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Opportunity Hack : Keynote Address - Technology Innovations and Enterprises that create Social Impact by Paul Basil

Technology Innovations and Enterprises that create Social Impact

by Paul Basil, Founder & CEO  Villgro Innovations Foundation

Mr. Basil is Founder and CEO of Villgro Innovations Foundation. Over the last decade, Mr. Basil has incubated over 100 innovative enterprises, which have gone to create over 4000 jobs, touching around 15 million lives in villages across India. Driven by the success of Villgro in India, Paul is now focused in replicating the villgro model in Kenya, Vietnam, Bangladesh & other countries. Mr. Basil is also advisor and the force behind Menterra Venture Advisors, a seed stage, social impact focused, venture capital fund. Mr. Basil also co-founded Villfarm Agri-Solutions Ltd, a private enterprise that makes available superior and sustainable agri-inputs for farmers in rural India. Mr. Basil was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2002 for his outstanding social entrepreneurship in setting up Villgro. He has also been conferred the Samaj Seva Bhushan Award and the Star Entrepreneur Award.

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