Category Archives: Social Sector, NGO

Adjiedj Bakas, Trend Watcher, Author, TV Personality, Speaker

In this episode of The Brand Called You, we are learning about the large percentage of Indian diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America. Our guest for today, Mr. Adjiedj Bakas, is also an Indo-Caribbean and will help us understand more about his community in the Caribbean. By profession, Adjiedj is a Trend Watcher, author, a TV personality and a speaker.

Sunil Lalvani, Founder and CEO, Project Maji

Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise engaged in providing easy access to clean water to African rural communities. It is an interesting conversation as he talks not just about his organisation’s sustainable work, but also claims that this serious water problem is solvable.

Vamsi Udayagiri, Founder and CEO, Hesa, a Rural B2B digital platform for Rural Customers

Vamsi Udayagiri, Founder and CEO, Hesa, a Rural B2B digital platform for Rural Customers (1)

Vamsi Udayagiri is a social entrepreneur. He has always been fascinated by rural value chains. To uplift the market he has founded a startup ‘Hesa’.

Sanjay Purohit, Chief Curator, Societal Platform EkStep Foundation

Sanjay Purohit, Chief Curator, Societal Platform EkStep Foundation (1)

The EkStep Foundation was co-founded by Nandan Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani, and Shankar Maruwadato. It was dedicated to addressing the challenge at scale, leading to its Mission EkStep.

Radhika Gupta, Co Founder, Raaha, Powering Growth in the Artisan Economy

Radhika Gupta, Co Founder, Raaha, Powering Growth in the Artisan Economy

Radhika shares her knowledge about the problems artisans are facing, the gap in communication between the artisans and the fashion industry and a few things that can be improved to better build a brand for artisans.

Manisha Lad, Founder and ED, Akhil Autism Foundation, Director, Akhil Health Foods

Manisha Lad, Founder and ED, Akhil Autism Foundation, Director, Akhil Health Foods

“When it comes to autism, the child has to understand that I have to follow the rules of society and society has to understand that we have to tweak some of the rules for these individuals