Dwarko Sundrani
"Find truth through whatever you do” was his advice
to us. One of the last active disciple of mahatma Gandhi,
he dedicated his life serving the untouchable children in
rural Bihar, India. No wonder when Dalai Lama met him, he
said “Dwarkoji I teach compassion you are living it". (More)
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Prof. Anil Gupta
A remarkable Professor in IIM Ahmedabad college, founder
of Honey
Bee Network and SRISTI which primary works in
identifying rural innovations. He is so dynamically enthused
with life that suddenly in his presence we find ourselves
in tune with our higher purpose of life in serving others.
He would often say: ‘Dream so big that your ego looks
very small before them’.
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Dr. Nachiket Mor
Dr. Nachiket Mor is President of ICICI
Foundation for Inclusive Growth. He gave
up a dream career as Deputy Managing Director of ICICI Bank
to work for the poor and non profits. A visionary in true
sense who believes in making markets work for the poor through
universal access to finance. (More)
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Jayesh Patel:
‘Love all serve all’ is what Jayesh bhai believes in. Co-Founder and director of Manav Sadhna, an NGO based in the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, Manav Sadhna was formed in 1990 with the mission to serve the underprivileged. It now provides health and hygiene, education, and employment services to over 4,500 women and children through over 38 projects.A true Gandhian in heart & spirit, one meeting with him and you are transformed for ever. (More)
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Nipun Mehta
‘Believe in small act of kindness’ is the mantra of Nipun Mehta. A source of inspiration for many, Nipun started CharityFocus, a fully volunteer driven organization in 1999 to inspire the young IT professionals to provide free web based solutions for nonprofit organizations worldwide. Having served thousands of nonprofits, without any overhead, CharityFocus has now become an incubator of "gift economy" projects ranging from web services to a print magazine to a restaurant. With a base of 285,000 members, they attract millions of global viewers to its websites.
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Pawan Mehra
An IIM Ahmedabad graduate, who left the corporate race to make a difference, Pawan has always been a compassionate seeker to dedicate his talent for social change. A serial entrepreneur and a change-agent currently focusing on the issue of scalable sustainability and low-carbon growth as it relates to emerging economies.He has been involved in building and scaling early-stage ventures, first as a venture capital investor in his early career with GVFL and McKenna Capital and, since then, as an entrepreneur with Parsec Interact, Intellecap, and now cKinetics. (More)
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Samir Patel
Samir's life literally resembles that of the monk who sold his Ferrari. From being a top notch entrepreneur in California to a walking pilgrim in India, Samir too is determined to find a greater purpose for his being and use his talent for global good. In Professional life Samir founded SearchForce that helps manage search marketing campaigns in a burgeoning $6 billion yearly online advertising market with its algorithmic trading platform. At iPIN, later acquired by Valista for $50+ million, he designed the world's first open scalable mobile payments platform.Samir also crafted the go-to-market strategy for eBay's apparel division, which is now a $500 million business unit and growing. (More)
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Sheetal Sanghvi
Someone beautifully said "What the world really need today is people who have really come alive and search within", Sheetal Sanghvi is such a seeker, a soul brother, wanderer, poet, philosopher... and he also happens to be the founder of The Urban Ashram, a space dedicated to people all over the Universe who wish to "come alive". (More)
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Vipin T.
A compassionate warrior as we like to call him, Vipin is currently building Ashoka’s Youth Venture in India. Increasing the number of people who can be changemakers is his recipe for catalyzing social change. Very active from his college days in working towards several social causes, Vipin helped set up Tulir - Center for the Prevention & Healing of Child Sexual Abuse in Chennai, an organization which works on the prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). In 2005, Vipin and his team were selected for the Change Looms Awards, a national award given to young social entrepreneurs, which recognized their work on the prevention of CSA through “Personal Safety Education” in the schools of Chennai.
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Kartikeya Talreja
Director of Digital Academy - The Film School and GEMINI Motion Studios. A musician by heart and a filmmaker in spirit, Kartikeya is an alumnus of New York University. His enthusiasn to produce world class independent filmmakers resulted in setting up and running of Digital Academy, which is now one of India's leading film schools. His avid love for music has seen him learn the Pakhawaj, a unique drum that produces pure resonance.
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