mather

He has been the face of Sales and Marketing departments of Tata Donnelley Ltd, DSS Mobile Comm. Ltd., Microwave Comm. Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Ltd

Executive director at Village Social Transformation Foundation Passionate Politician, Entrepreneur, Tech Enthusiast, Blogger, Columnist, TEDx Speaker, SDG & Govt. Policy Expert Former Vice President at Ogilvy & Mather.

Alumin - IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad Transforming the education sector by making learning meaningful and affordable

Specialist-Feedback Coaching in Leadership Assessment Space A charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs a global not for profit organization that helps foster entrepreneurship by coaching and mentoring young managers through leadership development

Awarded as The Champions of Change-2017 (by Niti Aayog) which was received and graced by Honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi. For his work, he has received appreciation from the then President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam & prestigious awards like Ashoka Fellowship.

Fellow member -ICAI & CMA, Partner- Anand Saklecha & Co (Chartered Accountants).Concluded domestic & cross borders transaction of mergers & acquisitions in multiple industry segments.Member- Confederation of Indian Industry & Indian Angel Network

Ex Officer on Special Duty and Advisor at the Office of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Worked on Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), Kalam-NSS Initiative for Space-based Solar Power, What Can I Give Mission, Public Awareness Project on a Nuclear Plant, and sustainable development models

Akash has worked with Microsoft's regional office in Istanbul covering Middle East and Africa. He was also a part of the integrated rural development programs and creating a long term vision for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Ambuja Cements.

She has showcased her collections at Paris Fashion Week, Hong Kong Fashion Week & London Bridal Week. She has styled for Bollywood megastars like Kareena & Karishma Kapoor & Deepika Padukone. Collaborated with the likes of Russian supermodel Maria Shatalova & American painter Rassouli

Ran away from home,started worked as a rag picker at New Delhi Railway Station,rehabilitated by an NGO,Salaam Baalak Trust.Selected by the US based Maybach Foundation to photo document the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in New York in 2008.Awarded the MIT Media Fellowship in 2014

With a global career in technology, media and entrepreneurship, Niraj in his previous role lead sales for AT&T’s energy sector for Shell in Asia-Pacific. Prior to this, Niraj led the IBM Go-To-Market & Commercial sales engagement in India, Middle East and Africa with AT&T.

Eric moved to India in 2007 to help set up UC, an impact focused investment bank, and has led the company in raising almost US$2 billion for various impact businesses.

Founder,Bharat Light & Power. A leading clean energy generation company in India. Ex President & CEO- General Electric (India,Sri Lanka & Bangladesh) Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (On Foundation Board). Co-Chair of WEF GFC on Energy. Aspen Institute Fellow. YPO member.

An entrepreneur and information technology leader, Ankush Tiwari, CTO of Mobiliya (A QuEST Global Company) is responsible for building Mobiliya's global engineering teams,strategy and direction. Advisory board member for Venture Catalysts, a seed investment and innovation platform.

Pankaj has spent 25 years in development,CSR & sustainability. He has worked to develop robust due diligence mechanisms around anti-bribery & corruption. Specialties: Environmental & Social Risk Assessment, Social Performance, Sustainable Development,Crisis Communications & Social Tension

Specialist in Leadership Development, Performance Management, Organizational effectiveness, Strategic Consulting, Capability building

Focused on investing in early stage deep tech and deep science based ventures in India that are aligned with Sustainable Development Goals.

17+ years of experience leading initiatives that further livelihoods, financial inclusion, social entrepreneurship and impact investing.Former India Director at British Asian Trust where she supported the launch of a $11Mn Development Impact Bond in primary education.

Investor, banker, innovator, entrepreneur and a dentist. Inventor with 6 patents granted.

Over the past decade, Vernon has been instrumental in setting up successful marketing campaigns for hospitality, gaming, education sectors and has helped position them strongly on the social media space. He also worked closely with Meraklis and the IFOS team to create the brand IFOS2020.

Aarti is the founder of Governance Counts, an initiative which helps non-profits build more effective boards, including facilitating board performance self reviews, identifying the role of board, and helping figure optimal board member profiles based on growth stage of the organisation.

She co-founded Sahayog Foundation, a CSR initiative committed towards reaching out to the ignored masses of Rural India to ensure their inclusion in the financial landscape of the country, along with providing them with access to world-class healthcare and other fundamental necessities.

CEO of CLEAN (Clean Energy Access Network), a non-profit committed to support, unify and grow impact driven clean energy enterprises in India. With a network of 220+ social enterprises, it is considered as the industry body for Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) sector of the country.

TIACO follows a hybrid business model that encompasses an NGO working as a sister concern,focused on enhancing livelihoods of artisans across the country so that they cab live a life of respect, dignity, and independence. We provide market linkages and skills training to Indian artisans.

