11th Sankalp Global Summit 2019 | Intellecap | 25 November 2019 | Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, #2 & 3B, Near Chinmayanand Ashram, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400087, India

Established in 2009, Sankalp Forum was the first platform for high impact Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India, and rapidly became one of the world’s largest platforms for social entrepreneurship. In 2013, Sankalp Forum expanded to Africa with the ambition of accelerating enterprise growth and building an India-Africa innovation and technology transfer corridor. Sankalp holds various events around the year to support growth of SMEs and innovative ideas to resolves issues for the underserved communities.

2019 Speakers

Jayshree Vyas
Director, SEWA

Gautam Vazirani
Head – Sustainability, IMG Reliance / Lakmé Fashion Week

Naresh Tyagi
Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited

Usha Thorat
Former Deputy Governor RBI

Santosh Singh
Associate Partner, Intellecap

Chetna Sinha
Founder & Chairperson, Mann Deshi Bank & Mann Deshi Foundation

Manjula Singh
Director Programmes & GIRL Capital, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Jasjit Singh
Co-Director, INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ISEP)

Vidya Shah
CEO, Edelgive Foundation

Beau Seil
Co-Founder and Partner, Patamar Capital

Siebe Schuur
Agriculture Counselor, Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands

Sanjeev Sanyal
Principal Economic Advisor, Government of India

Ajay Ramasubramaniam
Co-Founder and CEO, Startup Réseau

Vineet Rai
Founder, Aavishkaar Group

Vanita Pise
Board Member, Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank

Mohandas Pai
Chairman, Manipal Global Education

Shloka Nath
Executive Director, India Climate Collaborative

Pradeep Nair
Regional Director, Ford Foundation

Masataka Nakamura
Partner, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital

Rajat Nag
Distinguished Fellow, NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research)

V. Anantha Nageswaran
Dean, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University

Bastian Mueller
Director- Partnership, Yunus Social Business

Surekha Marandi
Retired Executive Director, RBI

Madhu Krishna
Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sushma Kaushik
Partner, Aavishkaar Capital

Rob Kaplan
Founder and CEO, Circulate Capital

Sanjay Jain
Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund

Cheryl Hicks
Executive Director and CEO, Toilet Board Coalition

Claudius Gutemann
Impact Investment Manager, Artha Impact

KV Gouri
Managing Director and CEO, BASIX Consulting and Technology Services Limited

Mukund Govind Rajan
Chairman, ECube Investment Advisors

Geeta Goel
Country Director, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Tim Gocher
Founder and Chairman, Dolma Impact Fund

Pravin Gandhi
Partner, Seedfund

Ashish Dikshit
Managing Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited

Bhagyashri Dengle
Regional Director, Asia, Plan International

Will Cook
Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

Sairee Chahal
Founder and CEO, Sheroes

Amit Chandra
Chairman, Bain Capital

Maelis Carraro
Director, Catalyst Fund

Stefanie Bauer-Vemuri
Director, Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF)

Vedika Bhandarkar
Managing Director, Water.org

Vipul Beniwal
India Business Manager, Tala

Toby Behrmann
Director of Partnerships and Innovation, Global Parametrics

Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Consulting Editor, Business Standard

Vikas Bali
CEO, Intellecap

Chinmaya Acharya
CEO, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

Anurag Agrawal
Partner, Aavishkaar

Reshma Anand
Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Unilever Foundation

Atul Bagai
Head of Country Office, India, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Anuradha Bajaj
Co-Founder, BayTree Ventures

Gagandeep Bakshi
Director, Intellecap

Rajni Bakshi
Author

Rahul Balakrishnan
Vice President, Arthan

Apoorv Bamba
Co-Founder and CEO, Ingenious Faces

Somatish Banerji
Associate Vice President, Intellecap

Anshu Bhartia
Chief Executive Officer, UnLtd India

Meena Bilgi
Gender, Water and Agriculture Specialist, Wocan

Lt. Col. Monish Ahuja (Retd.)
Managing Director, Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Shreejit Borthakur
Manager, Intellecap