Employability , Entrepreneurship Skill development ,Corporate volunteering . Fund raising strategies,Innovation and Design thinking expert

Co-founded,Project GEIT (Goans Empowered with IT) initiative promoting latest tech education in Goan schools and state syllabus revival. Benifitted 500+ rural kids. As VP of Goa IT Professionals association, actively contributed and worked with Goan government ob IT & startup policies.

Co founder, Director - Strategy and Corporate relations at Management Institute for Leadership and Excellence (MILE). Former Head of resourcing center at Standard Chatered Bank

Chief Editor at CREATIVE BHARAT a publication house for Startups. AWARDS: 'Most talented Marketing professional Award’ by 'World Marketing Forum at Corporate Excellence Awards' ‘Women Chief Marketing Officer' by Indian Women Empowerment & Leadership Summit

25+ years of expereince in Banking & Academics. Director - Board of SIDBI Trustee Company Ltd. He has participated in several international programmes on MSME financing & development. He has represented SIDBI as part of high level delegation for multilateral and bilateral negotiations.

CEO - AERONERO (TEERTHAA.COM) Managing Director DAS STAR VENTURES Co Founder, Sr VP Sales,Business Development and Marketing - vMobo Inc Founder, Paypod , President - COROMANDEL INFOTECH , Innova Solutions & DD Advertising Director -Indigo Technologies and Business Development @ NetScaler

Mary has worked in education development in India for the past 10 years. In her role as ED, she has grown Atma’s portfolio substantially in Mumbai, bringing to it a concerted focus on special education. She is a regular speaker on education & social enterprises at conferences

Current work - Impact Investing, Design Innovation, and International development in the emerging/frontier/fragile economies. Prior work - Private sector advisory and in-house line management roles

Group CEO of an expanding chain of mid tier tertiary care hospitals in Southern India with nearly 1000 operating beds. Have come on board with mandate of stabilizing existing operations and facilitating growth in neighboring geographies

A management & engineering professional with cross functional experience in Strategy, Finance, Operations and Business Development. He is currently heading Sprng Energy (Actis Fund Company) to build a best in class renewable energy (solar + wind) platform of 2GW+ over 3 to 5 years.

The founder of Bee-The Lead initiative where he shares leadership lessons we can learn from Bees & join hands to build sustainable cities. He is also a wall artist, TEDx speaker and a volunteer at multiple nonprofit organisations.

Co-founder & director at iVolunteer, the largest social enterprise for formal volunteering in India counting many corporate names as its partners. He is also credited with creating iVolunteer Awards, our nation’s only award aimed at inspiring and establishing new benchmarks on volunteering

Founder & CEO at Life-Lab, a science education initiative under Women's Organisation for Socio-Cultural Awareness. Since its inception, WOSCA is taking up need-based programs in areas of livelihood, income generation, child rights environment conservation, and human resource development.

Pankaj has over two decades of cross functional corporate experience in starting, scaling and managing global operations. Currently engaged in delivering measurable social change and impact through connecting the worlds of business, community and civil society.

Currently volunteering for various causes including a Centre for Excellence in Teachers Education in TISS and is a trustee with an NGO (One Billion Literate Foundation) and is on the advisory Board of 2 other NGOs (Sukrupa & Quest Alliance).

HealthQuad is a healthcare focused venture capital fund which aims to invest in early stage healthcare companies in India, that are driven by new age disruptive technology or innovation and/or operate in a niche or theme based segment of the sector.

Started Fusion Clothing Company in 1992. It was among the earliest companies in India to be GOTS certified in 2008 with manufacture & exports of Knitted Clothing. They also did private Label production for major brands across the world & have their own fully compliant factory in Tirupur.

Cross-industry experience in Investment Banking across the entire deal life cycle from sourcing mandates, valuation, modelling, IM/Business plan, negotiations, transaction structuring and execution. Experienced in moderating and advising on M&A and capital raising strategies.

UnLtd India is a launchpad for early-stage social entrepreneurs in India. They support and grow entrepreneurial individuals and bring about long-lasting solutions to pressing problems in India. They enable individuals to grow their ideas into high impact and sustainable organisations.

In her current role as Chief Executive Officer for Cognizant Foundation, she contributes towards evolving an overarching charter for the Foundation, defining CSR strategy and goals, managing operations, communication and relationship with a broad set of stakeholders.

Wasudev founded Silaigram, a social impact startup aiming to provide sustainable livelihoods in rural parts of India. Using upcycled cloth waste coming from garment factories and decor shops, Silaigram provides underprivileged women jobs stitching the material into jholas and kurtis.

Shruti leads Ashoka’s Youth Years program in South Asia. In her role, she leads the efforts to search, select and build a community of teen changemakers & institutional partners to help society re-imagine a world where every young person can grow practicing to be a changemaker

Group CEO of an expanding chain of mid tier tertiary care hospitals in Southern India with nearly 1000 operating beds. Have come on board with mandate of stabilizing existing operations and facilitating growth in neighboring geographies