Sanchayan Chakraborty
Partner, Aavishkaar

Prof.Srinivas Chary
Director, ASCI

Bhaskar Chaudhry
Prinicpal, Entrust Family Office

Marcella D'Souza
Director, WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies

Kuldeep Dantewadia
Co-Founder, Reap Benefit

Nisha Dhawan
Director, Adolescent Girls and Gender Initiatives

Jasmer Dhingra
Program Manager, IDH

Seema Dosad
Leader, EMpower

Aparna Dua
Senior Manager, Asha Impact

PG Ganesh
Senior Vice President, Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Private Limited

Ganapathy Ganeshan
Director of Programs, CDD

Divya Gupta
Investment Manager, Aavishkaar Capital

Manish Gupta
Principal, GrowX Ventures

Devyani Hari
Director (Programmes), Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)

Ershad Hossain
CEO, City Bank Capital

Divya Jagasia
Innovation Architect and Program Designer, Intellecap

Pratibha Jain
Partner, Nishith Desai Associates

Kishor Jha
CEO, Ergos

Tushar Jindal
Head – Corporate Sustainability, Responsible Supply Chain and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Arvind Ltd.

Anil Joshi
Founder and Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures

Pustav Joshi
Program Manager- Clean Energy Finance, Shakti Foundation

Shalaka Joshi
Gender Lead, South Asia, International Finance Corporation

Ajit Kanitkar
Author and Co-editor, VAF

Priya Karnik
Director, Dvara Money

Farzana Kashfi
Former Head of Program, BRAC

Girish Kelkar
Founder and Chairman, V3C3E3

Madhu Ketan
Development Professional, Pradan

Nirav Khambhati
Partner, Kaizen Private Equity

Purnima Khandelwal
Co-Founder and CEO, INI Farms

Priyanka Khanna
Lead - International Expansion, Fashion for Good

Rajeev Kher
CEO, Saraplast Pvt Ltd

Venkat Krishnan
Principal Trustee, India Welfare Trust

Anant Kumar
CEO & Managing Director, Life Circle Health Services Pvt. Ltd.

Anish Kumar
Statutory Board Member, Transform Rural India Foundation

Siddharth Lulla
Corporate Strategy and Partnerships Lead, Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF)

Mary Ellen Matsui
CEO, ATMA

Priyanka Mehandiratta
Director of Learning and Facilitation, DX-Learning Solutions, Canada

Dinesh Mehta
Professor Emeritus, CEPT University

Tarun Mehta
Partner and Heads of Fund and Strategy, Aavishkaar Group

Vineeth Menon
Associate Partner, Intellecap

Dinesh Kumar Mittal
Director and Chairman, Arohan Financial Services Limited

Pavithra Mohanraj
Founder, Infinitive

Arielle Molino
Associate Vice President, Intellecap

Manoj Kumar Nambiar
Managing Director and Board Member, Arohan Financial Services Limited

Nitya Nangalia
Coordinator for Social Enterprises, SEWA Bharat

Meena Narula
Country Director, Water for People

Varad Pande
Investment Partner, Strategy and New Initiatives, Omidyar Network India

Janavi Papriwal
Investment Manager, Aavishkaar Capital

Jayesh Parekh
Senior Advisor, Jungle Ventures

Sandeep Patel
Founder and CEO, NEPRA

Shilpa Pophale
Managing Director, Electronica Finance Ltd

Shambu Prasad
Professor, General Management- Strategy and Policy, IRMA

Urvashi Prasad
Public Policy Specialist, NITI Aayog

Rasika Prashant
Chief Marketing Officer, Soulfull

Nirjhor Rahman
CEO, Bangladesh Angels

Krishna Ramkumar
Co-Founder, Avanti Learning

Rangu Rao
CEO, Safe Harvest

Manas Rath
Founder, Blue Water Company

Harsha Rawal
Chartered Accountant

Atreya Rayaprolu
CEO, Tribe3

Ann Runnel
CEO, Reverse Resources

Padmaja Ruparel
Founding Partner, Indian Angel Network Fund

Manohar Samuel
Senior President — Marketing, Birla Cellulose, Aditya Birla Group

Richie Sancheti
Head Investment Funds Practice, Nishith Desai Associates

Nehal Sanghavi
Sr. Advisor for Innovation and Partnership, USAID (The United States Agency for International Development), India

Subit Saurav
Investment Manager, Aavishkaar Capital

Riya Saxena
Innovative Finance Associate, UNDP

Abhishek Shah
Associate Vice President, Intellecap

Shikha Shah
Founder, Canva Fibre Labs

Sabeena Shaji A
Deputy Vice President and Head (Training), Federal Bank

Manish Shankar
Associate Vice President, Intellecap

Achyutha Sharma
Director, Collaborative Community

Sonia Sharma
Founder, Nature Organic

Rupali Shinde
Senior Trainer, Mann Deshi Foundation

Tanushri Shukla
Innovation Architect and Enterprise Strategist, Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF)

Ambassador Gurjit Singh
Chairman, Task Force (Trilateral Cooperation in Africa), CII

Nikesh Kumar Sinha
CEO, Intellegrow

UK Sinha
Former Chairman, SEBI

LR Sridhar
Founder and MD, Connect India

Shruti Srivastava
Principal, Omnivore VC

Ganesh Subramanian
CEO & Founder, Stylumia : AI + Fashion

TC Meenakshisundaram
Founder and Managing Director, Chiratae

Sowmya Suryanarayanan
VP - CSR & Strategic Partnerships, Samunnati

Rasima Swarup
India Country Manager, Catalyst Fund

Virginia Tan
Co-Founder, Teja Ventures

Divya Thakur
Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Aravind Thumbur
Head of Operations, Syngenta Foundation India

Aruna Venkatachalam
Head of Operations and International, Young Change Agents

Nandan Venkatachalam
Investment Manager, Axilor

Satyam Vyas
Founder, Arthan

Rohan Vyavaharkar
Director- Marketing and Communications, Omidyar Network India

Saskia Werther
Programme Manager, The DOEN Foundation

Aarti Wig
CEO, Yunus Social Business

Prachi Windlass
Director, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Daniel Yu
Founder and CEO, Sokowatch

Rachel Yu
Programme Quality & Development Director, VisionFund Myanmar

Asif Zahir
Managing Director, Sindabad.com

Nutan Zarapkar
Head- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, RTI International India

Tom Adlam
Team Lead, DFID Impact Programme

Kanika Ahuja
Founder, Lifaffa

Neeraj Ahuja
Manager, Transform Rural India

Robin Chaurasiya
Founder, Kranti India

Sudha Srinivasan
CEO, N/Core

Sanjay D'Souza
Business Head - Emerging Enterprises Group, HDFC Bank

Hisham Mundol
Executive Director, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Venugopal Gupta
Director Accelerator Program, Toilet Board Coalition

Yusuf Kabir
WASH Specialist, UNICEF India

Jai Kumar
Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Nethra Bhat
Senior Investment Officer - Global Investments, Accion

Umasankar Mahapatra
Vice President - Innovation (Home Textile), Welspun India Limited

Manisha Mathur
Joint Director, The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills Research Association (Sasmira)

Douwe Jan Joustra
Head Circular Transformation, C&A Foundation

Anjani Prasad
Managing Director and Head of Brand Performance Textiles Specialties, Archroma

Jyoti Vij
Deputy Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Vikram Gupta
Founder & Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private

Paarul Dudeja
Director, Accion Venture Lab

Meera Mehta
Professor Emeritus, CEPT University

Praveen Nagaraja
Program Manager, CDD Society

Kavita Wankhade
Senior Lead - Practice, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Krista Zimmerman
Regional Head of Influencing and Policy, Plan International

Mitin Jain
Founder, India SME Investments

Pranshu Singhal
Founder, Karo Sambhav

Anjali Bansal
Founder, Avaana Capital

Shivani Bhasin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, India Alternatives Investment Advisors

Urvashi Devidayal
SANKALP Lead, Intellecap

Bala Reddy Visavaram
Founder and CEO, Our Food Private Limited

Disha Agarwal
Program Officer, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

Gautam Chakraborty
Development Assistance Specialist, USAID (The United States Agency for International Development), India

Mallikarjun M.
Director, Nirma University

Shalabh Mittal
CEO, School for Social Entrepreneurs India

Satyajit Dwivedi
Chief General Manager, Nabard

P. N. Vasudevan
MD and CEO, Equitas Small Finance Bank

Sumita Ghose
Founder and Managing Director, Rangsutra

Veena Moktali
Founder and CEO, Periwinkle Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Shahidi Ainain
Director, SIES School of Packaging

Vineet Chattree
Director, Svatantra Microfin Pvt. Ltd.

Mona Kachhwaha
Partner, Lok Capital

Baskar Babu
Co-Founder, Suryoday Micro Finance Pvt. Ltd.

Anil Bhavnani
Sr. Executive Vice President and Branch Banking Head- West region & Country Head - RTFX, HDFC Bank Ltd.

Arnab Dutta
Head of Secured Products, Fullerton

Anuradha Ramchandran
Director, Investments, Omidyar

Pratyush Halen
Founder and CEO, Fingpay

Lal Singh
Director, Himalayan Research Group (HRG) Shimla

Maninder Jeet Kaur
Member Secretary EC cum Principal Scientist, Himalayan Research Group (HRG) Shimla

Nischita Bysani
CO founder, AGrow

Juhi Lakhwani
Co Founder, Lugu LAdakh

Varun Dutt
Associate Professor, School of Computing and Electrical Engineering and School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Sarith Sasidharan
Governance Advisory (FSSM), Government of Orissa

Namita Banka
Chairman and Managing Director, Banka Bioloo

Anna Roy
Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog

Pallavi Madhok
Senior Solutions Specialist, Women's World Banking

Rohit Joshi
Director, Promoter, Himalayan Yeti Foundation

Bina Trivedi
Chartered Accountant

Amar Gokhale
Associate Vice President, Intellecap

Tom Kress
Foreign Service Officer, USAID

Sangita Rohira
President Sourcing and Production, House of Anita Dongre

Yamini Atmavilas
India Lead for Gender Equality, India Country Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

George Murage
Senior Associate, Intellecap Advisory Services Private Limited

Agnes Makena
Associate, Intellecap

Abdallah Mohamed
Chief of Staff, Impact Global Education

Sarah Makena
Intellecap

Reeva Kulkarni
Business Development Associate, ATMA

2019 Partners

SESSION PARTNERS:
• International Development Research Centre
• Transform Rural India
• World Bank Group

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Intellicap

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS:
• FordFoundation
• Stichting Doen

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• Aavishkaar Group
• Catalyst Fund
• Mandi Catalyst
• Mann Deshi Foudation
• EMPower
• Insead | Hoffmana Global Institute for Business & Society
• Indian Documentary Foundation
• Naropa Fellowship
• Collaborative Community
• CGAP
• Yunus Social Business

CAIF CONCLAVE PARTNERS:
• Circular Apparel Innovation Factory
• Fashion Revolution
• Aditya Birla
• Fashion for Good

AWARDS PARTNERS"
• GoodPitch India
• Arthan

OUTREACH PARTNERS:
• Network Capital
• Maharashtra State Innovation Society
• Better Stories
• AVPN
• Atal Incubation Centre

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• India Development Review
• AsianNGO
• Alliance
• ImpactAlpha

CRECHE PARTNER:
• KLAY

UPCYCLING PARTNER:
• Chindi

EVENT PARTNER:
• ShowBoat